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Appropriations committee hears FPR budget, trust‑fund language change proposed to free funds for stewardship and admin
Summary
The Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation asked the House Appropriations Committee to modernize the Lands and Facilities Trust Fund statute to align it with ANR, expand allowable uses to include limited administrative costs, and raise the rolling‑average payout from 5% to 8%; department officials said the fund is healthy at about $6.2 million and projected to grow.
The House Appropriations Committee heard a presentation Feb. 13 from the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation outlining a package of budget changes and a statutory modernization of the Lands and Facilities Trust Fund (LFTF).
Commissioner Danielle Fitzow and Steve Gomez, chief financial officer for the Agency of Natural Resources, told the committee the proposed changes would (1) correct a technical statutory reference from FPR to ANR, (2) expand permissible uses to include limited administrative support for managing contracts and stewardship programs, and (3) increase…
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