HOUSE BILL 5

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2004

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 2003.

     Section 4. FISCAL YEAR 2005 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              6,563.3    2,813.6    9,376.9

(b) Contractual services             392.0      829.9    1,221.9

(c) Other                          2,401.9    2,087.7    4,489.6

(d) Other financing uses                        315.0      315.0

Authorized FTE: 177.00 Permanent; 2.00 Term; 8.50 Temp

Performance Measures:

(a) Outcome: Angler opportunity and success                80%

(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 on an annual basis                 160,000

(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                                    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 benefits   176.1    751.9      1,176.3     2,104.3

(b) Contractual services         322.1        486.3       808.4

(c) Other                      1,835.1        798.7     2,633.8

Authorized FTE: 30.00 Permanent; 8.00 Term; 1.00 Temp

Performance Measures:

(a) Outcome: Number of habitat improvement

                                   Internal

                                   Svc.Funds/

                          General  Interagency  Federal

Item                      Fund     Transfer     Funds    Total/Target

    projects completed in cooperation

    with private, state and federal entities                100

(b) Output: Number of threatened and               

    endangered species monitored, studied

    and involved in the recovery plan process                49

(c) Number of consultations provided to public

    and private entities to determine potential

    impacts of habitat and wildlife resources               400

(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 benefits             254.0                   254.0

(b) Contractual services          219.6                   219.6

(c) Other                         511.2                   511.2

Authorized FTE: 5.00 Permanent

Performance Measures:

                                   Internal

                                   Svc.Funds/

                          General  Interagency  Federal

Item                      Fund     Transfer     Funds    Total/Target

(a) Outcome: Percent of depredation

    complaints resolved within the

    mandated one-year time frame                            95%

(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

    employee benefits              3,119.3       61.1    3,180.4

(b) Contractual services             513.5                 513.5

(c) Other                          1,903.4        8.2    1,911.6

Authorized FTE: 54.00 Permanent; 2.00 Term

Subtotal                [176.1]   [18,787.3]  [8,576.8]  27,540.2

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