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1999 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1450 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Bloxom
Matching funds for oyster restoration

Item 442 #1h

Item 442 #1h

First Year - FY1999 Second Year - FY2000
Natural Resources
Marine Resources Commission FY1999 $0 FY2000 $50,000 GF

Language
Page 338, line 16, strike "$10,472,944" and insert "$10,522,944".
Page 339, line 20, after "1999," insert "and June 30, 2000,".
Page 339, after line 20, insert:
"The amounts for Oyster Propagation and Habitat Improvement include $50,000 from the general fund in the second year for the Commission to develop a matching fund grant program for private industry efforts to restore oyster reefs in areas close to the Commission's reef building efforts."


Explanation
(This amendment will provide funds for the Commission to develop a matching grant program to enhance its efforts to replenish oyster beds. This program will give support to private industry vendors who plant shells in areas close to the Commission's reef building efforts. These reefs produce large quantities of oyster larvae but without additional reef sites in areas adjacent to areas the Commission's sites, the larvae will not thrive. By supporting private industry efforts, the Commission's efforts will be enhanced as more private ground acreage is available for the oyster spat to live on.)