STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS27124
This is the FY 2020 original appropriation bill for the Department of Fish and Game. It appropriates a total
of $127,453,100 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 569.00.
For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per
eligible FTP; provides a 5.5% increase for the employer's share of PERSI contributions; and temporarily
reduces the rate agencies pay the Division of Human Resources for its services. Funding for replacement
items includes $5,695,400 for 70 fleet vehicles and accessories, one dump truck, a housing unit at the Tex
Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA), firearms, ballistic vests, servers, networking and computer
equipment, 20 snowmobiles, outboard motors, and electrofishing equipment. For statewide cost allocation,
$61,200 is provided. The bill also provides funding for the equivalent of a 3% change in employee
compensation for permanent employees, with a minimum increase of $550 for each employee and the
remaining amount to be distributed based on merit. Funding for a 3% upward shift in the compensation
schedule is also included. The bill funds 17 line items, which provide: $2,338,100 for endangered species
habitat projects in the Pend Oreille, Bear River, and Blackfoot River drainages; $5,940,400 for mitigation
projects due to the inundation of the Albeni Falls Dam; $500,000 added to the base appropriation to pay
lease payments on the new headquarters building in Boise; $1,195,000 for access for anglers and fish
screen construction and maintenance; $1,109,000 for biosecurity updates at the Hagerman Hatchery;
$991,700 for increased hatchery trout production; $200,000 to increase testing capacity at the Eagle Fish
Genetics Lab; $309,700 to conduct hunter surveys and research; $1,270,000 for a water control structure
on the Fort Boise WMA; $550,000 for mining restoration projects in north Idaho; $100,000 for landscape
scale Mule Deer habitat projects; $120,000 for the second phase of mitigation projects related to the Black
Canyon Dam; $350,000 to build a Payette River WMA Shop; $50,000 for Payment Card Industry (PCI)
compliance costs; $35,300 for asbestos remediation at the Market Lake WMA; a net-zero shift of FTP and
associated personnel costs to eliminate the engineering budgeted program; and $52,200 for GOV TECH
1 Core Network Equipment Replacement. This bill also includes a FY 2019 supplemental appropriation
of $1.5 million from the Expendable Big Game Depredation Fund to pay for historically large claims
for crop damages this winter. Lastly, this bill includes reappropriation or legislative carryover for any
unencumbered and unexpended portions of the $500,000 appropriated in FY 2019 for design costs for the
new headquarters building.
FISCAL NOTE
FTP Gen Ded Fed Total
FY 2019 Original Appropriation 569.00 0 61,298,500 51,405,800 112,704,300
1. Endangered Species Habitat Projects 0.00 0 1,825,100 0 1,825,100
2. Depredation Claims 0.00 0 1,500,000 0 1,500,000
FY 2019 Total Appropriation 569.00 0 64,623,600 51,405,800 116,029,400
Removal of Onetime Expenditures 0.00 0 (8,951,700) (1,788,500) (10,740,200)
Base Adjustments 0.00 0 194,200 (194,200) 0
FY 2020 Base 569.00 0 55,866,100 49,423,100 105,289,200
Benefit Costs 0.00 0 22,300 16,300 38,600
Replacement Items 0.00 0 5,340,800 354,600 5,695,400
Statewide Cost Allocation 0.00 0 40,100 21,100 61,200
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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Change in Employee Compensation 0.00 0 734,000 523,300 1,257,300
FY 2020 Program Maintenance 569.00 0 62,003,300 50,338,400 112,341,700
1. Endangered Species Habitat Projects 0.00 0 2,338,100 0 2,338,100
2. Albeni Falls Mitigation Project 0.00 0 0 5,940,400 5,940,400
3. New Headquarters Lease Payments 0.00 0 300,000 200,000 500,000
4. Fish Screening and Angler Access 0.00 0 300,000 895,000 1,195,000
5. Hagerman Hatchery Biosecurity 0.00 0 1,109,000 0 1,109,000
6. Hatchery Trout Production Increases 0.00 0 991,700 0 991,700
7. Genetic Lab Capacity Increase 0.00 0 200,000 0 200,000
8. Hunter Survey and Research 0.00 0 77,400 232,300 309,700
9. Fort Boise Water Control Structure 0.00 0 0 1,270,000 1,270,000
10. North Idaho Mining Restoration 0.00 0 0 550,000 550,000
11. Mule Deer Habitat Initiatives 0.00 0 100,000 0 100,000
12. Black Canyon Dam Mitigation Phase 2 0.00 0 120,000 0 120,000
13. Payette River WMA Shop 0.00 0 87,500 262,500 350,000
14. Payment Card Industry Compliance 0.00 0 50,000 0 50,000
15. WMA Asbestos Remediation 0.00 0 35,300 0 35,300
16. Eliminate Engineering Program 0.00 0 (112,600) 112,600 0
GOV TECH 1. Network Equip Replacement 0.00 0 31,300 20,900 52,200
Budget Law Exemptions 0.00 0 0 0 0
FY 2020 Total 569.00 0 67,631,000 59,822,100 127,453,100
Chg from FY 2019 Orig Approp 0.00 0 6,332,500 8,416,300 14,748,800
% Chg from FY 2019 Orig Approp. 0.0% 10.3% 16.4% 13.1%
Contact:
Rob J Sepich
Budget and Policy Analysis
(208) 334-4742
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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