FY 2011-12 AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET S.B. 169 (S-1): SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES


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House Bill is H.B. 4526

House Changes to Senate-Passed:
1. Dairy Farm Inspections Shift to Industry. The Governor and House recommended the transfer of inspections to industry, saving 6.0 FTEs and $600,000 GF/GP. The Senate rejected the plan and retained the funding.	(600,000)
2. Nursery Stock In-state Inspections Shift to Industry. The Governor and House recommended the transfer of inspections to industry, saving $500,000 GF/GP. The Senate rejected the plan and included a savings of $200,000 GF/GP.	(300,000)
3. Producer Security/Grain Dealer Licensing. The Governor and Senate included an increase in fees to provide for a savings of $300,000 GF/GP. The House rejected the fee plan and kept the GF/GP funding.	0
4. Intercounty Drains. The Governor recommended this appropriation be shifted from 100% GF/GP to100% fee based funding along with an increase to total $550,000. The House rejected the fee plan and increase, providing $432,000 GF/GP. The Senate rejected the fee plan, providing no line item, but a reference in boilerplate to the statutory responsibility of the MDA to provide administrative support for intercounty drain issue resolutions.	432,300
Total Changes	($467,700)
FY 2011-12 House-Passed Gross Appropriation	$71,351,600

FY 2011-12 AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS

Changes from FY 2011-12 Senate-Passed:

1. Boilerplate Sections Included by the House but not by the Senate: Hiring Freeze (Sec. 205), Use of Internet for Reports (Sec. 208), Deprived Communities (Sec. 210), DIT User Fees (Sec. 219), Out of State Travel (Sec. 223), Employee Discipline (Sec. 224), Policy Changes (Sec. 229), Attorney General's Authority (Sec. 230), Pest Management FTEs (Sec. 231), Year-End Lapse Report (Sec. 237), Private Fund Match (Sec. 306), Food Safety Training (Sec. 404), Dairy Inspection FTEs (Sec. 406), Aquaculture Budgetary Reductions (Sec. 460), Invasive Species in Pallets (Sec. 552), and Agriculture Preservation Fund Grants (Sec. 1001)

2. Boilerplate Sections Included by the Senate but not by the House: Equine Fund Reduction Guidelines (Sec. 802), Thoroughbred Purse Money (Sec. 803), Racing Regulation Costs (Sec. 804), Fiscal Year 2012-13 Appropriations (Sec. 1201)

Date Completed: 5-9-11 Fiscal Analyst: Bruce Baker This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations. hiagr_ds.docx