Provide Nongeneral Fund Appropriation and Authority for Transfer

Item 356 #1h

Language
Page 309, line 14, strike "$16,075,806" and insert "$16,903,621".
Page 309, line 15, strike "$4,672,868" and insert "$5,500,683".
Page 309, line 25, strike the second "$3,274,614" and insert "4,102,429".
Page 309, line 29, before "The", insert "A."
Page 309, after line 33, insert:
“B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Environmental Quality is hereby authorized to use up to $1,828,000 the second year from the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program Fund to support this program.  Of this amount, up to $1,000,000 of cash balances from the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program Fund may be transferred to the Operating Permits Program Fund the second year. The agency is hereby provided nongeneral fund appropriation in the amount of $827,815 the second year for the Air Protection Permitting service area.”

Explanation
(This amendment provides authority for the use of nongeneral fund balances in the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program Fund (fund 0919) to support the Air Protection program. Specific uses include: (i) a nongeneral fund appropriation in the amount of $827,815 for Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program Fund to support a savings strategy in which the agency utilizes fund balances to support program costs; and (ii) a cash transfer from the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program Fund to the Operating Permits Program Fund (fund 0510) in the amount of $1,000,000 to support the agency's air emissions program. A proposed permit fee increase for the air emissions program will not go into effect as planned, so this nongeneral fund appropriation and language authorizing a cash transfer from the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program Fund would maintain the emissions program at current levels and help the state maintain enforcement of the Title V Clean Air Act permit program.)