FY 2013-14 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BUDGET S.B. 195 (S-1): SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES
House Bill is H.B. 4328
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$510,668,900 |
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1. Hazardous Waste Program Fee Increase. Both the Senate and House rejected the fee increase recommended by the Governor. The House moved funding from the Office of Environmental Assistance to provide Waste Reduction Fee revenue to operate the Hazardous Waste Management program. The Senate simply reduced excess appropriations in the program. |
1,500,000 |
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2. Hazardous Waste One-Time Funding. The Senate concurred with the Governor in providing $400,000 in one-time GF/GP revenue for the Hazardous Waste Management Program. The House did not include this funding. |
(400,000) |
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3. City of Mason Water Tower Placeholder. The House did not include this placeholder which was added by the Senate. |
(100) |
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4. Wetlands Funding. The Senate concurred with the Governor in providing $1.0 million GF/GP for ongoing support of the program and $600,000 in one-time GF/GP revenue. The House rejected the one-time funding and instead included the entire $1.6 million as ongoing funding. |
0 |
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5. GF/GP Reductions. The House made GF/GP reductions to a number of lines. |
(1,600,000) |
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6. Office of Environmental Assistance Reduction. The House reduced funding for this program to provide support for the Hazardous Waste Management program. $1.5 million in Waste Reduction Fee revenue was transferred from this line to Hazardous Waste. |
(1,500,000) |
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7. State Match for Surface Water. The Senate concurred with the Governor in providing $200,000 in GF/GP revenue for use as Federal match for the Surface Water line. The House did not include this funding. |
(200,000) |
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8. Office of the Great Lakes Fund Shift. The Senate concurred with the Governor in removing $500,000 in Great Lakes Protection Fund revenue which is no longer available. The Governor and Senate replaced this revenue with GF/GP. The House removed the unavailable revenue, but did not replace it with GF/GP. |
(500,000) |
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9. Information Technology Upgrades. The Governor and Senate provided additional funding for upgrading internet bandwidth and wireless infrastructure. The House did not include this funding. |
(90,300) |
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($2,790,400) |
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FY 2013-14 House-Passed Gross Appropriation.................................................................. |
$507,878,500 |
FY 2013-14 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BUDGET BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS
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Changes from FY 2013-14 Senate-Passed: |
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1. IT Work Project Designation and User Fees. The Governor and Senate removed and House retained a section which designated IT appropriations as work a project, and a section which required the Department to pay IT user fees. (Sec. 206 & 208 of House Bill) |
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2. Office Consolidation Plan. The Governor and Senate removed and House retained a section requiring the Department to work with DTMB on an office consolidation plan. (Sec. 218 of House Bill) |
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3. Permit Tracking Tool. The Governor and Senate removed a section requiring a report on the implementation of this web-based tool. The House retained and modified the section slightly. (Sec. 227 of House Bill) |
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4. Wickes TCE Plume Site. The Governor and Senate removed a boilerplate appropriation for this cleanup site. The House retained the section, but removed the appropriation and required a report. (Sec. 307 of House Bill) |
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5. Aquatic Invasive Species Council. The Governor and House removed and Senate retained a section requiring the DEQ to provide support for the Council. (Sec. 403 of Senate Bill) |
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6. Wetlands Ombudsman. The House included a new section requiring $100,000 and 1.0 FTE be allocated towards funding a wetlands ombudsman. The Senate did not include this new section. (Sec. 406 of House Bill) |
Date Completed: 4-29-13 Fiscal Analyst: Josh Sefton
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.