Public Beach Board

Item 436 #2c

Language
Page 262, line 4, strike "$34,346,268" and insert "$34,621,268".
Page 262 after line 36, insert:
"D.  Out of the amounts for Shoreline Management, $175,000 the first year from the general fund shall be deposited to the fund authorized by §10.1-709 A., Code of Virginia, to provide grants to local governments to cover up to 50 percent of the cost of projects designed to improve, maintain, and develop public beaches.  
E.  Out of the amounts for Shoreline Management, $65,000 the first year from the general fund shall be made available to the Board on Conservation and Development of Public Beaches for technical studies provided by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and Old Dominion University.
F.  Out of the amounts for Shoreline Management, $10,000 the first year from the general fund shall be made available to the Board on Conservation and Development of Public Beaches for the board's operations.
G.  Out of the amounts for Shoreline Management, $25,000 the first year from the general fund shall be made available to the Board on Conservation and Development of Public Beaches to continue the study of the economic impact of public beaches on tourism and economic development in the Commonwealth pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 338 (1997)."

Explanation
(This amendment provides $275,000 of general fund support in the first year for sand replenishment projects at public beaches, technical studies, and operational costs of the Board on Conservation and Development of Public Beaches. Local governments are required to match state funding for the sand replenishment.)