This bill appropriates additional funds to the Department of Lands for the fiscal year 2026, while also reducing certain appropriations. Specifically, it includes an increase in funding from the Endowment Earnings Administrative Fund and the Navigable Waterways Fund, with new allocations for various programs such as Business Services, Forest Resources Management, and Forest and Range Fire Protection. The total appropriation amounts to $7,255,700, with specific allocations for personnel costs, operating expenditures, capital outlay, and benefit payments. Additionally, the bill authorizes an increase of three full-time equivalent positions for the Department of Lands.

Furthermore, the bill mandates a cash transfer of $40 million from the General Fund to the Fire Suppression Deficiency Warrant Fund to cover costs incurred by the Forest and Range Fire Protection Program. It also stipulates that at least ninety percent of the reclamation funds from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund must be used for eligible mine site engineering and restoration efforts. The bill includes conditions, limitations, and restrictions on the appropriations and declares an emergency, making certain sections effective immediately upon passage while others take effect on July 1, 2025.