Animal Control Officer Training

Item 96 #1h

Language
Page 87, line 20, strike "$4,602,681" and insert "$4,702,681".
Page 87, after line 30, insert:
" Out of the amounts provided for this item, $100,000 the second year from the general fund is provided to eliminate the proposed second year reduction for the Animal Control Officer Training Program.  Funding for the Animal Control Officer Training Program in the second year shall not be reduced below the level provided in Chapter 1073 of the 2000 Acts of Assembly."

Explanation
(This amendment provides $100,000 in the second year from the general fund to restore proposed reductions for the training of animal control officers as required by standards approved by the Department of Criminal Justice Services and the State Veterinarian.)