Idaho Bills

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Lands for fiscal year 2023.

This is a fiscal year 2023 supplemental appropriation for the Department of Lands and provides for a total increase of $1,171,400. Firstly, the supplemental includes $340,400 from the General Fund to purchase equipment for the Cottonwood District in eastern Idaho, which includes funding for three command vehicles, one crew cab pickup truck, personal computers and office equipment, furniture, and radio communication equipment. Secondly, the supplemental includes $831,000 from the General Fund for fire fighting equipment to be used across the state. This second supplemental includes funding for five fire engines, two command vehicles for fire crews in Deary and the Northern Idaho Booster Crew, five fire detection cameras located at strategic mountain top locations, a new radio repeater system for better communication with the Grangeville Interagency Dispatch Center, and a pallet wrapper for the Coeur d'Alene Interagency Fire Cache.

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