Fifty-fourth Legislature                                                        

First Regular Session                                                           

 

COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES, ENERGY & WATER

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1440

(Reference to Senate engrossed bill)

 

 

 


Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section. 1. Appropriation; department of water resources; modeling

 and outreach positions; report; intent

A. The sum of $740,000 and 6.0 FTE positions are appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2019-2020 to the department of water resources for personal services and employee-related expenditures. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection, the department of water resources shall allocate:

1. $200,000 to award a contract to outsource the department's document digitization.

2. $300,000 for personal services and employee-related expenditures for two groundwater flow modelers.

3. $240,000 for personal services and employee-related expenditures for four geographic information system and outreach staff members.

B. The appropriation made in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.

C. On or before December 31, 2020, the department of water resources shall submit a report to the governor, speaker of the house of representatives and president of the senate on the expenditures of the appropriation made in subsection A of this section.

D. The legislature intends to appropriate monies for personal services and employee related expenditures in a line item in the appropriation to the department of water resources in the general appropriations act for fiscal year 2019-2020."

Amend title to conform


And, as so amended, it do pass

 

GAIL GRIFFIN

CHAIRMAN

 

 

1440NATURAL RESOURCES ENERGY  WATER

03/26/2019

02:36 PM

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