Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Lands for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.

This is the fiscal year 2024 original appropriation bill for the Department of Lands. It appropriates a total of $86,205,900 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 355.27. The bill funds 12 line items, which includes 5.82 full-time equivalent positions and funding for staffing of the Cottonwood fire district; support to staff a strategically located fire engine staff; 1.00 full-time equivalent positions and funding forafirezonemanager; appropriationforforestmanagementenhancements; 1.00full-timeequivalentpositions and funding for good neighbor authority staff; funding for good neighbor authority equipment; 1.00 full-time equivalent positions and funding for a land resource supervisor; funding for HVAC and roof replacement; funding for vehicles in the scaling program; 1.00 full-time equivalent positions and funding for forest legacy staff; and funding for compensation and inflation adjustments for two timber protective associations. This bill also includes two supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2023, which includes funding for seasonal staff housing in the Maggie Creek supervisory area and preventative fire measures for ground-based phosphate-based fire retardant. DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and