HOUSE BILL 5

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2011

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 federal 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 2010.

     SECTION 4. FISCAL YEAR 2012 APPROPRIATIONS.--

                                  Internal

                         Other   Svc.Funds/

                General  State   Interagency   Federal  Total/

Item            Fund     Funds   Transfer      Funds    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 as well as 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  9,244.4              3,155.7  12,400.1

(b) Contractual services 667.3                595.8   1,263.1

(c) Other             4,303.5              1,965.6   6,269.1

(d) Other financing uses 298.4                198.9     497.3

Authorized FTE: 197.00 Permanent; 2.00 Term; 1.50 Temp

Performance Measures:

(a) Outcome: Number of days of elk hunting

     opportunity provided to New Mexico resident

                                  Internal

                         Other   Svc.Funds/

                General  State   Interagency   Federal  Total/

Item            Fund     Funds   Transfer      Funds    Target

    hunters on an annual basis                         165,000

(b) Outcome: Percent of public hunting licenses

drawn by New Mexico hunters80%

(c) Output: Annual output of fish from the

department's hatchery system, in pounds 455,000

(d) Outcome: Percent of anglers satisfied with

    opportunity and success                                80%

(e) Acres of accessible sportperson opportunity

    through the open gate program                       60,000

(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 benefits      1,464.9                946.0 2,410.9

(b) Contractual services 820.3              1,045.1 1,865.4

(c) Other            2,340.3                987.2 3,327.5

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

Performance Measures:

                                  Internal

                         Other   Svc.Funds/

                General  State   Interagency   Federal  Total/

Item            Fund     Funds   Transfer      Funds    Target

(a) Output: Number of state threatened and endangered

     species studied and conserved through recovery planning and      the comprehensive wildlife conservation strategy for New

     Mexico 35

(b) Outcome: Number of acres of wildlife habitat

conserved, enhanced or positively affected

statewide 100,000

(c) Outcome: Number of recreational days of access provided

     by the gaining access into nature project 10,000

(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, annoyances or risks to public safety caused by protected wildlife.

Appropriations:

(a) Personal services and

employee benefits285.8285.8

(b) Contractual services 130.7                          130.7

(c) Other               639.3       639.3

                                  Internal

                         Other   Svc.Funds/

                General  State   Interagency   Federal  Total/

Item            Fund     Funds   Transfer       Funds   Target

Authorized FTE: 4.00 Permanent

Performance Measures:

(a) Outcome: Percent of depredation complaints resolved

    within the mandated one-year time frame 95%

(b) Outcome: Number of education publications distributed with     a message about minimizing potentially dangerous encounters     with wildlife                                      250,000

(4) Program Support:

The purpose of program support is to provide an adequate and 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 benefits4,033.74,033.7

(b) Contractual services 673.2                     673.2

(c) Other               3,039.9              121.0 3,160.9

Authorized FTE: 60.00 Permanent

Subtotal              27,941.7           9,015.3 36,957.0

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