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| SPONSOR: | Jennings | DATE TYPED: | 02/23/99 | HB | |||
| SHORT TITLE: | Water Administration Improvements | SB | 526 | ||||
| ANALYST: | Pickering | ||||||
| Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||||
| FY99 | FY2000 | FY99 | FY2000 | ||
| NFI | $ 1,087.0 | NFI | NFI | Recurring | GF |
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
| Subsequent
Years Impact |
Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||
| FY99 | FY2000 | |||
| NFI | NFI | NFI | NFI | NFI |
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)
Duplicates Portions of HB2 and SB2
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Office of the State Engineer/Interstate Stream Commission (OSE/ISC)
LFC files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
SB 526 appropriates $1,087.0 from the general fund to the OSE/ISC to increase personnel, pay for office expenses, computerize agency records, obtain professional legal services and pay for travel expenses to represent state interests, all in accord with the FY 2000 executive branch request. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 2000 shall revert to the general fund.
Significant Issues
The bill appropriates an additional $1,087.0 in general funds to the OSE/ISC for various expenditures. This is the amount of LFC cuts from the Executive recommendation for the OSE/ISC. In its FY2000 budget proposal, the agency requested $21,556.1 in general fund monies, a 62% percent increase over its current FY 99 operating budget. The LFC cuts that this bill would restore have removed from the budget funding existing and new personnel, leased office space, new computer hardware and existing computer replacement required for Y2K compliance.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
SB 526 appropriates $1,087.0 from the general fund to the OSE/ISC for various expenditure increases. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 2000 shall revert to the general fund.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
According to the OSE/ISC, the bill restores funding cuts by the LFC from the Executive budget recommendation for the following functions of the OSE/ISC:
a. $200.0 for personal services and benefits to restore six FTE;
b. $214.0 for contractual services to populate the WATERS database;
c. $189.0 for repairs, maintenance and operating costs including office space leases and computers that are not Y2K compliant;
d. $430.0 for capital outlay for computer hardware; and
e. $32.0 for in-state and out-of-state travel.
DUPLICATION
Portions of this bill may duplicate amendments and changes to HB2 and SB2 to the extent that members of both houses have indicated intent to restore some of the cuts made by the LFC.
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