Supplant DCR GF with NGF Resources

Item 353 #1h

Language
Page 307, line 16, strike "$7,717,904" and insert "$7,575,368".
Page 307, line 18, strike "$7,717,904" and insert "$7,575,368".
Page 307, after 18, insert:
"The department shall reduce its general fund budget by $142,536 by shifting previously general fund supported costs and expenditures to nongeneral fund sources.  In doing so, the department shall not use fee increases to achieve these savings."

Explanation
(This amendment directs the Department of Conservation to reduce its general fund expenditures by about $143,000. To achieve these savings the department may move the costs of personnel and other expenditures to the agency's nongeneral fund sources, but cannot use fee increases to offset these general fund reductions. This strategy was a component of the department's strategies to achieve the Governor's 2-4-6% reductions. The amount specifically omits the use of fees to offset general fund expenses.)