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HOUSE BILL NO. 613

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H0613.....................................................by APPROPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS - AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT - Appropriates $38,871,600 to the
Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2009; limits the number of
full-time equivalent positions to 204.6; and reappropriates certain
unexpended and unencumbered fund balances.

03/10    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/11    Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/12    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
    Rls susp - PASSED - 68-0-2
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
      Block, Bock, Boe, Bolz, Bowers, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon,
      Chavez, Chew, Clark, Collins, Crane, Durst, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart,
      Harwood, Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake,
      LeFavour, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer,
      Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ringo,
      Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(02),
      Shepherd(08), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass,
      Stevenson, Thayn, Thomas, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27),
      Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Henbest, Patrick
    Floor Sponsor - Brackett
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/13    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Fin
    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/14    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/18    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
      Cameron, Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes,
      Goedde, Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst,
      Little, Lodge, Malepeai(Sagness), McGee, McKague, McKenzie,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Pearce
    Floor Sponsor - Bair
    Title apvd - to House
03/18    To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/19    Pres signed
03/20    To Governor
03/25    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 265
         Effective: 07/01/08

Bill Text




                                                                       
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2008

                                                                       

                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 613

                                BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR  FISCAL  YEAR  2009;
  3        LIMITING  THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS; AND RE-
  4        APPROPRIATING CERTAIN UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED  BALANCES  FOR  EURASIAN
  5        WATERMILFOIL ERADICATION.

  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

  7        SECTION  1.  There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Agriculture
  8    the following amounts to be expended for the designated programs according  to
  9    the  designated  expense  classes from the listed funds for the period July 1,
 10    2008, through June 30, 2009:
 11                                                           FOR
 12                     FOR         FOR         FOR       TRUSTEE AND
 13                  PERSONNEL   OPERATING    CAPITAL       BENEFIT
 14                    COSTS    EXPENDITURES  OUTLAY       PAYMENTS     TOTAL
 15    I. ADMINISTRATION:
 16    FROM:
 17    General Fund $   537,100  $  515,600              $   25,300 $ 1,078,000
 18    Administration
 19     and Accounting
 20     Services
 21     Fund            717,700     198,300  $ 53,000                   969,000
 22    Facilities
 23     Maintenance
 24     Fund            105,500      65,600                             171,100
 25    Agriculture in the
 26     Classroom
 27     Fund                         38,500                              38,500
 28      TOTAL      $ 1,360,300  $  818,000  $ 53,000    $   25,300 $ 2,256,600
 29    II. ANIMAL INDUSTRIES:
 30    FROM:
 31    General Fund $ 1,630,400  $  244,300  $ 80,100               $ 1,954,800
 32    Agricultural Inspection
 33     Fund             40,500       9,700                              50,200
 34    Agricultural
 35     Fees - Livestock
 36     Disease Control
 37     Fund            582,600     269,700                             852,300
 38    Agricultural
 39     Fees - Dairy
 40     Inspection
 41     Fund          1,014,600     302,600    44,500                 1,361,700

                                           2

  1                                                           FOR
  2                     FOR         FOR         FOR       TRUSTEE AND
  3                  PERSONNEL   OPERATING    CAPITAL       BENEFIT
  4                    COSTS    EXPENDITURES  OUTLAY       PAYMENTS     TOTAL
  5    Agricultural
  6     Fees - Egg
  7     Inspection
  8     Fund            166,100      16,200                             182,300
  9    Agricultural
 10     Fees - Commercial
 11     Fisheries
 12     Fund              6,000       4,200                              10,200
 13    Seminars and
 14     Publications
 15     Fund                         98,400                              98,400
 16    Federal
 17     Grant Fund      853,200     534,900    11,000    $  333,200   1,732,300
 18      TOTAL      $ 4,293,400  $1,480,000  $135,600    $  333,200 $ 6,242,200
 19    III. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES:
 20    FROM:
 21    General Fund $   512,000  $  459,100  $ 18,200               $   989,300
 22    Agricultural
 23     Smoke Management
 24     Fund            114,800     106,100                             220,900
 25    Agricultural
 26     Fees - Pesticides
 27     Fund          1,504,100     523,800   151,700                 2,179,600
 28    Federal Grant
 29     Fund            460,400     173,700                             634,100
 30      TOTAL      $ 2,591,300  $1,262,700  $169,900               $ 4,023,900
 31    IV. PLANT INDUSTRIES:
 32    FROM:
 33    General Fund $ 1,061,700  $  472,100  $ 22,600    $4,957,600 $ 6,514,000
 34    Agricultural
 35     Inspection
 36     Fund          1,147,500     285,700     7,500       111,100   1,551,800
 37    Agricultural
 38     Fees - Commercial
 39     Feed and
 40     Fertilizer
 41     Fund            849,000     220,700    12,500                 1,082,200
 42    Agricultural
 43     Fees - Honey
 44     Advertising
 45     Fund                400      16,300                              16,700
 46    Quality Assurance
 47     Laboratory
 48     Services
 49     Fund            542,300      70,800    38,500                   651,600

