1999

SENATE BILL 99­187

BY SENATORS Lacy, Owen, and Tanner;

also REPRESENTATIVES Tool, Berry, and Saliman.

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 336, Session Laws of Colorado 1998, is amended to read:

Section 2. Appropriation.


PART XIV

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES















(1) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE












(A) Administration













Personal Services
2,558,900








2,558,900
(T)a












(43.6 FTE)



Health, Life, and Dental
2,979,657


1,055,823



1,575,388
b
243,242
c
105,204

Short­term Disability
110,961


42,226



56,472
b
10,001
c
2,262


110,764


42,029









Salary Survey, Anniversary Increases, and Shift Differential
3,736,868


1,137,727



1,921,894
b
330,645
c
346,602

Workers' Compensation
947,700


223,953



684,434
b
25,562
c
13,751

Operating Expenses
1,405,024


140,150



1,086,638
b
172,845
c
5,391

Legal Services for 36,772 38,149 hours
1,805,858


912,150



536,910
b
283,792
c
73,006


1,873,475






604,527
b




Payment to Risk Management and Property Funds
441,680


174,419



234,447
b
26,274
c
6,540


397,190


156,851



210,831
b
23,627
c
5,881

Vehicle Lease Payments
2,653,454


1,204,082



1,349,306
b
27,862
c
72,204


2,719,450


1,227,975



1,388,499
b
28,646
c
74,330

Leased Space
482,253


312,273



150,309
b
13,162
c
6,509


519,340


349,360









Capitol Complex Leased Space
590,149


287,902



66,486
b
164,642
c
71,119


522,729


255,013



58,891
b
145,833
c
62,992


17,712,504













17,771,097


























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

b These amounts shall be from various sources of cash.

c Of these amounts, $690,135 $669,463 shall be from various sources of exempt cash and $607,892(T) shall be from statewide and departmental indirect cost recoveries.















(B) Information Technology Services











Personal Services
940,298








940,298
(T)a












(15.0 FTE)



Operating Expenses
19,505








19,505
(T)a


Purchase of Services from Computer Center
155,709


27,535



56,318
b
71,856
c


Information Technology Services Maintenance
439,477


270,880



110,749
b
31,644
c
26,204

Technology Initiative139, 140
1,195,390






818,495
d
376,895
e



2,750,379


























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

b These amounts shall be from various sources of cash.

c Of these amounts, $62,993 (T) shall be from statewide and departmental indirect cost recoveries and $40,507 shall be from various sources of exempt cash.

d Of this amount $641,600 shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund and $176,895 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 $176,895 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) EPA Wetlands Grant
321,135










321,135















(E) Youth in Natural Resources Program













Program Administration
99,360


96,292





3,068
a






(2.0 FTE)









Crew Operating Costs
84,480








84,480
(T)a



183,840


























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















(F) Metadata Clearinghouse
26,372








26,372
(T)a
















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

















21,014,230













21,072,823

























(2) MINERALS AND GEOLOGY












(A) Coal Land Reclamation












Program Expenses141
1,694,212


288,016
(M)

67,768
(H)a

1,338,428
b


(25.0 FTE)












Coal Program Support
36,517






36,517
a




Environmental Remediation Projects142
190,000






190,000
a




Indirect Cost Assessment
202,758






48,359
c


154,399
d


2,123,487


























a 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, $41,333 shall be from the Mined Land Reclamation Fund, $6,388 shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund, and $638 shall be from fees.

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















(B) Inactive Mines













Program Costs
553,869













(12.6 FTE)












Mine Site Reclamation143
200,000












Abandoned Mine Safety
111,665













(0.2 FTE)













865,534


111,665



80,000
a


673,869















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















(C) Minerals













Personal Services
1,405,428













(22.9 FTE)












Operating Expenses
124,099













1,529,527


625,698



873,831
a
29,998
b
















a Of this amount, $844,122 shall be from the Mined Land Reclamation Fund and $29,709 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
343,700


120,079



47,341
a


176,280





(1.0 FTE)



(0.7 FTE)



(3.3 FTE)

Blaster Certification Program141
100,652


17,111
(M)


4,026
(H)b


79,515


(1.0 FTE)













444,352


























a Of this amount, $30,762 shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund and $16,579 shall be from fees.

