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An Act

HOUSE BILL 98-1350

BY REPRESENTATIVES Grampsas, Owen, and Romero;

also SENATORS Lacy, Blickensderfer, and Rizzuto.

Concerning a supplemental appropriation to the department of natural resources.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1. Part XIV of section 2 of chapter 310, Session Laws of Colorado 1997, is amended to read:

Section 2. Appropriation.

PART XIV

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES















(1) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE













(A) Administration














Personal Services

2,484,274









2,484,274

(T)a












(43.6 FTE)




Health, Life, and Dental

2,811,622



1,033,930




1,442,372

b

241,956

c

93,364


Short-term Disability

105,538



39,980




54,307

b

9,235

c

2,016


Salary Survey, Anniversary Increases, and Shift Differential

1,863,520



890,475




501,346

b

150,642

c

321,057


Workers' Compensation

1,010,370



238,763




729,167

b

27,780

c

14,660


Operating Expenses

1,400,524



139,877




1,085,933

b

169,050

c

5,664


Legal Services for 33,870 35,220 hours

1,625,723



891,533




413,498

b

249,336

c

71,356



1,690,523







439,418

b

288,216

c



Payment to Risk Management and Property Funds

515,202



203,461




273,487

b

30,685

c

7,569


Vehicle Lease












Payments

2,001,902



990,579




929,474

b

22,267

c

59,582


Leased Space

473,750



310,341




142,213

b

14,824

c

6,372



494,748



331,339










Capitol Complex Leased Space

580,089



284,837




61,116

b

166,968

c

67,168



586,730



286,861




61,990

b

168,103

c

69,776



14,872,514














14,964,953



























a This amount shall be from statewide and departmental indirect cost recoveries.

b Of these amounts, $155,639 $181,559 shall be from the Land Board Administration Fund and $5,477,274 $5,478,148 shall be from various sources of cash.

c Of these amounts, $232,348 $271,228 shall be from the Land Board Administration Fund and is derived from property sales, $295,256 $296,391 shall be from various sources of exempt cash, and $555,139(T) shall be from statewide and departmental indirect cost recoveries.















(B) Information Technology Services












Personal Services

914,238









914,238

(T)a













(15.0 FTE)




Operating Expenses

19,505









19,505

(T)a



Purchase of Services from Computer Center

155,709



12,000




59,592

b

84,117

c



Information Technology Services Maintenance

439,477



72,178




105,863

b

235,232

c

26,204


Technology Initiative131, 132

1,064,410







827,264

d

237,146

e




2,593,339



























a These amounts shall be from statewide and departmental indirect cost recoveries.

b Of these amounts, $22,819 shall be from the Land Board Administration Fund and $142,636 These amounts shall be from various sources of cash.

c Of these amounts, $277,230 (T) shall be from statewide and departmental indirect cost recoveries, $34,227 shall be from the Land Board Administration Fund and shall be derived from property sales, and $7,892 $42,119 shall be from various sources of exempt cash.

d Of this amount $802,500 shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund and $24,764 shall be from the Land Board Administration Fund.

e Of this amount, $200,000 shall be from reserves in the Ground Water Management Fund and $37,146 shall be from the Land Board Administration Fund and shall be derived from property sales.















(C) Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act127

20,000









20,000

(T)a

















a This amount shall be from the Department of Law.

(D) Resource Mitigation Banking

15,000







15,000

a



















a This amount shall be from fees charged to project applicants.















(E) EPA Wetlands Grant

69,000











69,000
















(F) Youth in Natural Resources Program

95,636



95,636














(2.0 FTE)










(G) Metadata Clearinghouse

26,372









26,372

(T)a

















a This amount shall be from various sources within the Department.

















17,691,861














17,784,300


























(2) MINERALS AND GEOLOGY













(A) Coal Land Reclamation













Program Expenses Expenses132b

1,587,088



348,133

(M)


100,000

a



1,138,955

b





269,805

(M)


63,483

(H)a


1,253,800

b


(25.0 FTE)












Coal Program Support

36,517







36,517

a





Indirect Cost













Assessment

182,658







46,008

c



136,650

d


1,769,746














1,806,263



























a This amount These amounts shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund.

b This amount shall be from the Office of Surface Mining.

c Of this amount, $4,305 shall be from fees and $41,703 shall be from the Mined Land Reclamation Fund.

d This amount shall be from the Office of Surface Mining and the Mine Safety and Health Administration.















