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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Lambert
Co-Patron(s): Lucas, Ruff
VSU - Rural Virginia Agribusiness Initiative

Item 225 #2s

Item 225 #2s

First Year - FY2007 Second Year - FY2008
Education: Higher Education
Virginia State University FY2007 $500,000 FY2008 $0 GF
FY2007 $1,500,000 FY2008 $0 NGF

Language
Page 189, line 45, strike "$57,147,545" and insert "$59,147,545".
Page 191, after line 12, insert:  "Out of this appropriation, $500,000 from the general fund is provided in the first year as a state match for $1,500,000 in nongeneral grant funds intended to promote aquaculture, small ruminants and alternative crops within southside and southwest Virginia."


Explanation
(This amendment provides $500,000 from the general fund in the first year as the state match for Rural Virginia Agribusiness Initiative, which is aimed at helping tobacco farmers convert their businesses to alternative crops or aquaculture.)