HB0001H2013

This amendment adds a $40 million appropriation from the legislative stabilization reserve account to the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust for wildfire restoration and vegetation management, while reducing a natural disaster mitigation loan program cap from $100 million to $60 million.

• Adds footnote 3 to Section 039 (Wildlife/Natural Resource Trust) Administration line item, establishing a $40 million appropriation from the legislative stabilization reserve account (S10) to be deposited into the Wyoming wildlife and natural resource trust income account for grants to conservation districts, weed and pest districts, and the game and fish commission for restoring vegetation destroyed by wildfires, preventing invasive vegetation on wildfire-affected lands, and restoring wildlife habitats on private and state lands. This appropriation is excluded from the standard budget for the next fiscal biennium and cannot be transferred for other purposes. (Page 26, lines 11-12 and Page 27, lines 1-26)Agency: Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust · $40,000,000 Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account (S10)
• Reduces the aggregate cap on loans that may be made under Section 346 (Natural Disaster Mitigation Loans) from one hundred million dollars to sixty million dollars, reflecting the reallocation of $40 million to the wildlife and natural resource trust. (Page 76, lines 12-13)Agency: State Loan and Investment Board · -$40,000,000 Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account (S10)

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