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1999

SENATE BILL 99175

BY SENATORS Lacy, Owen, and Tanner;

also REPRESENTATIVES Tool, Berry, and Saliman.

CONCERNING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

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

SECTION 1. Part I of section 2 of chapter 336, Session Laws of Colorado 1998, is amended to read:

Section 2. Appropriation.

PART I
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

(1) COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Personal Services	1,373,237		989,518	34,155	^b	349,230	(T)^a	334
	(22.7 FTE)
Health, Life, and Dental	559,902		258,408	294,405	^b			7,089
Shortterm Disability	21,522		11,262	10,043	^b			217
Salary Survey and Anniversary Increases	642,209		317,412	314,485	^b			10,312
Workers' Compensation	99,900		52,741	46,200	^b			959
Operating Expenses	112,102		102,202	9,900	^b
Legal Services for 4,000 hours	196,440		52,288	128,190	^b			15,962
Purchase of Services from Computer Center	2,306		2,306
Payment to Risk Management and Property Funds	~~14,120~~		~~7,987~~	~~6,003~~	^b			~~130~~
	12,200		6,901	5,187	^b			112
Vehicle Lease Payments	228,562		163,375	58,187	^b			7,000
Leased Space	91,555		39,447	52,108	^b
Capitol Complex Leased Space	~~112,927~~		~~84,430~~	~~28,497~~	^b
	100,026		74,785	25,241	^b
Lease Purchase for 700 Kipling	213,294		137,943	75,351	^b
Utilities	83,499		76,921	6,578	^b
Agricultural Statistics	92,124		65,000	27,124	^b
Grants	220,906							220,906
Indirect Cost Assessment	15,021							15,021
		~~4,079,626~~
		4,064,805

^a This amount shall be from statewide and departmental indirect cost recoveries.
^b These amounts shall be from fees collected by cash funded agencies within the Department.
^c Of this amount, $31,582 shall be from fees collected by the Brand Inspection Program, and $20,526 shall be from fees collected by cash funded agencies within the Department.
^d These amounts shall be from various cash funds.
^e This amount shall be from cash raised from the sale of statistics books.

(2) AGRICULTURAL SERVICES DIVISION^{1, 2}
Personal Services	8,258,698		4,823,983	3,268,070	^a	37,373	^a	129,272
			(87.5 FTE)	(69.1 FTE)				(3.0 FTE)
Operating Expenses	1,099,067		406,342	680,389	^a			12,336
Measurement Standard Trucks	140,440		140,440
Noxious Weed Management Grant Program	225,000		225,000
Diseased Livestock Fund	75,000					75,000	^b
Horse Development Board	100,000					100,000	^c
Cervidae Disease Revolving Fund	25,000			25,000	^d
Chronic Wasting Disease	150,000					150,000	(T)^e
Indirect Cost Assessment	228,037			205,627	^a			22,410
		10,301,242

^a These amounts shall be from fees collected for services provided.
^b This amount shall be payment for damages available from the Diseased Livestock Indemnity Fund, pursuant to Section 3550140.5(2), C.R.S.
^c This amount shall be from grants, donations, contributions or gifts available from the Colorado Horse Development Board, pursuant to Section 3557.8108, C.R.S.
^d This amount shall be payment for damages available from the Cervidae Disease Revolving Fund, pursuant to Section 3550114.5(4), C.R.S.
^e This amount shall be from the Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife.

(3) AGRICULTURAL MARKETS DIVISION
Personal Services	546,297
	(10.7 FTE)
Operating Expenses	109,223
Aquaculture Operating Expenses	30,000
Economic Development Grants	67,678
		753,198		81,458	^a	671,740	(T)^b

^a This amount shall be from fees for services and cash raised for economic development.
^b This amount represents a transfer from the Department of Local Affairs Economic Development Program. Any amounts included in state fiscal year spending are accounted for in the Department of Local Affairs' appropriation.

(4) BRAND BOARD
Brand Inspection	2,709,334
	(64.7 FTE)
Alternative Livestock	30,403
Indirect Cost Assessment	90,755
		2,830,492		2,830,492	^a

^a This amount shall be from fees for services.

(5) SPECIAL PURPOSE
Wine Promotion Board	300,000
	(1.0 FTE)
Vaccine and Service Fund	51,061
Brand Estray Fund	94,050
Indirect Cost Assessment	15,417
		460,528		425,878	^a	34,650	^b

^a This amount shall be available pursuant to Section 3529.5105, C.R.S., and Section 3550146, C.R.S., and from fees for services. 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.
^b This amount shall be available from reserves in the Brand Estray Fund, pursuant to Section 3553110, C.R.S.

(6) COLORADO STATE FAIR³
Program Costs		8,000,000				8,000,000	^a
		(27.9 FTE)

^aThis amount shall be from fees collected by the Colorado State Fair.

TOTALS PART I
(AGRICULTURE)^{4, 5}		~~$26,425,086~~	~~$7,957,005~~	~~$8,608,140~~		$9,417,993	^a	~~$441,948~~
		$26,410,265	$7,946,274	$8,604,068				$441,930

^a Of this amount, $1,170,970 contains a (T) notation.

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

1 Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Services Division The Department is requested to submit a report regarding the Insectary to the Joint Budget Committee by October 1, 1998 listing the number of requests for beneficial insects for noxious weed control for FY 199798. The report should include the total requests still to be filled, the location of the requests by weed districts or counties, the number of requests that are filled, the locations of where insects were released, and any other relevant data pertaining to beneficial insects in noxious weed control.

2 Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Service Division The Department of Agriculture is requested to provide a report to the Joint Budget Committee on the loss of feral and commercial honey bee population in the state. The report shall be based on the study prepared by Colorado State University, which was funded by the Committee for FY 199899, detailing to the best extent possible the reasons for the decline in honey bees, and recommendations to alleviate this loss.

3 Department of Agriculture, Colorado State Fair The Colorado State Fair and the Department of Agriculture is requested to submit a Schedule 3 and other standard budget reporting schedules to the Joint Budget Committee by November 1, 1998, which provide line item and object code detail on number of FTE, personnel classifications and salaries and operating expenses for actual, estimate and request years.

4 (Governor lined through this provision. See L. 98, p. 2193.)

5 All 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. Each principal department of the state shall produce its rules and regulations in an electronic format that is suitable for public access through electronic means. Such rules and regulations in such format shall be submitted to the Office of Legislative Legal Services for publishing on the Internet. It is the intent of the General Assembly that this be done within existing resources.

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.

____________________________ ____________________________

Ray Powers Russell George

PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES

____________________________ ____________________________

Patricia K. Dicks Judith M. Rodrigue

SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE

THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APPROVED________________________________________

_________________________________________

Bill Owens

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO