Wyoming wildlife legacy trust.

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FISCAL NOTE (HB0096)

 

This bill contains an appropriation of $40,000,000 from the BUDGET RESERVE ACCOUNT to the Wyoming Wildlife Legacy Trust Account.

 

 

FY 2005

FY 2006

FY 2007

NON-ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACT

 

 

 

Anticipated Revenue Increase:

 

 

 

WILDLIFE LEGACY TRUST INC

1,760,000

1,840,000

1,920,000

Source of revenue increase: Investment income from the $40 million appropriated to the Wildlife Legacy Trust

 

Assumptions:

 

Interest up to 5% of Wildlife Legacy Trust corpus will be annually credited to the Wildlife Legacy Trust Income Account. Interest above 5% will be retained in the Wildlife Legacy Trust corpus.

 

The above estimates assume the Wildlife Legacy Trust will be invested in the State Agency Pool, and assume annual rates of return of 4.4% in FY05, 4.6% in FY06, and 4.8% in FY07, based on January 2004 CREG projections.

 

 

FY 2005

FY 2006

FY 2007

NON-ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACT

 

 

 

Anticipated Expenditure Increase:

 

 

 

WILDLIFE LEGACY TRUST INC

0

1,760,000

1,840,000

Source of expenditure increase: Expenditure of investment income credited to the Wildlife Legacy Trust Income Account

 

Assumptions:

 

It is assumed that investment income from the Wildlife Legacy Trust would be available for expenditure from the Wildlife Legacy Trust Income Account in the following fiscal year.

 

The above estimates assume all investment income in the Wildlife Legacy Trust Income Account would be budgeted and expended by the Wyoming Game & Fish Commission annually, in accordance with language proposed in W.S. 23-1-504(a)(i)-(v).

 

Prepared by:   Dean Temte, LSO    Phone:   777-7881

(Information provided by Kathy Frank, Game & Fish; phone 777-4614: Sharon Garland, Treasurer’s Office; phone 777-7408)