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















(E) Emergency Response Costs144
800,000






302,000
a
498,000
b
















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

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

















5,762,900

























(3) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY












General Fund Programs
412,253


412,253













(4.6 FTE)









Cash Funds Programs
1,804,773






1,149,099
a
655,674
(T)b










(10.6 FTE)

(6.0 FTE)



Minerals and Fuel Survey
110,113






110,113
c












(1.0 FTE)





Geological Survey Mapping
166,793


83,396
(M)






83,397





(1.2 FTE)







(1.3 FTE)

La Plata County Geological Mapping144a
50,000






50,000
f




Colorado Avalanche Information Center
414,394






4,800
d
335,266
e
74,328











(5.3 FTE)

(2.0 FTE)

Federal Funded Programs
400,903










400,903













(5.0 FTE)

Indirect Cost

Assessment


26,292










26,292



3,335,521













3,385,521

























a Of this amount, $409,099 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 Trust 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, $61,266 shall be from grants and donations from various sources and $274,000(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
1,552,862






1,549,928
a


2,934


(28.0 FTE)












Operating Expenses
179,352






179,352
b




Document Filing System
2,100






2,100
c




Printing Revolving Fund
13,721






13,721
d




Indirect Cost Assessment
156,644






151,602
e


5,042

Mineral Audits
1,200






1,200
e




Underground Injection Program
100,784










100,784













(2.0 FTE)

Accelerated Drilling145
220,076






220,076
f





(5.0 FTE)












Well Reclamation and Plugging and Abandonment
220,000






56,000
c
164,000
g


Environmental Assistance Projects
180,000






16,000
c
164,000
g


La Plata County Coal Bed Methane Project
88,000






88,000
c




North Washington Water Well Replacement

140,000






115,072
c
24,928
h


Geographic Information Systems146
80,080






80,080
c




Resource Development Promotion
40,000






40,000
c






2,746,819













2,974,819

























a Of this amount, $1,224,888 shall be from the Oil and Gas Conservation Fund and $325,040 shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund.

b Of this amount, $168,180 shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund and $11,172 shall be from the Oil and Gas Conservation Fund.

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

d This amount shall be from the sale of publications.

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

f Of this amount, $132,076 shall be from the Oil and Gas Conservation Fund and $88,000 shall be from the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund.

g These amounts shall be from reserves in the Environmental Response Fund.

h This amount shall be from damage awards.















(5) STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS










Personal Services
1,422,976






711,488
a
711,488
b



(29.0 FTE)












Operating Expenses
78,654






39,327
a
39,327
b


Mineral Audits
41,314






20,657
a
20,657
b


Land and Water Management Fund
75,000






75,000
c




Timber Sales Management
10,000






5,000
a
5,000
b


Indirect Cost Assessment
109,810






54,905
a
54,905
b


State Trust Land Evaluations
219,750






109,875
a
109,875
b




1,957,504

























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

b These amounts shall be from the Land Board Trust 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) Established State Parks148












Personal Services
9,309,175


3,240,157



5,315,842
a
720,245
b
32,931
c


(177.2 FTE)












Operating Expenses
2,179,305






2,179,305
a





2,212,997


15,192



2,197,805
a




Utilities
723,118






723,118
a




Seasonal Work Program
3,761,013






3,761,013
a





15,972,611













16,006,303


























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 cost­sharing agreement with the United States Bureau of Reclamation. Of this amount, $10,566 shall be for State Patrol dispatch.

b Of this amount, $505,806 shall be from Lottery proceeds, including reserves from prior years, and is shown for informational purposes only, $169,439 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 reflects various federal grants, and is shown for informational purposes only.















(B) New State Parks













Personal Services
289,792


130,373



17,979
a
141,440
b



184,464


75,045





91,440
b



(7.0 FTE)













(4.0 FTE)












Operating Expenses
133,038






133,038
a





42,284






42,284
a




Utilities
35,000






35,000
a





15,000






15,000
a




Seasonal Work Program
143,009






143,009
a





54,100






54,100
a





600,839













295,848


























a These amounts shall be from the Parks and Outdoor Recreation Cash Fund.