(B) Inactive Mines














Program Costs

528,259














(12.6 FTE)












Best Management Practices

37,922













Abandoned Mine Safety

111,665














(0.2 FTE)














677,846



111,665








566,181
















(C) Minerals














Personal Services

1,263,837














(22.9 FTE)












Operating Expenses

119,003













Aerial Photography

5,000













Alluvial Gravel Study

50,000














1,437,840



585,696




822,144

a

30,000

b

















a Of this amount, $772,144 shall be from the Mined Land Reclamation Fund, and $50,000 shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund.

b This amount shall be from reserves in the Mined Land Reclamation Fund.















(D) Mines Program














Colorado and Federal Mine Safety Program

290,378



114,480




16,579

a



159,319



308,458







34,659

a









(1.0 FTE)




(0.5 FTE)




(3.3 FTE)


Blaster Certification Program

100,652



17,612

(M)





3,525

b

79,515



(1.0 FTE)













391,030














409,110



























a This amount Of this amount, $16,579 shall be from fees. fees, and $18,080 shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund.

b This amount shall be from reserves in the Mine Safety Cash Fund.















(E) Emergency Response Costs132a

500,000









500,000

a

















a This amount shall be from reserves in the Emergency Response Cash Fund created under Section 34-32-122, C.R.S.

















4,776,462














4,831,059


























(3) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY














General Fund Programs

383,129



383,129














(4.6 FTE)










Cash Funds Programs

1,746,607







1,129,056

a

617,551

(T)b











(4.8 FTE)


(12.8 FTE)




Minerals and Fuel Survey

110,113







110,113

c





Geological Survey Mapping Mapping132b

155,527



77,763

(M)







77,764



165,112







4,792

(H)f


82,557






(1.2 FTE)








(1.3 FTE)


Colorado Avalanche Information Center

392,843







4,800

d

313,043

e

75,000












(5.3 FTE)


(2.0 FTE)


Federal Funded Programs

386,574











386,574














(5.0 FTE)


Indirect Cost

Assessment

25,807











25,807




3,200,600














3,210,185


























a Of this amount, $389,056 shall be from fees, and $740,000 shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund.

b This amount shall be from the Department of Transportation and other state agencies.

c Of this amount, $88,090 shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund, and $22,023(T) shall be from the Land Board Administration Fund.

d Of this amount, $2,000 shall be from the Snowmobile Fund, and $2,800 shall be from the sale of avalanche products.

e Of this amount, $40,000 shall be from grants and donations from various sources, and $273,043(T) shall be from the Colorado Department of Transportation.

f This amount shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund.















(4) OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION












Personal Services

1,476,964







1,474,581

a



2,383



(28.0 FTE)












Operating Expenses

143,288







143,288

b





Document Filing System

48,320







48,320

g





Printing Revolving Fund

13,721







13,721

c





Indirect Cost Assessment

151,981







147,414

a



4,567


Mineral Audits

1,200







1,200

a





Underground Injection Program

90,910











90,910














(2.0 FTE)


Accelerated Drilling 133

213,912







213,912

d






(5.0 FTE)













Well Reclamation and Plugging and Abandonment

220,064







220,064

e





Environmental Assistance Projects

180,053







180,053

f







2,540,413


























a These amounts shall be from the Oil and Gas Conservation Fund.

b Of this amount, $133,180 shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund, and $10,108 shall be from the Oil and Gas Conservation Fund.

c This amount shall be from the sale of publications.

d Of this amount, $88,000 shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund, and $125,912 shall be from the Oil and Gas Conservation Fund.

e Of this amount, $160,000 shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund, and $60,064 shall be from the Environmental Response Fund.

f Of this amount, $140,000 shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund, and $40,053 shall be from the Environmental Response Fund.

g This amount shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund.















