Idaho Bills

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2020.

Relates to the Appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2021.

This is the FY 2021 original appropriation bill for the Department of Environmental Quality. It appropriates a total of $66,660,700 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 379.00. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP and temporarily removes funding for the employer's sick leave contribution rate. Funding for replacement items includes $103,200 for computers, air quality monitoring equipment, electroshocking equipment, and water quality monitoring equipment. The bill also provides funding for the equivalent of a 2% change in employee compensation for permanent state employees, with an additional 2% increase for those in the 20 job classificationsmostinneedofequityadjustments. Fundingfora3%upwardshiftinthecompensationschedule is also included. The bill funds 11 line items, which provide a shift of 1.00 FTP and $103,100 off of the Water Pollution Control Fund and 1.00 FTP and $102,600 onto the General Fund for a total decrease of $500 as the final portion of the BURP and LMP fund shift; a shift of 3.00 FTP and $281,500 from federal funds to the General Fund to supporttheAirQualityProgram;$500,000onetimeforoperationsoftheBunkerHillTreatmentPlant;$407,500 onetime for Triumph Mine Remediation projects; $2,000,000 for the Coeur d'Alene Restoration Partnership; 7.00 FTP and $567,100 from the General Fund to the Idaho Pollution Discharge Elimination System Fund; a transfer of $1,500,000 from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation (Basin) Fund; a shift of 1.25 FTP and $120,000 from federal funds to the Environmental Remediation (Box) Fund; a shift of $384,000 from operating expenditures to personnel costs in federal funds for a net of zero; $763,700 for the Small and Disadvantaged Community Grant; and $50,000 for the Bear Lake Regional Commission. Also included are adjustments to pay the Office of Information Technology Services for security