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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Conference Report)

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Multi-State Consultant for Bay Clean-Up Progress

Item 29 #1c

Item 29 #1c

First Year - FY2017 Second Year - FY2018
Legislative Department
Chesapeake Bay Commission FY2017 $0 FY2018 $38,000 GF

Language
Page 18, line 7, strike "$292,217" and insert "$330,217".

Page 18, after line 11, insert:

"Included in the amounts for this item is $38,000 the second year from the general fund representing Virginia's share of contributions to the six-state Chesapeake Bay Region efforts to hire an independent outside evaluator responsible for reviewing and submitting reports to Congress according to the schedule prescribed in the Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2014.  Such funds shall not be released until such time as all six states in the Region have committed equal amounts of funding to the project.  If such commitment has not been achieved by June 30, 2018, the amounts will revert to the general fund."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $38,000 from the general fund in the second year to the Chesapeake Bay Commission. This amount represents Virginia's share of funds required to hire an independent outside evaluator to verify the impact of clean-up efforts undertaken in the six-state Chesapeake Bay Region. Such funds will not be released until such time as all six states - Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York - commit to provide equal amounts of funding for this purpose. This proposal has been advanced by Congressman Rob Wittman and Senator Mark Warner as necessary steps following the passage of the Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act by Congress in December 2014.)