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<br />002403 <br /> <br />III. <br /> <br />FUNDING SOURCES <br /> <br />Annual Appropriations <br /> <br />Annual appropriations to the Department of Natural Resources for weather <br /> <br />modification in Colorado Budget Bills have been reduced by over two thirds since <br /> <br /> <br />the appropriation in 1972 of $15,000. Interest ,n commercial projects increased <br /> <br />in the mid-seventies, but funding remained limited with the two notable <br /> <br /> <br />exceptions of drought relief programs in 1977 and 1978. During this period the <br /> <br /> <br />legislature reduced expenditures in the state wherever possible and overall <br /> <br /> <br />spending was limited to a seven percent annual increase beginning with the <br /> <br />'78-'79 fiscal year. <br /> <br /> TABLE I <br /> Colorado Budge t Bill (Long Bill) Appropriations <br />Fiscal Year Reques t Appropriation <br />1972-73 $15,000 $15,000 <br />1973-74 12,000 12 ,000 <br />1974-75 12,000 12,000 <br />1975-76 12,000 6,000 <br />1976-77 6,000 4,414 <br />1977-78 6,000 4,414 <br />1978-79 4,414 4,250 <br />1979-80 4,414 4,414 <br />1980-81 4,414 3,414 <br />1981-82 4,414 4,414 <br />1982-83 15,000 4,630 <br /> <br />The state government fiscal year ,s July 1 to June 30. <br /> <br />13 <br />