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Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Abbitt
Acquisition of Feather and Fin Farm (language only)

Item 393 #1h

Item 393 #1h

Natural Resources
Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of

Language
Page 375, after line 39, insert:
"C.  The Department of Accounts shall provide a treasury loan of up to $6,000,000 to the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries for the acquisition of the Feather and Fin Farm, a 2,400-acre parcel of land adjacent to the Appomattox River.  Such loan shall be without interest and shall be repaid in equal annual installments over a period of six years, beginning July 1, 2006."


Explanation
(This amendment authorizes the State Comptroller to issue a treasury loan in the amount of $6.0 million to the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries for the purchase of a 2,400-acre farm located on the Appomattox River. This property, one of the last large tracts of land adjacent to the Appomattox River, includes seven miles of river frontage. The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries will use the property as a wildlife management area.)