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1998 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Conference Report)

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Oyster replenishment funds

Item 442 #1c

Item 442 #1c

First Year - FY1999 Second Year - FY2000
Natural Resources
Marine Resources Commission FY1999 $100,000 FY2000 $100,000 GF

Language
Page 264, line 13, strike "$9,558,531" and insert "$9,658,531".
Page 264, line 13, strike "$9,586,967" and insert "$9,686,967".
Page 264, after line 55, insert:  
"F.1.  The Commission shall report to the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees by November 4, 1998, concerning the status of efforts to improve the habitat and increase the numbers of oysters in the Commonwealth's waters.  The report shall include cost information as well as data collected and analysis conducted for the resource's fishery management plan.
2.  
Any unexpended general fund balances designated by the agency for oyster repletion activities remaining in the Marine Life Management Program on June 30, 1998, and June 30, 1999, shall be reappropriated."


Explanation
(This amendment provides $100,000 each year from the general fund for the oyster replenishment program.)