Bill > S1174

This bill appropriates a total of $86,205,900 to the Department of Lands for fiscal years 2023 and 2024, covering various programs and operational costs. * **Business Services:** $8,266,700 is appropriated for business services, funded by the General Fund, Indirect Cost Recovery Fund, Department of Lands Fund, and Endowment Earnings Administrative Fund. * **Forest Resources Management:** $19,978,100 is appropriated for forest resources management, funded by the General Fund, Indirect Cost Recovery Fund, Department of Lands Fund, Endowment Earnings Administrative Fund, Community Forestry Fund, and Federal Grant Fund. * **Trust Land Management:** $30,822,100 is appropriated for trust land management, funded by the General Fund, Department of Lands Fund, and Endowment Earnings Administrative Fund. * **Forest and Range Fire Protection:** $16,059,300 is appropriated for forest and range fire protection, funded by the General Fund, Department of Lands Fund, Fire Suppression Deficiency Fund, Endowment Earnings Administrative Fund, and Federal Grant Fund. * **Scaling Practices:** $305,100 is appropriated for scaling practices, funded by the Department of Lands Fund. * **Minerals, Public Trust, Oil and Gas:** $10,774,600 is appropriated for minerals, public trust, oil and gas, funded by the General Fund, Department of Lands Fund, Oil and Gas Conservation Fund, Navigable Waterways Fund, and Federal Grant Fund. * **Full-Time Equivalent Positions:** The Department of Lands is authorized to have up to 355.27 full-time equivalent positions for fiscal years 2023 and 2024, with notification to the Governor and Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee for any increases. * **Reappropriation Authority:** Unexpended balances for the Trust Land Management Program and Forest and Range Fire Protection Program, not exceeding $3,200,000, are reappropriated for nonrecurring capital outlay expenditures for fiscal year 2023. * **Seasonal Housing:** An additional $1,250,000 from the General Fund is appropriated for operating expenditures for seasonal housing for the Trust Land Management Program for fiscal year 2023. These funds are to be used for acquiring and refurbishing property in the Maggie Creek Supervisory Area and any unexpended funds will revert at the end of fiscal year 2024. * **Fire Protection Equipment:** An additional $750,000 from the General Fund is appropriated for operating expenditures for equipment for statewide fire protection for the Forest and Range Fire Protection Program for fiscal year 2023. These funds are to be used for phosphate-based, ground-applied, long-term retardants for wildfire prevention, with a report due by January 8, 2024, evaluating their effectiveness. * **Spending Conditions:** Funds are subject to accountability reports and management reviews. Transfers between funds require legislative approval, though the Forest and Range Fire Protection Program is exempt from certain object transfer limitations.