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HB |
132 |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Water Rights Litigation Fund |
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ANALYST: |
Chabot |
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APPROPRIATION
Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
FY03 |
FY04 |
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$565.0 |
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Non-Recurring |
New
Fund -Water Rights Litigation Fund |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
REVENUE
Estimated Revenue |
Subsequent Years Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
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($565.0) |
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Non-Recurring |
General
Fund |
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$565.0 |
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Non-Recurring |
New
Fund - Water Rights Litigation Fund |
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(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)
LFC Files
No
Responses Received From
Administrative
Office of the Courts
Office
of the State Engineer
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
House Bill 132
appropriates $565.0 from the general fund to the Water Rights Litigation Fund
created by this bill which will be managed by the Administrative Office of the
Courts for the purpose of paying expenses incurred by district courts in the
adjudication of water rights.
Significant
Issues
Adjudication of water rights cases take
considerable time and are costly. This
bill will help address some of the costs incurred by the court system.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of
$565.0 contained in this bill is a non-recurring expense to the general fund.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining in the Water Rights Litigation
Fund at the end of 2004 or succeeding fiscal years will not revert.
TECHNICAL ISSUES
Section 1 provides for payment of expenses
directly from the fund. Usually,
agencies are required to request budget adjustment authority to move revenue from
a fund to operating budget for expenditure.
In a limited number of funds, direct expense is authorized. Is direct expense intended?
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS