STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS31582 / S1410
This appropriation to the Idaho Land Board provides enhancements to the FY 2025 maintenance budget for
the Department of Lands and the Endowment Fund Investment Board. Enhancements include fire equipment
for the East Idaho District, operating costs within the fire program, tree seedling coolers, fire program staffing,
staffing within the Good Neighbor Authority, operating costs within the Good Neighbor Authority, support
for the forestry assistant program, fire program equipment, recreation program equipment, a vehicle for GIS
equipment, funding for staff computers, funding to purchase land for the Veterans Cemetery as an agency
for the Division of Veteran Affairs, $1,000,000 for bonuses for Department of Lands firefighters, adjustments
for the timber protective association, funding to continue support for the department's contract with the Idaho
Geological Survey at the University of Idaho for abandoned mine database, replacement items; and an additional
2% CEC. The enhancements for the Department of Lands also include a reduction of 14.00 FTP and an increase
of $97,000 for consolidation with the Office of Information Technology. Enhancements for the Endowment
Fund Investment Board include funding to replace computer equipment and the 2% CEC.
The bill also appropriates and transfers $17,000,000 from the General Fund to Fire Suppression Deficiency
Warrant Fund for fire suppression activities.
FISCAL NOTE
This appropriation provides an additional $12,466,000 to the maintenance appropriation provided to natural
resource agencies in Senate Bill 1269. Table 1 shows incremental adjustments to the budget found in the bill, of
which the ongoing increase is $4,163,400 and $8,302,600 is onetime. Table 2 shows all the adjustments leading
to the FY 2025 Total Appropriation for the Department of Lands. Table 3 shows the adjustments leading to the
FY 2025 Total Appropriation for the Endowment Fund Investment Board. The total budget for the Idaho Land
Board is $96,999,700, of which, $893,300 is for the Endowment Fund Investment Board and $96,106,400 is
for the Department of Lands.
Table 1 FTP Gen Ded Fed Total
Endowment Fund Investment Board
Replacement Items 0.00 0 6,800 0 6,800
Additional 2% Chg in Employee Comp. 0.00 0 12,200 0 12,200
Department of Lands
1. Fire Equipment - East Idaho District 0.00 500,000 0 0 500,000
2. Fire Program Operating Increase 0.00 125,000 125,000 0 250,000
3. Tree Seedling Coolers 0.00 0 506,600 0 506,600
4. Fire Program Staffing 0.33 0 13,500 13,500 27,000
5. Good Neighbor Authority, Staffing 3.00 0 591,900 45,700 637,600
6. Good Neighbor Authority, Operating 0.00 0 2,000,000 0 2,000,000
7. Forestry Asst. Program Staffing 1.00 0 0 80,400 80,400
8. Fire Program Equipment 0.00 0 27,000 0 27,000
9. Recreation Program Equipment 0.00 0 24,000 0 24,000
DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and fiscal note are a mere attachment to this bill and prepared by a proponent
of the bill. It is neither intended as an expression of legislative intent nor intended for any use outside of the legislative
process, including judicial review (Joint Rule 18).
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10. Vehicle for GIS Equipment 0.00 0 45,500 0 45,500
11. Administrative staff computers 0.00 0 25,200 0 25,200
12. Veterans Cemetery Land Purchase 0.00 3,950,000 0 0 3,950,000
13. Fire Suppression Deficiency Fund 0.00 17,000,000 0 0 17,000,000
14. IDL Firefighter Bonuses 0.00 1,000,000 0 0 1,000,000
15. TPA Adjustment 0.00 556,500 54,400 0 610,900
16. Abandoned mine database with IGS 0.00 0 62,000 0 62,000
Replacement Items 0.00 104,300 1,950,800 0 2,055,100
Additional 2% Chg in Employee Comp. 0.00 98,000 434,400 16,300 548,700
OITS Consolidation (14.00) 2,300 94,700 0 97,000
Revenue Adjust. and Cash Transfers 0.00 (17,000,000) 0 0 (17,000,000)
FY 2025 Budget Enhancements (9.67) 6,336,100 5,974,000 155,900 12,466,000
% Chg from FY 2025 Maintenance (2.7%) 61.7% 10.8% 0.8% 14.7%
Table 2. Department of Lands FTP Gen Ded Fed Total
FY 2024 Original Appropriation 355.27 10,414,800 56,584,300 19,206,800 86,205900
Prior Year Reappropriation 0.00 1,367,400 0 0 1,367,400
FY 2024 Total Appropriation 355.27 11,782,200 56,584,300 19,206,800 88,445,900
Executive Carry Forward 0.00 1,098,400 2,287,600 0 3,386,000
FY 2024 Estimated Expenditures 355.27 12,880,600 58,871,900 19,206,800 91,831,900
Removal of Onetime Expenditures 0.00 (2,635,500) (4,939,300) (3,000) (7,581,300)
Base Adjustments 0.00 0 0 0 0
FY 2025 Base 355.27 10,245,100 53,932,600 19,203,800 84,250,600
Personnel Benefit Costs 0.00 (57,700) (238,500) (9,100) (304,600)
Inflationary Adjustments 0.00 1,900 7,700 0 20,100
Statewide Cost Allocation 0.00 31,400 269,200 0 288,400
1% Change in Employee Compensation 0.00 48,800 216,000 8,200 279,200
FY 2025 Prgm Maintenance - SB 1269 355.27 10,269,500 54,187,000 19,202,900 84,533,700
FY 2025 Budget Enhancements (9.67) 6,336,100 5,955,000 155,900 12,447,000
FY 2025 Total 345.60 16,605,600 60,142,000 19,358,800 96,999,700
Chg from FY 2024 Orig Approp (9.67) 6,190,800 3,557,700 152,000 9,921,200
% Chg from FY 2024 Orig Approp. (2.7%) 59.4% 6.3% 0.8% 11.5%
DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and fiscal note are a mere attachment to this bill and prepared by a proponent
of the bill. It is neither intended as an expression of legislative intent nor intended for any use outside of the legislative
process, including judicial review (Joint Rule 18).
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Table 3. Endow. Fund Investment Bd FTP Gen Ded Fed Total
FY 2024 Original Appropriation 4.00 0 872,600 0 872,600
FY 2024 Total Appropriation 4.00 0 872,600 0 872,600
FY 2024 Estimated Expenditures 4.00 0 872,600 0 872,600
Removal of Onetime Expenditures 0.00 0 (3,500) 0 (3,500)
FY 2025 Base 4.00 0 869,100 0 869,100
Personnel Benefit Costs 0.00 0 700 0 700
Inflationary Adjustments 0.00 0 10,500 0 10,500
Statewide Cost Allocation 0.00 0 (12,200) 0 (12,200)
1% Change in Employee Compensation 0.00 0 6,200 0 6,200
FY 2025 Prgm Maintenance - SB 1269 4.00 0 874,300 0 874,300
FY 2025 Budget Enhancements 0.00 0 19,000 0 19,000
FY 2025 Total 4.00 0 893,300 0 893,300
Chg from FY 2024 Orig Approp 0.00 0 20,700 0 20,700
% Chg from FY 2024 Orig Approp. 0.0% 0.0% 2.4% 0.0% 2.4%
Contact:
Senator Van T. Burtenshaw
(208) 332-1342
Representative Miller
(208) 332-1061
DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and fiscal note are a mere attachment to this bill and prepared by a proponent
of the bill. It is neither intended as an expression of legislative intent nor intended for any use outside of the legislative
process, including judicial review (Joint Rule 18).
Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Note Bill SOP/FN INTRODUCED: 03/05/2024, 1:53 PM