(5) STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS











Personal Services

1,296,629







518,652

a

777,977

b




1,346,629







538,652

a

807,977

b




(29.0 FTE)












Operating Expenses

60,642







24,257

a

36,385

b



Mineral Audits

41,314







16,526

a

24,788

b



Land and Water Management Fund

75,000







75,000

c





Timber Sales Management

10,000







4,000

a

6,000

b



Indirect Cost Assessment

104,815







41,926

a

62,889

b



State Trust Land Evaluations

219,698







87,879

a

131,819

b





1,808,098














1,858,098


























a These amounts shall be from the Land Board Administration Fund.

b These amounts shall be from the Land Board Administration Fund and are derived from property sales.

c This amount shall be from the Land and Water Management Fund.















(6) PARKS AND OUTDOOR RECREATION












(A) Administration














Established State Parks

15,292,944



3,259,528




11,279,610

a

720,806

b

33,000



15,288,421



3,255,005











(173.7 FTE)












New State Parks

135,033







89,476

a

45,557

c




(1.5 FTE)













Great Outdoors Colorado Board Grants 134

3,546,000









3,546,000

d













(6.7 FTE)





18,973,977














18,969,454



























a These amounts shall be from the Parks and Outdoor Recreation Cash Fund. These amounts may be offset with federal funds for the net operating deficit of Paonia, Vega, Rifle Gap, Crawford, and Navajo State parks available pursuant to a cost sharing agreement with the Federal Bureau of Reclamation.

b Of this amount, $505,806 shall be from Lottery proceeds, including reserves from prior years, and is shown for informational purposes only, $170,000 shall be from the Land Board Internal Improvement Trust Fund and Saline Trust Fund, and $45,000 shall be from the Snowmobile Fund.

c This amount shall be a grant from the Great Outdoors Colorado Board.

d This amount shall be from the Great Outdoors Colorado Board and is shown for informational purposes only.















(B) Special Purpose














Snowmobile Program

319,842







319,842

a





River Outfitters Regulation

50,788







50,788

b





Off-Highway Vehicle Program

170,343







170,343

c













(2.0 FTE)






Federal Grants

277,677











277,677


Indirect Cost Assessment

669,966







669,966

d





State Trails System

36,500











36,500



1,525,116



























a This amount shall be from the Snowmobile Fund.

b This amount shall be from the River Outfitters Fund.

c This amount shall be from off-highway-vehicle registration fees.

d This amount shall be from the Parks and Outdoor Recreation Cash Fund.

















20,499,093














20,494,570


























(7) WATER CONSERVATION BOARD













(A) Administration134a














Personal Services

1,867,152














1,913,152














(27.0 FTE)













Operating Expenses

82,929














86,929













Interstate Compacts

260,211













Western States Water Council Dues

25,000














2,235,292



1,107,430






1,127,862

a




2,285,292



1,157,430
























a Of this amount, $831,835 shall be from reserves in the Water Conservation Board Construction Fund and $296,027(T) shall be from the Wildlife Cash Fund.















(B) Special Purpose














Federal Emergency Management Assistance

78,838











78,838














(1.0 FTE)


Dam Site Inventory

4,750









4,750

a



Indirect Cost Assessment

195,983









195,983

a



Weather Modification

7,100







7,100

b





Water Conservation Program

138,213









138,213

a













(2.5 FTE)




Severance Tax Fund

100,000







100,000

c






524,884



























a These amounts shall be from reserves in the Water Conservation Board Construction Fund.

b This amount shall be from weather modification application fees.

c This amount shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund.

















2,760,176














2,810,176


























(8) WATER RESOURCES DIVISION135













Personal Services

11,711,626



11,711,626














(227.6 FTE)









Operating Expenses

665,078



665,078










Interstate Compacts

53,527



53,527










Water Data Bank

244,041



194,149




44,850

a

5,042

b




(5.0 FTE)













Printing Revolving Fund

9,256







8,364

a

892

b


Satellite Monitoring System

313,891



215,314




94,898

a

3,679

b




(2.0 FTE)













Ground Water Management

535,906







485,166

c

50,740

d




(6.0 FTE)













Indirect Cost Assessment

42,177







42,177

a





Designated Basin Publication

5,264







5,264

e





Augmentation of Water for Sand and Gravel Extraction

59,742







59,742

c





Dam Emergency Repair

50,000









50,000

f



Federal Grant

11,500











11,500




13,702,008

























a These amounts shall be from various sources of cash funds.

b These amounts shall be from various sources of cash funds exempt.

c These amounts shall be from permit fees.

d This amount shall be from reserves in the Ground Water Management Fund.

e This amount shall be from applicant fees. For purposes of complying with the limitation on state fiscal year spending imposed by Article X, Section 20 of the State Constitution, these moneys are included for informational purposes as they are continuously appropriated by a permanent statute or constitutional provision.

f This amount shall be from reserves in the Water Conservation Board Construction Fund.















