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Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Stolle
Co-Patron(s): Bloxom, Heretick, James, Miyares, Price, Hodges, Villanueva, Leftwich, Hayes
Fund State Match for Hampton Roads and Northern Neck Flooding Study

Item 383 #1h

Item 383 #1h

First Year - FY2017 Second Year - FY2018
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security FY2017 $1,500,000 FY2018 $1,500,000 GF

Language
Page 376, line 3, strike "$647,038" and insert "$2,147,038".
Page 376, line 3, strike "$647,093" and insert "$2,147,093".

Page 376, after line 23, insert:

"C. Included in the appropriation for this item is $1,500,000 each year from the general fund for the Commonwealth's nonfederal cost match requirement to accomplish the United States Corps of Engineers Regional Reconnaissance Flood Control Study for both the Hampton Roads and Northern Neck regions as authorized by the U.S. Congress."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $1.5 million from the general fund each year for the 50% nonfederal match to complete studies of flood control in the Hampton Roads and Northern Neck regions as authorized by the U.S. Congress to be conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Both studies will evaluate each region's recurrent flooding patterns and hydrology; identify and score several high impact regional flood control projects; identify costs and benefits of mitigating high impact regional flood control projects; and make recommendations for comprehensive and coordinated regional flood mitigation to obtain federal funding for future projects. Without these studies, Hampton Roads and the Northern Neck are poorly positioned to accept federal funds from emergency appropriations that generally follow events like Hurricanes Isabelle, Irene, Matthew, and Super Storm Sandy.)