2009 House Bill 4446 ↩

Senate Roll Call 306: Passed

The House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009-2010 budget for a proposed "Department of Conservation," which would combine the Department of Natural Resources and the Departmment of Environmental Quality. The bill authorizes $623.9 million in gross spending, compared to $654.8 million, which was the FY 2008-2009 amount enrolled for both departments in 2008. Of this, $36.4 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2008-2009 amount of $64.0 million for the two separate departments. Another $385.9 million comes from other state sources including debt, fees, royalties, etc., compared to $390.6 million in the previous budget for the two departments. $184.3 million is from federal revenue.