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















(C) Great Outdoors Colorado Board Grants149
4,359,000








4,359,000
a












(6.8 FTE)

















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















(D) Special Purpose













Snowmobile Program
364,875






364,875
a




River Outfitters Regulation
50,788






50,788
b




Off­Highway Vehicle Program
172,039






172,039
c












(2.0 FTE)





Federal Grants
277,677










277,677
d

Indirect Cost Assessment
700,600






700,600
e




State Trails System
36,500










36,500
f


1,602,479


























a This amount shall be from the Snowmobile Recreation Fund.

b This amount shall be from the River Outfitters Cash Fund.

c This amount shall be from the Off­highway Vehicle Recreation Fund.

d This amount reflects funds from the United States Coast Guard and is shown for informational purposes only.

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

f This amount reflects funds from the United States Department of Transportation and is shown for informational purposes only.

















22,534,929













22,263,630

























(7) WATER CONSERVATION BOARD












(A) Administration













Personal Services
1,970,874













(27.0 FTE)












Operating Expenses
82,929












Interstate Compacts
261,819












Western States Water Council Dues
25,000












Platte River Basin Cooperative Agreement
378,036













(1.0 FTE)












Colorado River Decision Support System
207,771













(3.0 FTE)













2,926,429


1,126,183





1,800,246
a
















a Of this amount, $1,126,183 shall be from reserves in the Water Conservation Board Construction Fund, $378,036 shall be from the Fish and Wildlife Resources Account 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
140,628








135,490
a
5,138

Weather Modification
7,100






7,100
b




Water Conservation Program
142,469








142,469
a












(2.5 FTE)



Severance Tax Fund
275,000






275,000
c





648,785


























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

b This amount shall be from weather modification permit fees.

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

















3,575,214

























(8) WATER RESOURCES DIVISION150












Personal Services
12,285,126


12,285,126













(227.6 FTE)









Operating Expenses
679,598


665,078



13,628
a
892
b



691,063


676,543









Arkansas River Litigation150a
311,100


311,100









Interstate Compacts
53,527


53,527









Water Data Bank
251,428


201,536



44,850
c
5,042
d



(5.0 FTE)












Satellite Monitoring

System


319,340


220,763



94,898
e
3,679
f



(2.0 FTE)












Ground Water Management
548,133






497,393
g
50,740
h



(6.0 FTE)












Indirect Cost Assessment
21,466






20,883
i
583
j


Augmentation of Water for Sand and Gravel

Extraction


35,000






35,000
k




Dam Emergency Repair
50,000








50,000
l


Federal Grant
11,500










11,500
m

Colorado River Decision Support System
216,472


108,236





108,236
l



(1.0 FTE)














14,471,590













14,794,155

























a Of this amount, $8,364 shall be from the Publication Cash Fund and $5,264 shall be from the Groundwater Publication Fund.

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

c This amount shall be from the Water Data Bank Cash Fund.

d This amount shall be from reserves in the Water Data Bank Cash Fund.

e This amount shall be from the Satellite Monitoring System Cash Fund.

f This amount shall be from reserves in the Satellite Monitoring System Cash Fund.

g This amount shall be from the Groundwater Management Cash Fund.

h This amount shall be from reserves in the Groundwater Management Cash Fund.

i This amount shall be from various sources of cash funds.

j This amount shall be from various sources of cash funds exempt.

k This amount shall be from the Gravel Pit Lakes Augmentation Fund.

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

m This amount reflects funds from the United States Bureau of Reclamation and is shown for informational purposes only.















(9) DIVISION OF WILDLIFE151, 152, 153, 154, 154a











(A) Habitat and Species Management












(1) Wildlife Habitat Personal Services
3,993,837













5,405,024













(78.1 FTE)













(115.4 FTE)












Operating Expenses
2,032,428













2,850,116












Noxious Weed Control
200,000












(2) Wildlife Species Personal Services
1,660,652













1,555,487













(36.5 FTE)













(26.8 FTE)












Operating Expenses
1,154,302













572,900













9,041,219






5,791,219
a
350,000
b
2,900,000


10,583,527






7,205,713
a


3,027,814















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) Wildlife Related Recreation












(1) Hunting Recreation155













Personal Services
4,660,228













3,324,200













(85.2 FTE)













(63.7 FTE)












Operating Expenses
3,659,552













4,511,105












Chronic Wasting Disease Study
150,000












(2) Fishing Recreation Personal Services
6,151,503













5,652,727













(127.7 FTE)













(138.4 FTE)












