Merge CBLAD with DCR

Item 377 #1h

Language
Page 290, line 31, strike "$2,650,401" and insert "$650,401".
Page 291, after line 3, insert:
"D.  The Secretary of Natural Resources shall develop a plan to merge the operations of the Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Department within the Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Soil and Water.  The Secretary of Natural Resources shall submit this plan to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Finance by November 1, 2002."

Explanation
(This amendment eliminates $2,000,000 in funding for the Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Department and requires the Secretary of Natural Resources to submit a plan to merge CBLAD with the Department of Conservation and Recreation, in an effort to avoid duplication, overlap and inefficiency in implementation of the Chesapeake Bay Act.)