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 |
|
891,533 |
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
142,213 |
b |
14,824 |
c |
6,372 | ||||||
494,748 |
331,339 | ||||||||||||
Capitol Complex Leased Space |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||
586,730 |
286,861 |
61,990 |
b |
168,103 |
c |
69,776 | |||||||
| |||||||||||||
14,964,953 | |||||||||||||
a This amount shall be from statewide and departmental indirect cost recoveries. | |||||||||||||
b Of these amounts, | |||||||||||||
c Of these amounts, | |||||||||||||
(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 | |||||||||||||
c Of these amounts, $277,230 (T) shall be from statewide and departmental indirect cost recoveries, | |||||||||||||
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. | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
17,784,300 | |||||||||||||
(2) MINERALS AND GEOLOGY | |||||||||||||
(A) Coal Land Reclamation | |||||||||||||
Program |
1,587,088 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
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 |
||||||||
| |||||||||||||
1,806,263 | |||||||||||||
a | |||||||||||||
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 |
|
114,480 |
|
|
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) |
| ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
409,110 | |||||||||||||
a | |||||||||||||
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. | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
4,831,059 | |||||||||||||
(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 |
|
77,763 |
(M) |
| |||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
3,210,185 | |||||||||||||
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 |
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
1,346,629 |
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 | ||||||||
| |||||||||||||
1,858,098 | |||||||||||||
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 |
|
|
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) | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
18,969,454 | |||||||||||||
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. | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
20,494,570 | |||||||||||||
(7) WATER CONSERVATION BOARD | |||||||||||||
(A) Administration134a | |||||||||||||
Personal Services |
| ||||||||||||
1,913,152 | |||||||||||||
(27.0 FTE) | |||||||||||||
Operating Expenses |
| ||||||||||||
86,929 | |||||||||||||
Interstate Compacts |
260,211 | ||||||||||||
Western States Water Council Dues |
25,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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. | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
2,810,176 | |||||||||||||
(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 | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
1,790,546 | |||||||||||||
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 |
|
|
| ||||||||||
56,883 |
56,883 |
a | |||||||||||
Operating Expenses |
9,971 |
9,971 |
a | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
66,854 | |||||||||||||
a These amounts shall be from the Wildlife Cash Fund. | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||||
$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.
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Charles E. Berry Tom Norton
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
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Judith M. Rodrigue Patricia K. Dicks
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
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Roy Romer
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO