Environmental Funding In Agreed-To Senate Budget Bill, House Republican Amendment

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 passed by the Senate Monday-- Senate Bill 1073-- and the House Republican budget approved by the House Appropriations Committee Monday in House Bill 1460 (Adolph-R-Delaware)--

-- Environmental Protection Agreed-To and [House Republican- HR]

DEP General Operations-- $13.1 million, slight increase [HR--$13.3 million] over last year $12.4 million

DEP Protection Operations-- $89.3 million [HR-- $87.1 million], slight increase over last year $84.4 million

DEP Program Management-- $29.5 million [HR-- $28.2 million], slight increase over $28.6 million

Conservation Districts-- $2.5 million [HR--same], same as last year

Transfer To O&M Trust Account -- $500,000  [HR-- none]

Black Fly-- $3.3 million [HR-- $3.3 million], same as last year

West Nile Virus-- $3.8 million [HR-- $3.9 million], slightly less than last year $3.9 million

Sewage Facilities Grants -- $610,000 [HR-- $900,000], slight less than last year $700,000

DRBC-- $750,000 increase [HR--$434,000] over $434,000 last year

SRBC-- $573,000 [HR-- $473,000], same as last year

ORSANCO-- $136,000 [HR-- same], same as last year

Potomac River Basin Commission-- $46,000 [HR-- $46,000], same as last year

Citizens Advisory Council-- $250,000, no line item in previous years [HR-- None].

-- Conservation and Natural Resources

DCNR General Operations-- $12.3 million [HR- same, plus $5 million from Oil & Gas Lease Fund], increase over $5.8 million last year

State Parks Operations-- $33.2 million [HR- same] (plus $21.4 million from Oil & Gas Lease Fund [HR-- same]), decrease over $2.2 million last year ($45 million from Oil & Gas Lease Fund)

State Forest Operations-- $11.1 million [HR- same] (plus $10.5 million from Oil & Gas Lease Fund [HR-- same]), increase over $1 million last year (plus $17.5 million from Oil & Gas Lease Fund)

Heritage Parks-- $2.7 million [HR--$2.2 million], same as last year

-- Agriculture

Agriculture General Operations-- $28.4 million [HR-- $27.6 million], increase over $25.2 million

Conservation Districts-- $869,000 [HR-- same], same as last year.

Click Here for a Senate Republican staff budget spreadsheet for Senate Bill 1073.  Click Here for a House Democratic staff budget spreadsheet for Senate Bill 1073.

Click Here for a copy of the House Bill 1690 House Republican budget amendment.