HOUSE BILL 6

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Mimi Stewart

AN ACT

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the "Department of Game and Fish Appropriation Act".

     Section 2. DEFINITION.--As used in the Department of Game and Fish Appropriation Act, "federal funds" means payments by the United States government to state government or state agencies, except those payments made in accordance with the federal Mineral Leasing Act and the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972.

     Section 3. FORMAT.--The general format of the appropriations set forth in the Department of Game and Fish Appropriation Act, with respect to symbols used, column headings and stating of amounts, is that used in the General Appropriation Act of 2006.

     Section 4. FISCAL YEAR 2008 APPROPRIATIONS.--

                                   Internal

                                   Svc.Funds/

                         General  Interagency  Federal

Item                     Fund     Transfer     Funds    Total/Target

DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH

(1) Sport hunting and fishing:

The purpose of the sport hunting and fishing program is to provide a statewide system for hunting activities and self-sustaining and hatchery-supported fisheries, taking into account hunter safety, quality hunts, high demand areas, guides and outfitters and quotas and ensuring that local and financial interests receive consideration.

Appropriations:

(a) Personal services and

    employee benefits                7,493.7   4,714.4    12,208.1

(b) Contractual services              734.9     633.6     1,368.5

(c) Other                 45.0      2,048.5   2,940.4     5,033.9

(d) Other financing uses            82.3     232.7       315.0

Authorized FTE: 190.00 Permanent; 2.00 Term; 4.00 Temp

Performance Measures:

(a) Outcome: Angler opportunity and success                    80%

(b) Outcome: Number of days of elk hunting                    165,000

(c) Outcome: Percent of public hunting licenses

                                   Internal

                                   Svc.Funds/

                         General  Interagency  Federal

Item                     Fund     Transfer     Funds    Total/Target

drawn by New Mexico hunters80%

(d) Output: Annual output of fish from the

department's hatchery system, in pounds 400,000

(2) Conservation services:

The purpose of the conservation services program is to provide information and technical guidance to any person wishing to conserve and enhance wildlife habitat and recover indigenous species of threatened and endangered wildlife.

Appropriations:

(a) Personal services and

employee benefits189.2786.71,513.22,489.1

(b) Contractual services             455.4      849.3    1,304.7

(c) Other                         2,846.0      966.7    3,812.7

Authorized FTE: 32.00 Permanent; 8.00 Term; .50 Temp

Performance Measures:

(a) Output: Number of threatened and endangered

     species studied and involved in the

     recovery plan process                                        35

(b) Outcome: Number of wildlife areas opened

for access under the gaining access into

nature project 30

                                   Internal

                                   Svc.Funds/

                     General   Interagency     Federal

Item                 Fund      Transfer        Funds    Total/Target(c) Outcome: Number of acres of wildlife habitat

conserved, enhanced or positively affected

statewide100,000

(3) Wildlife depredation and nuisance abatement:

The purpose of the wildlife depredation and nuisance abatement program is to provide complaint administration and intervention processes to private landowners, leaseholders and other New Mexicans so they may be relieved of and precluded from property damage, annoyance or risks to public safety caused by protected wildlife.

Appropriations:

(a) Personal services and

employee benefits314.4314.4

(b) Contractual services             179.7                  179.7

(c) Other                            674.8                  674.8

Authorized FTE: 5.00 Permanent

Performance Measures:

(a) Outcome: Percent of depredation

complaints resolved within the

mandated one-year time frame95%

(4) Administration:

The purpose of the administration program is to provide an adequate and                                    Internal

                                   Svc.Funds/

                         General  Interagency  Federal

Item                     Fund     Transfer     Funds    Total/Target flexible system of direction, oversight, accountability and support to all divisions so they may successfully attain planned outcomes for all department programs.

Appropriations:

(a) Personal services and

employee benefits 4,053.397.24,150.5

(b) Contractual services             234.4     289.2       523.6

(c) Other                          1,926.4     226.4     2,152.8

Authorized FTE: 57.00 Permanent; 2.00 Term

Subtotal                 [234.2] [21,830.5] [12,463.1] [34,527.8]

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