Operating Expenses
2,183,323













2,761,658












(3) Watchable Wildlife Personal Services
706,767













365,504













(7.1 FTE)













(5.7 FTE)












Operating Expenses
216,015













101,491












(4) Law Enforcement Personal Services
2,431,858













2,129,127













(56.8 FTE)













(41.2 FTE)












Operating Expenses
453,641













394,562












(5) Licensing

Personal Services


1,290,241













1,040,439













(21.3 FTE)













(13.7 FTE)












Operating Expenses
732,117













1,190,332













22,635,245






18,637,685
a


3,997,560


21,621,145






18,130,425
a


3,490,720















a Of this amount, $18,636,073 $17,713,836 shall be from the from the Wildlife Cash Fund, $414,977 shall be from the Habitat Partnership Fund, and $1,612 shall be from the Search and Rescue Fund.















(C) Wildlife Education and Information












(1) Wildlife Education Personal Services
1,690,407













1,826,299













(28.4 FTE)













(31.6 FTE)












Operating Expenses
621,379













971,029












(2) Wildlife Information Personal Services
772,078













921,381













(14.2 FTE)













(17.2 FTE)












Operating Expenses
951,955













1,218,200












(3) Customer Service Personal Services
2,377,599













3,291,249













(56.8 FTE)













(78.6 FTE)












Operating Expenses
352,875













561,242













6,766,293






6,446,293
a


320,000


8,789,400






8,090,374
a


699,026















a Of this amount, $5,765,913 $7,409,994 shall be from the from the Wildlife Cash Fund and $680,380 shall be from subscription revenues from Colorado Outdoors Magazine.















(D) Responsive Management












(1) Public Policy

Personal Services


432,505













858,920













(7.1 FTE)













(12.6 FTE)












Operating Expenses
244,112













793,725












(2) Human Resources Personal Services
3,111,972













2,617,401













(49.7 FTE)













(43.3 FTE)












Operating Expenses
447,737













1,757,284












(3) Internal Systems Personal Services
7,978,757













5,338,751













(141.7 FTE)













(122.4 FTE)












Operating Expenses
4,255,821













2,968,485













16,470,904






16,470,904
a





14,334,566






14,334,566
a


















a Of this amount, $16,469,627 $14,333,289 shall be from the from the Wildlife Cash Fund and $1,277 shall be from the Search and Rescue Fund.















(E) Special Purpose













Wildlife Commission Discretionary Fund
250,000






250,000
a




Indirect Cost Assessment
2,826,128






2,826,128
a





3,076,128


























a These amounts shall be from the Wildlife Cash Fund.















(F) Great Outdoors Colorado Board Grants156











Habitat and Species Management
3,640,000








3,640,000
a












(14.8 FTE)



Wildlife Related Recreation
325,000








325,000
a












(6.1 FTE)



Wildlife Education and Information
535,000








535,000
a












(1.1 FTE)




4,500,000


























a These amounts shall be from the Great Outdoors Colorado Board and are shown for informational purposes only.

















62,489,789













62,904,766

























(10) SOIL CONSERVATION BOARD












Personal Services
305,686


293,349





12,337
(T)a



326,508


314,171










(6.0 FTE)












Operating Expenses
35,115


34,402





713
(T)a


Distributions to Soil Conservation Districts
391,714


391,714









Assistance to Local Government
31,146


31,146









Matching Grants to Districts157
500,000


500,000









Irrigation/Conservation Program
120,965


13,317



71,975
b



35,673


(3.0 FTE)












Indirect Cost

Assessment


5,263






1,949
b
344
(T)a
2,970



1,389,889













1,410,711

























a These funds shall be from the Department of Transportation and other state agencies for the Living Snow Fence Program.

b These funds shall be from fees charged by well pump testing associations.















TOTALS PART XIV













(NATURAL RESOURCES)4, 5

$139,278,385

$26,838,537



$79,969,522

$20,605,441
a
$11,864,885



$140,102,043

$27,152,114



$80,532,007

$20,559,697
a
$11,858,225















a Of this amount, $5,581,558 contains a (T) notation.

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

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.

127 Department 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 case­by­case 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.

139 Department of Natural Resources, Executive Director's Office, Information Technology Services, Technology Initiative ­­ It is the intent of the General Assembly that moneys in this line item be restricted by the State Controller until the Commission on Information Management has reviewed and approved the Department's Year 2000 implementation plan.

