Here is a comparison of selected General Fund line items from last year’s budget bill-- House Bill 2328-- to the version of the budget reported out of the Senate Appropriations Committee last night-- Senate Bill 1073--
-- Environmental Protection
DEP General Operations-- $13.1 million, slight increase over last year $12.4 million
DEP Protection Operations-- $89.3 million, slight increase over last year $84.4 million
DEP Program Management-- $29.5 million, slight increase over $28.6 million
Conservation Districts-- $2.5 million, same as last year
Transfer To O&M Trust Account-- $500,000
Black Fly-- $3.3 million, same as last year
West Nile Virus-- $3.8 million, slightly less than last year $3.9 million
Sewage Facilities Grants -- $610,000, slight less than last year $700,000
DRBC-- $750,000 increase over $434,000 last year
SRBC, ORSANCO, Potomac River Basin Commission-- same as last year
-- Conservation and Natural Resources
DCNR General Operations-- $12.3 million, increase over $5.8 million last year
State Parks Operations-- $33.2 million (plus $21.4 million from Oil & Gas Lease Fund), decrease over $2.2 million last year ($45 million from Oil & Gas Lease Fund)
State Forest Operations-- $11.1 million (plus $10.5 million from Oil & Gas Lease Fund), increase over $1 million last year (plus $17.5 million from Oil & Gas Lease Fund)
Heritage Parks-- $2.7 million, same as last year
-- Agriculture
Agriculture General Operations-- $28.4 million, increase over $25.2 million
Conservation Districts-- $869,000, same as last year
The bipartisan Senate budget proposal faces an uncertain future in the House which has no plan yet for how it will deal with the budget.
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