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1999 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1450 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Moss
Schooner Virginia Project

Item 572 #3h

Item 572 #3h

First Year - FY1999 Second Year - FY2000
Nonstate Agencies
State Grants To Nonstate Entities - Nonstate Agencies FY1999 $3,500,000 FY2000 $0 GF

Language
Page 449, line 5, strike "$28,842,700" and insert "$32,342,700".
Page 456, after line 26, insert:
"Schooner Virginia Project             3,500,000           0".


Explanation
(This amendment provides $3,500,000 in the first year for the Schooner Virginia Project to design and build a historical replica of the last sailing Pilot Schooner used by the Virginia Pilot Association, using traditional wood boatbuilding techniques. Funding will also be used to design and implement a boatbuilding apprenticeship for inner-city youth during the construction process, providing them with boatbuilding experience. The Schooner Virginia will be built on the Norfolk waterfront to coincide with participation as Virginia's representative in Operation Sail 2000. The Schooner will sail the world serving the Commonwealth as Virginia's Goodwill Ambassador to the World for the promotion of tourism and trade. The project will partner with regional school systems through use of the Internet and other educational programs to allow children to "visit" foreign ports, converse with visitors to the vessel, and learn charting methods.)