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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Fariss
DGIF Law Enforcement Personnel (language only)

Item 375 #1h

Item 375 #1h

Natural Resources
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries FY2017 40.00 FY2018 10.00 FTE

Language

Page 322, after line 20, insert:

"D.  Out of the amounts appropriated in this item, sufficient funding shall be utilized to establish a law enforcement training academy and to hire 40 additional FTE positions in the first year and 10 additional FTE positions in the second year for the enforcement of the Commonwealth's boating and hunting laws."



Explanation

(This amendment directs the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to establish an academy to train and hire 40 additional law enforcement personnel in the first year and 20 additional law enforcement personnel in the second year. Funding for these positions will come from the $7.7 million annual increase in deposits to the Game Protection Fund included in House Bill 30 as introduced.)