Add Positions for Shellfish Sanitation Program

Item 293 #1h

Language
Page 254, line 30, strike "$8,428,395" and insert "$8,653,395".

Explanation
(This amendment adds $225,000 from the general fund the second year and three positions to the shellfish sanitation program operated by the Department of Health. The additional positions will allow the agency to assess sources of bacterial contamination in shellfish waters, as well as the development of data in support of conditional management plans to allow for the safe harvest of shellfish from these areas.)