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Game and Parks seeks cash‑fund authority for officers, CERT updates and Cowboy Trail maintenance; local leaders push marina and road funding
Summary
Game and Parks requested shifting several operating costs to agency cash funds, funding five new conservation officers, $30,000 per year for the CERT environmental review tool, and $100,000 for Cowboy Trail maintenance; county and tourism officials separately asked for restoration of marina and road funding at Lewis & Clark Lake and Lake McConaughey.
Timothy McCoy, director of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, presented the agency's budget requests and asked the Appropriations Committee to consider cash‑funding several items rather than adding general funds.
McCoy outlined four main requests: (1) shift certain operating and salary increases to agency cash funds given statewide fiscal constraints; (2) funding for law enforcement operational increases including five new conservation officers (the commission historically requests about 15% general‑fund support for officers because they perform certified law enforcement duties);…
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