Bloxom Fire Department

Item 401 #1s

Language
Page 346, line 6, strike "$30,304,144" and insert "$30,904,144".
Page 346, following line 26, insert:
"B. Included in this appropriation is up to $600,000 the first year from the general fund for reimbursement of the Bloxom Volunteer Fire Department for the cost of replacing necessary firefighting and rescue equipment destroyed by fire on January 18, 2006.  The Executive Director shall determine the amount of state reimbursement required upon satisfactory evidence that all insurance recoveries have been received, and shall provide a report on the final amount of state funds required to cover the loss.  Copies of the report shall be provided to the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees within ten days of the approval of the final reimbursement by the department."

Explanation
(This amendment provides up to $600,000 the first year from the general fund for the Bloxom Volunteer Fire Department in Bloxom, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. This represents the estimated replacement cost of the firefighting and rescue equipment destroyed by fire on January 18, 2006, less insurance recoveries.)