                                           3

  1                                                           FOR
  2                     FOR         FOR         FOR       TRUSTEE AND
  3                  PERSONNEL   OPERATING    CAPITAL       BENEFIT
  4                    COSTS    EXPENDITURES  OUTLAY       PAYMENTS     TOTAL
  5    Federal Grant
  6     Fund            785,900   1,710,400    17,000     1,161,700   3,675,000
  7      TOTAL      $ 4,386,800  $2,776,000  $ 98,100   $ 6,230,400 $13,491,300
  8    V. AGRICULTURAL INSPECTIONS:
  9    FROM:
 10    General Fund $   657,300  $  201,300                         $   858,600
 11    Agricultural Inspection
 12     Fund             67,100      17,000              $    3,700      87,800
 13    Weights and
 14     Measures
 15     Inspection
 16     Fund            231,500      51,600                             283,100
 17    Agricultural
 18     Fees - Organic Food
 19     Products
 20     Fund             98,100      31,200                             129,300
 21    Agricultural
 22     Fees - Fresh Fruit
 23     and Vegetable
 24     Inspection
 25     Fund          7,771,200     732,000  $159,500    $  371,100   9,033,800
 26      TOTAL      $ 8,825,200  $1,033,100  $159,500    $  374,800 $10,392,600
 27    VI. MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT:
 28    FROM:
 29    General Fund $   589,800  $  374,500  $  3,000               $   967,300
 30    Agricultural
 31     Inspection
 32     Fund             25,000      10,300                              35,300
 33    Miscellaneous Revenue
 34     Fund                        125,000                             125,000
 35    Seminars and
 36     Publications
 37     Fund                        245,700                             245,700
 38    USDA Publications
 39     Fund                         64,900                              64,900
 40    Rural Economic
 41     Development Integrated
 42     Freight Transportation
 43     Fund             10,000      20,000              $   25,000      55,000
 44    Agricultural Loans
 45     Fund             13,300      15,300                   5,200      33,800
 46    Federal Grant
 47     Fund             60,600      75,500                  42,500     178,600
 48      TOTAL      $   698,700  $  931,200  $  3,000    $   72,700 $ 1,705,600
 49    VII. ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL:
 50    FROM:
 51    General Fund                                      $  160,000 $   160,000

                                           4

  1                                                           FOR
  2                     FOR         FOR         FOR       TRUSTEE AND
  3                  PERSONNEL   OPERATING    CAPITAL       BENEFIT
  4                    COSTS    EXPENDITURES  OUTLAY       PAYMENTS     TOTAL
  5    Animal Damage
  6     Control Fund                                        215,700     215,700
  7    Agricultural
  8     Fees - Sheep
  9     Industry
 10     Regulation
 11     Fund                     $      200                 167,200     167,400
 12    Federal Grant
 13     Fund                                                 45,000      45,000
 14      TOTAL                   $      200              $  587,900 $   588,100
 15    VIII. SHEEP COMMISSION:
 16    FROM:
 17    General Fund $    63,700  $      500                         $    64,200
 18    Agricultural
 19     Fees - Sheep
 20     Industry
 21     Regulation
 22     Fund             67,000      40,100                             107,100
 23      TOTAL      $   130,700  $   40,600                         $   171,300