(9) DIVISION OF WILDLIFE136













(A) Program














(1) Administration Personal Services

2,068,520














(31.8 FTE)












Operating Expenses

956,270













(2) Hunting Recreation Personal Services

18,013,017














(340.3 FTE)












Operating Expenses

7,242,613













(3) Fishing Recreation Personal Services

14,226,552














(288.6 FTE)












Operating Expenses

4,683,409













(4) Watchable Wildlife Personal Services

689,768














(14.1 FTE)












Operating Expenses

353,298













(5)Nongame/Endangered Wildlife Personal Services

1,412,293














(29.5 FTE)












Operating Expenses

1,006,728













(6) Indirect Cost Assessment

2,877,757














53,530,225







46,109,204

a

350,000

b

7,071,021
















a This amount shall be from the from the Wildlife Cash Fund.

b This amount shall be from the Nongame Wildlife Voluntary Contribution Fund.















(B) Special Purpose














Wildlife Commission














Discretionary Fund

450,000







450,000

a





Search and Rescue Program

3,000







3,000

b













(0.2 FTE)






Instream Flow Program

296,027







296,027

c





Habitat Partnership

728,248







728,248

a





Flood Damage and Equipment Loss136a

313,271







313,271

a






1,477,275














1,790,546



























a These amounts shall be from the Wildlife Cash Fund.

b This amount shall be from the Search and Rescue Fund.

c This amount shall be from the Wildlife Cash Fund and transferred to the Water Conservation Board Construction Fund.















(C) Colorado Outdoors Magazine













Personal Services

177,840







177,840

a













(4.0 FTE)






Operating Expenses

579,108







579,108

a






756,948



























a These amounts shall be from subscription revenues.















(D) Wildlife Education Program














Personal Services

52,918







52,918

a






56,883







56,883

a





Operating Expenses

9,971







9,971

a






62,889














66,854



























a These amounts shall be from the Wildlife Cash Fund.

















55,827,337














56,144,573












(10) SOIL CONSERVATION BOARD













Personal Services

303,128



290,901






12,227

a




(6.0 FTE)













Operating Expenses

30,609



29,896






713

a



Distributions to Soil Conservation Districts

259,714



259,714










Assistance to Local Government

31,146



31,146










Matching Grants to Districts137

1,000,000



250,000








750,000


Irrigation/Conservation Program

119,872



13,165






46,707

a

60,000



(3.0 FTE)













Indirect Cost

Assessment

7,010









4,485

a

2,525




1,751,479


























a Of these amounts, $13,540(T) shall be from other state agencies and $50,592 shall be from donations from local Soil Conservation Districts.















TOTALS PART XIV














(NATURAL RESOURCES)2, 3, 4


$124,557,527


$24,923,542




$73,914,027


$13,911,260

a

$11,808,698




$125,126,861


$24,913,713




$74,300,929


$13,981,275

a

$11,930,944
















a Of this amount, $5,518,942 contains a (T) notation.

FOOTNOTES -- The following statements are referenced to the numbered footnotes throughout section 2.

2(Governor lined through this provision. See L. 97, p. 2180.)

3All Departments, Totals -- The General Assembly requests that copies of all reports requested in other footnotes contained in this act be delivered to the Joint Budget Committee and the majority and minority leadership in each house of the General Assembly.

4(Governor lined through this provision. See L. 97, p. 2180.)

127Department of Law, Special Purpose, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Contracts; Department of Natural Resources, Executive Director's Office, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; and Department of Public Health and Environment, Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division, Contaminated Site Cleanups -- The departments are requested to cooperate in the preparation of a report detailing each department's expenditures for CERCLA contracts. The report should include a case-by-case itemization of actual, estimated, and requested funding for personal services, contract services, operating expenses, and other costs. The report should be prepared annually and should be submitted with each department's budget request.

