SB 1161 Summary

• Appropriates $718,968,400 for the Department of Natural Resources and Environment for fiscal year 2010-2011, funded through state general fund, federal revenues, and special restricted revenues including game and fish protection funds and environmental cleanup funds.

• Authorizes 3,675.5 full-time equated positions across department divisions including wildlife management, fisheries, water resources, law enforcement, recreation, forest management, and environmental remediation.

• Allocates $144,651,000 for grants including water pollution control revolving funds ($82,943,000), snowmobile trail improvements ($8,004,000), scrap tire programs ($3,700,000), and coastal management ($2,000,000).

• Provides $65,000,000 in federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding for environmental restoration projects.

• Establishes funding for capital projects including state park improvements ($6,950,000) and waterways boating infrastructure ($12,028,600), with provisions for land transactions, emergency mine shaft collapse response, and forest management activities on 63,000 acres.