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ID S1415

Bill

Status

Passed

3/31/2016

Primary Sponsor

Finance Committee

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Appropriates $67,332,600 to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2017 (July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017) across six program areas: Administration and Support Services, Air Quality, Water Quality, Coeur d'Alene Basin Commission, Waste Management and Remediation, and Idaho National Laboratory Oversight.

  • Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality to maintain no more than 372 full-time equivalent positions during the fiscal year 2017 period, with any increases requiring Governor authorization and Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee notification.

  • Transfers $1,500,000 from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation Basin Fund through monthly installments for remediation of the Coeur d'Alene Basin under the Superfund contract with the Environmental Protection Agency.

  • Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to file an annual report with the Governor, Legislature, and Coeur d'Alene Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission on remediation progress and expenditures.

  • Establishes that the Water Pollution Control Fund appropriation in this act supersedes the provisions of Section 39-3630, Idaho Code.

Legislative Description

Appropriates $67,332,600 to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2017; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 372; transfers $1.5 million from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation Basin Fund; expresses legislative intent regarding an annual report; and expresses legislative intent regarding uses of the Water Pollution Control Fund.

APPROPRIATIONS

Last Action

Signed by Governor on 03/31/16 Session Law Chapter 336 Effective: 07/01/2016

3/31/2016

Committee Referrals

Finance3/18/2016
Judiciary and Rules3/17/2016

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