131Department of Natural Resources, Executive Director's Office, Information Technology Services, Technology Initiative -- It is the intent of the General Assembly that the cash funds and cash funds exempt from the Land Board and the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund for the Technology Initiative will be restricted by the State Controller until the Information Management Commission has certified, by letter, that the Department of Natural Resources is "Year 2000" compatible or that this initiative specifically addresses a "Year 2000" need.

132Department of Natural Resources, Executive Director's Office, Information Technology Services, Technology Initiative -- It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Department be allowed to expend these funds in FY 1997-98 or FY 1998-99.

132aDepartment of Natural Resources, Minerals and Geology, Emergency Response Costs -- It is the intent of the General Assembly that if additional funds are needed pursuant to Section 34-32-122, C.R.S., to respond to environmental emergencies at mining sites, the Executive Director of the Department of Natural Resources should submit a request for supplemental funding. Furthermore, such request should be for funds from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund, established pursuant to Section 39-29-109(I)(a)(II), C.R.S., and which moneys may be used for such emergency purposes. Such request should provide written justification detailing the need for the supplemental appropriation, and should be submitted to the Joint Budget Committee as soon as the need for additional funds arises.

132bDepartment of Natural Resources, Minerals and Geology, Coal Land Reclamation, Program Expenses; and Geological Survey, GeologicalSurvey Mapping -- It is the intent of the General Assembly that the amount shown in the cash funds column shall be combined with the amount in the General Fund column for purposes of determining the match amount for the "M" and "H" headnotes.

133(Governor lined through this provision. See L. 97, p. 2182.)

134Department of Natural Resources, Parks and Outdoor Recreation, Administration, Great Outdoors Colorado Board Grants -- These funds are anticipated from the Great Outdoors Colorado Board, and while these funds are not subject to appropriation by the Legislature, pursuant to Article XXVII, Section 5 of the Colorado Constitution, they are shown here for informational purposes. The General Assembly accepts no obligation to continue funding these FTE and programs if Great Outdoors Colorado funds are no longer available.

134aDepartment of Natural Resources, Water Conservation Board, Administration -- It is the intent of the General Assembly that $50,000 General Fund shall be for the purposes of assisting Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Larimer, Clear Creek, Weld, Elbert, Lincoln, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers, and Baca counties with flood mitigation reporting. Of this amount, $46,000 is for personal services and $4,000 is for operating expenses.

135Department of Natural Resources, Water Resources Division -- It is the intent of the General Assembly that General Fund support for the Satellite Monitoring System will continue, and that fair share user fees will be encouraged.

136Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife -- The appropriation to this division has been based upon and is subject to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Natural Resources and the Joint Budget Committee of the General Assembly, which memorandum was signed by the chairman of each board or his or her designee, the director of each division, the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources, and the chairman of the Joint Budget Committee. The Memorandum of Understanding is on file at the office of the Joint Budget Committee. The intent of the Memorandum is to make the Department more cost-effective through line item consolidation in order to maximize productivity by using existing staff and funding levels to prioritize assignments and responsibly perform statutorily required functions.

136aDepartment of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife, Flood Damage and Equipment Loss -- This appropriation is to be used to pay for the cleanup and replacement of damaged equipment resulting from flooding at the Division of Wildlife's Fort Collins Service Center. To the extent that additional funds to pay for these costs are recovered from the Division of Risk Management, it is the intent of the General Assembly that such insurance recoveries be used to reimburse the Wildlife Cash Fund.

137Department of Natural Resources, Soil Conservation Board, Matching Grants to Districts -- It is the intent of the General Assembly that all funds distributed from the Matching Grants to Districts line item be matched with at least one dollar of local and/or private funds for each dollar of state funds received under this program.

SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.

____________________________ ____________________________

Charles E. Berry Tom Norton

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF

OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE

____________________________ ____________________________

Judith M. Rodrigue Patricia K. Dicks

CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF

OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE

APPROVED________________________________________

_________________________________________

Roy Romer

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO


Created: 3/13/98 Updated: 3/13/98