Bill > H0352

This bill appropriates funds to the Soil and Water Conservation Commission for fiscal years 2023 and 2024, totaling $5,642,200 for FY24 and an additional $5,000,000 for FY23. * **General Fund:** $1,772,400 for trustee and personnel costs, operating expenditures, and capital outlay for the fiscal year July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. * **Administration and Accounting Services Fund:** $30,000 for operating expenditures for the fiscal year July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. * **Resource Conservation and Rangeland Development Fund:** $365,500 for trustee and personnel costs and operating expenditures for the fiscal year July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. * **Clean Water Revolving Loan (SCC) Fund:** $30,000 for operating expenditures for the fiscal year July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. * **Federal Grant Fund:** $1,696,900 for trustee and personnel costs and capital outlay for the fiscal year July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. * **General Fund for Water Quality Program for Agriculture:** $5,000,000 for trustee and benefit payments for the fiscal year July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. * **Reappropriation for Water Quality Program for Agriculture:** Up to $5,000,000 from the General Fund is reappropriated for nonrecurring expenditures related to the Water Quality Program for Agriculture for the fiscal year July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. * **Trustee and Benefit Payments Distribution:** $300,000 of the appropriated funds for trustee and benefit payments will be distributed equally among the fifty soil and water conservation districts. * **Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Positions:** The Soil and Water Conservation Commission is authorized 18.75 FTE positions for the period July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, unless authorized by the Governor. * **Accountability:** All funds are subject to accountability reports and management reviews.