Chief Patron: Nichols
DEQ-Graffiti Removal

Item 365 #1h

Language
Page 339, line 20, strike "$14,722,205" and insert "$14,772,205".
Page 339, line 20, strike "$14,722,205" and insert "$14,772,205".
Page 339, beginning of line 33, insert "A."
Page 339, after line 37, insert:
"B.  Out of the amounts appropriated for Land Protection, $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the second year from the general fund is provided to reimburse localities for their reasonable costs of eradicating graffiti.  The Department of Environmental Quality shall develop a methodology for the distribution of this funding to localities."

Explanation
(This amendment provides $50,000 each year from the general fund to provide a reimbursement to localities for their reasonable costs of removing graffiti. DEQ is directed to develop a methodology for distributing the funding to localities.)