140 Department 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 1998­99 or FY 1999­2000.

141 Department of Natural Resources, Minerals and Geology, Coal Land Reclamation, Program Expenses; and Mines Program, Blaster Certification Program ­­ 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.

142 Department of Natural Resources, Minerals and Geology, Coal Land Reclamation, Environmental Remediation Projects ­­ These funds are to be used to reclaim the following coal mine sites: Hawk's Nest Mine in Gunnison County, Arness­McGriffin Mine in La Plata County, GEC Mine in Fremont County, Sunlight Mine in Garfield County, Coal Gulch Mine in La Plata County, and Jewel Mine in Huerfano County. It is the intent of the General Assembly that these funds shall remain available until completion of the projects or the close of FY 2000­2001, whichever comes first. At project completion or the end of the three­year period, any unexpended balances shall revert to the Operational Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund from which they were appropriated.

143 Department of Natural Resources, Minerals and Geology, Inactive Mines, Mine Site Reclamation ­­ It is the intent of the General Assembly that these funds shall remain available until completion of the project or the close of FY 2000­2001, whichever comes first. At project completion or the end of the three­year period, any unexpended balances shall revert to the Operation Account of the Severance Tax Trust Fund from which they were appropriated.

144 Department of Natural Resources, Minerals and Geology, Emergency Response Costs ­­ This appropriation is for the purpose of responding to environmental emergencies pursuant to Section 34­32­123, C.R.S. The Department is requested to submit a report detailing expenditures made from the Emergency Response Cash Fund, including a brief description of each emergency situation which required fund expenditures. This report should be submitted with the Department's annual budget request.

144a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, LA PLATA COUNTY GEOLOGICAL MAPPING ­­ IT IS THE INTENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT THE DEPARTMENT BE ALLOWED TO EXPEND THESE FUNDS IN FY 1998­99 OR FY 1999­2000.

145 (Governor lined through this provision. See L. 98, p. 2195.)

146 Department of Natural Resources, Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Geographic Information Systems ­­ It is the intent of the General Assembly that moneys in this line be restricted by the State Controller until the Commission on Information Management has reviewed and approved the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission's implementation plan for this specific Geographic Information Systems project.

148 Department of Natural Resources, Parks and Outdoor Recreation, Established State Parks ­­ The Department is requested to report to the Joint Budget Committee, with the Department=s annual budget submission, the following information: A listing of each park for which additional funds were provided, and detailed information on how funding awards were expended for each component, including personal services, operating expenses, utilities, and seasonal work program. Expenditures should be shown by fund source.

149 Department of Natural Resources, Parks and Outdoor Recreation, 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.

150 Department 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.

150a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES DIVISION, ARKANSAS RIVER LITIGATION ­­ IT IS THE INTENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT APPROPRIATIONS MADE IN THIS LINE ITEM BE AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE IN FY 1998­99 AND FY 1999­2000.

151 Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife ­­ It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Division of Wildlife submit a zero­based budget request for FY 1999­2000 to the Joint Budget Committee by November 1, 1998.

152 (Governor lined through this provision. See L. 98, p. 2195.)

153 Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife ­­ The Division is requested to submit a report to the Joint Budget Committee detailing the Division's previous year's actual expenditures by each of the 13 major goals contained in the Long Range Plan. Such expenditure history should include an allocation of centrally appropriated costs in the Executive Director's Office, as well as capital construction expenditures, to each of these 13 goals. In addition, the report should discuss the sources of revenue used to fund expenditures in each of these 13 goal areas.

154 (Governor lined through this provision. See L. 98, p. 2195.)

154a Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife ­­ The Department is requested to submit a report to the General Assembly regarding cash fund revenues, cash fund balances, and cash fund expenditures for each cash fund administered by the Division. Information on cash fund expenditures should include detail about the exact programs and projects funded from each cash fund. This report should be submitted to the Joint Budget Committee, the House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, and Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy by October 1, 1998.

155 (Governor lined through this provision. See L. 98, p. 2196.)

156 (Governor lined through this provision. See L. 98, p. 2196.)

157 Department 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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Ray Powers Russell George

PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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Patricia K. Dicks Judith M. Rodrigue

SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE

THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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Bill Owens

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO