HOUSE BILL 6

45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2002

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 Appropriations Act".

Section 2. DEFINITION.--As used in the Department of Game and Fish Appropriations 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 of 1920 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 Appropriations Act with respect to symbols used, column headings and stating of amounts is that used in the General Appropriation Act of 2001.

Section 4. FISCAL YEAR 2003 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 to New Mexico residents so their recreational expectations may be satisfied and hunter safety, quality hunts, high demand areas, guides and outfitters, quotas and local and financial interests receive consideration.

Appropriations:

(a) Personal services and

employee benefits 5,291.3 3,256.8 8,548.1

(b) Contractual services 672.5 596.1 1,268.6

(c) Other 2,909.2 1,790.6 4,699.8

(d) Other financing uses 315.0 315.0

Authorized FTE: 167.00 Permanent; 2.00 Term; 7.00 Temp

Performance Measures:

(a) Outcome: Angler opportunity and success 75%

(b) Outcome: Number of days of elk hunting

Internal

Svc.Funds/

General Interagency Federal

Item Fund Transfer Funds Total/Target

opportunity provided to New Mexico

resident hunters 118,000

(c) Outcome: Percent of public hunting

licenses drawn by New Mexico resident

hunters 80

(d) Output: Annual output of fish,

in pounds, of the department's

hatchery system 275,000

(2) Conservation services:

The purpose of the conservation services program is to provide information and technical guidance to hunters, anglers, non-consumptive wildlife interests, the director, the state game commission and all persons or agencies that manage lands so they may conserve and enhance wildlife habitat and recover indigenous species of threatened and endangered wildlife.

Appropriations:

(a) Personal services and

employee benefits 92.8 1,176.6 896.1 2,165.5

(b) Contractual services 90.1 327.6 364.2 781.9

(c) Other 42.1 1,715.5 1,463.0 3,220.6 (d) Other financing uses .2 .2 Internal

Svc.Funds/

General Interagency Federal

Item Fund Transfer Funds Total/Target

Authorized FTE: 31.00 Permanent; 8.00 Term; 1.50 Temp

Performance Measures:

(a) Outcome: Number of habitat improvement

projects completed in cooperation

with private, state and federal entities 80

(b) Output: Number of threatened and

endangered species monitored, studied

and involved in the recovery plan process 49

(c) Output: Number of consultations

provided to public and private

entities to determine potential

impacts of habitat and wildlife

resources 325

(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:

Internal

Svc.Funds/

General Interagency Federal

Item Fund Transfer Funds Total/Target

(a) Personal services and 198.6 52.5 251.1

employee benefits

(b) Contractual services 155.8 41.0 196.8

(c) Other 376.4 99.5 475.9

Authorized FTE: 4.00 Permanent

Performance Measures:

(a) Outcome: Percent of depredation

complaints resolved within the

mandated one-year time frame 95%

(b) Output: Number of "avoiding

dangerous wildlife interaction"

brochures, articles, personal

contacts and television spots

produced and/or distributed 30,250

(4) Administration:

The purpose of the administration program 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

Internal

Svc.Funds/

General Interagency Federal

Item Fund Transfer Funds Total/Target

employee benefits 3,023.0 619.7 3,642.7

(b) Contractual services 465.1 98.8 563.9

(c) Other 1,727.0 354.3 2,081.3

(d) Other financing uses 40.8 40.8

Authorized FTE: 62.00 Permanent; 2.00 Term; 1.00 Temp

Performance Measures:

(a) Outcome: Percent of available

federal aid in sportfish and

wildlife restoration funds

utilized by the department 100%

(b) Efficiency: Hours of computer downtime

as a percentage of total computer

uptime capacity >1%

(c) Quality: Percent error rate in processing

special hunt applications >1%

(d) Quality: Submitted within state

personnel guidelines 95%

Subtotal [225.0] [18,394.6] [9,632.6] 28,252.2

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