 24       GRAND
 25       TOTAL     $22,286,400  $8,341,800  $619,100    $7,624,300 $38,871,600

 26        SECTION 2.  In accordance with Section 67-3519, Idaho Code, the Department
 27    of Agriculture is  authorized  no  more  than  two  hundred  four  and  sixty-
 28    hundredths  (204.60)  full-time  equivalent  positions at any point during the
 29    period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009, for the programs specified in Sec-
 30    tion 1 of this act, unless specifically authorized by the Governor. The  Joint
 31    Finance-Appropriations  Committee  will  be notified promptly of any increased
 32    positions so authorized.

 33        SECTION 3.  There is hereby reappropriated to the Department  of  Agricul-
 34    ture,  for  the  period  July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, any of the unex-
 35    pended and unencumbered balance of the $4,000,000 appropriated from  the  Gen-
 36    eral  Fund  in  Section  1  of  this  act  to the Plant Industries Program for
 37    Eurasian Watermilfoil Eradication.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


Statement of Purpose
RS17216

This is the fiscal year 2009 appropriation to the Idaho State Department of Agriculture in the amount of $38,871,600 of which $12,586,200 is from the General Fund, $20,020,400 is from dedicated funds, and $6,265,000 is from federal funds. There is a full-time equivalent position cap of 204.6. In addition, this bill provides a two-year period for expenditure of funding approved for Eurasian Watermilfoil eradication.

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Fiscal Note
FTP  Gen  Ded  Fed  Total 


FY 2008 Original Appropriation 207.60  16,164,500  19,382,500  6,227,100  41,774,100 


Department of Agriculture          
 1. Fallowing Program – Gov’s Initiative 0.00 
Deficiency Warrants 0.00  255,000  255,000 
Other Appropriation Adjustments 0.00  (255,000)  (255,000) 


FY 2008 Total Appropriation 207.60  16,164,500  19,382,500  6,227,100  41,774,100 
Removal of One-Time Expenditures (1.00)  (8,250,000)  (671,000)  (164,700)  (9,085,700) 
Base Adjustments 0.00 


FY 2009 Base 206.60  7,914,500  18,711,500  6,062,400  32,688,400 
Benefit Costs 0.00  133,400  197,500  21,200  352,100 
Inflationary Adjustments 0.00  11,600  75,100  11,800  98,500 
Replacement Items 0.00  103,300  557,100  28,000  688,400 
Statewide Cost Allocation 0.00  2,500  2,800  5,300 
Change in Employee Compensation 0.00  120,900  296,400  29,100  446,400 


FY 2009 Program Maintenance 206.60  8,286,200  19,840,400  6,152,500  34,279,100 



Line Items          
Department of Agriculture          
 1. Animal Program Support 0.00 
 2. Plant Investigator 0.00 
 3. Idaho Rural Partnership Program 1.00  135,000  125,000  50,000  310,000 
 4. Rangeland Restoration Ecologist 0.00 
 5. Eurasian Watermilfoil Eradication 0.00  4,000,000  4,000,000 
 6. Invasive Species Support 0.00  86,500  40,000  126,500 
 7. Put Gypsy Moth Survey on Budget 0.00  77,000  22,500  99,500 
 8. Bring Ag in the Classroom In-House 0.00 
 9. REDIFiT Program Admin. & Grant 0.00  55,000  55,000 
 10. Remove Limited Service Positions – GI (3.00) 
 11. Water Projects – Governor’s Initiative 0.00 
 12. Vegetable Garden – Gov’s Initiative 0.00  1,500  1,500 


FY 2009 Total 204.60  12,586,200  20,020,400  6,265,000  38,871,600 
Chg from FY 2008 Orig Approp (3.00)  (3,578,300)  637,900  37,900  (2,902,500) 
% Chg from FY 2008 Orig Approp. (1.4%)  (22.1%)  3.3%  0.6%  (6.9%) 

Contact: Ray Houston 334-4741

Legislative Services Office, Budget & Policy Analysis

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note Bill No. H613