Language Page 482, after line 18, insert:"Out of the amounts for Financial Assistance for Cultural and Artistic Affairs, $200,000 the second year to support the state's contribution for the hydrilla eradication and management program for Lake Gaston."
Explanation(This amendment provides $200,000 the second year to support he hydrilla eradication and management program for Lake Gaston. Hydrilla is one of the most important environmental concerns facing the lake area residents. The annual grant to the Weed Control Council also demonstrates to residents around the lake that Virginia Beach and Chesapeake care about protecting and maintaining the lake for the benefit of all users, not just for our own water needs.)