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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Webert
Ag BMP Cost Share Funding

Item 362 #2h

Item 362 #2h

First Year - FY2019 Second Year - FY2020
Natural Resources
Department of Conservation and Recreation FY2019 $57,480,000 FY2020 $57,480,000 GF

Language
Page 322, line 44, strike "$58,023,080" and insert "$115,503,080".
Page 322, line 44, strike "$35,490,781" and insert "$92,970,781".

Page 324 after line 6, insert:

"4. In addition to the amounts appropriated in paragraphs B.1. and B.2. of this item, $57,480,000 the first year and $57,480,000 the second year from the general fund shall be transferred to the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund, a subfund of the Water Quality Improvement Fund. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds shall be distributed by the department upon approval of the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board in accordance with the Board's developed policies as follows:  $50,600,000 the first year and $50,600,000 the second year shall be used for matching grants for Agricultural Best Management Practices, of which $30,360,000 each year shall be used for projects on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively or partly with the Chesapeake Bay watershed, $20,240,000 each year for projects on lands in the Commonwealth outside the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and $6,880,000 the first year and $6,880,000 the second year  shall be made available for Technical Assistance for Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Districts."



Explanation

(This amendment provides adequate funding for the agriculture best management practices cost share program in fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2020 to meet the needs identified to meet the Commonwealth's Agriculture Chesapeake Bay and Southern Rivers TMDL water quality goals.)