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2004 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - SB5001 (Committee Approved)

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Chesapeake Bay Act Grants

Item 382 #15s

Item 382 #15s

First Year - FY2005 Second Year - FY2006
Natural Resources
Conservation and Recreation, Department of FY2005 $500,000 FY2006 $500,000 NGF

Language
Page 298, line 25, strike "$22,738,678" and insert "$23,238,678".
Page 298, line 25, strike "$20,977,511" and insert "$21,477,511".
Page 299, after line 57, insert:
"I. Notwithstanding the distribution specified in §10.1-2135.C.1, Code of Virginia, from the allocation intended for the Department of Conservation and Recreation for the Water Quality Improvement Fund, the Comptroller shall transfer from the sales and use tax revenue deposited into the Virginia Natural and Historic Resources Fund: $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the second year for grants to local Soil and Water Conservation Districts to assist in the development of agricultural conservation plans. These amounts shall be counted against the Department's annual transfer from the Virginia Natural and Historic Resources Fund for nonpoint source programs."


Explanation
(This amendment provides for local assistance grants to 13 Soil and Water Conservation Districts in the coastal plain region of Virginia. The funds will be used to support 12 local district employees who will assist farmers in developing the agricultural conservation plans required under the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act. The funds come from an earmark of the Department's new nonpoint source water quality funds provided by the "Virginia Investment Act" (SB 635, 2004 Session).)