Bill > S1181

This bill appropriates a total of $81,469,100 to the Department of Water Resources for fiscal year 2024, covering the period from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. * **Management and Support Services:** $2,605,800 is appropriated from the General Fund, Indirect Cost Recovery Fund, Water Administration Fund, and Miscellaneous Revenue Fund for the department's management and support functions. * **Planning and Technical Services:** $64,490,400 is appropriated from various funds, including a significant $50,000,000 from the ARPA State Fiscal Recovery Fund, for planning and technical services. This includes $1,588,000 from the Aquifer Planning and Management Fund and $1,204,500 from the Federal Grant Fund. * **Water Management:** $12,813,200 is appropriated from the General Fund, Indirect Cost Recovery Fund, Water Administration Fund, Miscellaneous Revenue Fund, and Federal Grant Fund for water management activities. * **Northern Idaho Adjudication:** $612,300 is appropriated from the General Fund and the Northern Idaho Adjudication Fund for the adjudication of water rights in Northern Idaho. * **Bear River Basin Adjudication:** $947,400 is appropriated from the General Fund for the adjudication of water rights in the Bear River Basin. * **Aquifer Monitoring:** $716,000 is transferred from the Revolving Development Fund to the Aquifer Planning and Management Fund for aquifer monitoring, measurement, and modeling. * **Aquifer Recharge and Management:** $5,000,000 is transferred from the General Fund to the Secondary Aquifer Planning, Management, and Implementation Fund for aquifer recharge and management. * **Flood Management Program:** $1,000,000 is transferred from the General Fund to the Water Management Fund for hydrologic data collection, flood-damaged stream channel repair, stream channel improvement, flood risk reduction, or flood prevention projects, to be administered through a competitive grant process. * **Full-Time Equivalent Positions:** The Department of Water Resources is authorized to have no more than 170.00 full-time equivalent positions.