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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Abbitt
Co-Patron(s): Dance, Sherwood, Ware, O.
Sexual Assault Crisis Centers and Domestic Violence (language only)

Item 3-1.01 #2h

Item 3-1.01 #2h

Transfers
Interfund Transfers

Language
Page 487, after line 21, insert:
"d)  For strengthening and increasing the availability of crisis and support services through the Department of Criminal Justice Services for Sexual Assault Crisis Centers across the Commonwealth (from Alcoholic Beverage Control gross profits)     $2,300,000     $2,300,000
e)  For grants to local community-based domestic and sexual violence agencies to be administered by the Department of Social Services to provide age-appropriate services and prevention programming to children and youth, and their non-offending caretakers who have been exposed to or experienced domestic or sexual violence (from Alchoholic Beverage Control gross profits)    $1,700,000     $1,700,000".


Explanation
(This amendment provides for the creation of two additional transfers from Alcoholic Beverage Control gross profits, which would otherwise be transferred to the general fund. The two additional items are $2.3 million annually for sexual assault crisis centers and $1.7 million annually for community-based domestic and sexual violence agency grants. The first program would be administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services and the second by the Department of Social Services.)