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1132579BD59A699E8725893300772C25 Hearing Summary

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BILL SUMMARY For JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE PRESENTATION

JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON JOINT SENATE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND HOUSE AGRICULTURE, WATER & NATURAL RESOURCES
Date Jan 10, 2023
Location Old Supreme Court

Joint Budget Committee Presentation - Committee Discussion Only


	02:41:46 PM	Senator Zenzinger, Joint Budget Committee (JBC), gave opening comments on the presentation and discussion. Presentation materials for the meeting can be found here: https://leg.colorado.gov/content/hawn2023asmartact.
	02:44:08 PM	Representative Bird, Joint Budget Committee, gave an overview of what goes into the budget, how revenue is divided, and different types of funds that exist.
	02:47:35 PM	Representative Bird pointed the committee to the Department of Agriculture (CDA) budget breakdown in the briefing document. She discussed the new responsibilities that the department has taken on and how this drives its budget.
	02:50:26 PM	Representative Bird went over the budget requests in the CDA budget briefing document.
	02:54:23 PM	Senator Zenzinger responded to questions from the committee regarding the evidence based decisions behind the budget recommendations.
	02:58:21 PM	Representative Bird and Senator Zenzinger answered questions from the committee about cash funds and how cash funds are tied to specific programs.
	03:01:10 PM	Senator Kirkmeyer, Senator Zenzinger, and Senator Bridges answered a question about what vacancy savings are, how they are used, and how the department manages full-time equivalent positions (FTEs).
	03:04:06 PM	Representative Bird answered a question about unfilled FTE positions at the department. Senator Zenzinger discussed the legislature's role in allocating money associated with FTEs.
	03:09:45 PM	Senator Kirkmeyer answered a question about one of the line items.
	03:12:06 PM	Representative Bird pointed the committee to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) budget briefing document. She spoke about how the funds are distributed and where funds come from in the department's budget.
	03:14:40 PM	Representative Bird discussed the line item requests in the DNR budget briefing.
	03:17:05 PM	Senator Zenzinger and Representative Bird answered questions from the committee about line item R2, Colorado River Policy and Technical Support, and what the request entails for DNR.
	03:20:33 PM	The committee continued to ask questions about the R2 budget request.
	03:26:22 PM	Representative Bird continued to discuss the other line item requests from DNR.
	03:29:47 PM	Senator Kirkmeyer and Senator Zenzinger answered questions from the committee about the wildfire mitigation program.
	03:30:28 PM	Representative Bird continued to discuss the line items in the DNR budget request.
	03:30:48 PM	Representative Bird told the committee to reach out to JBC analysts for questions and directed them to go through the remaining budget line items that were not covered in the discussion.
	03:32:13 PM	Senator Zenzinger pointed out that there were a lot of one-time federal funds in the previous budget year and discussed how committee members may access information on how these federal funds were spent.

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