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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Bland
Co-Patron(s): Cox, Miles
Appomattox River Federal Dredging Project

Item 388 #3h

Item 388 #3h

First Year - FY2005 Second Year - FY2006
Natural Resources
Environmental Quality, Department of FY2005 $5,000,000 FY2006 $0 GF

Language
Page 304, line 18, strike "$60,303,091" and insert "$65,303,091".
Page 305, after line 14, insert:
"F.  Out of the amounts provided for Construction Assistance, $5,000,000 the first year from the general fund is provided to the City of the Petersburg to support the Appomattox River Federal Navigation Dredging Project."


Explanation
(This amendment provides additional general fund dollars to the Department of Environmental Quality to support the efforts of the Appomattox River Federal Navigation Dredging Project. The amendment requires that the additional general fund dollars be transferred to the City of Petersburg for this purpose. When completed, this dredging project will restore the Appomattox River channel as a navigable waterway, presenting the possibilty of increased commercial and recreational traffic along the river for the City of Petersburg and the surrounding regions. The City of Petersburg has been pursuing this project since 1984, and believes that in concert with other activities the city is sponsoring could result in the revitalization of its downtown.)