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2018 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Krizek
Co-Patron(s): Peace, Plum, Sickles, Watts
Increase VLCF Funding

Item 363 #2h

Item 363 #2h

First Year - FY2019 Second Year - FY2020
Natural Resources
Department of Conservation and Recreation FY2019 $0 FY2020 $11,500,000 GF

Language
Page 325, line 29, strike "$61,354,690" and insert "$72,854,690".

Page 325, line 44, strike "$4,500,000" and insert "$16,000,000".

Page 325, line 45, after "Code of Virginia." insert:

"The Virginia Land Conservation Foundation shall complete a grant competition for the fiscal year 2020 appropriation prior to December 31, 2018 and shall inform the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate  Finance Committees of all project proposals and their respective priority rankings prior to January 15, 2019.  Fiscal year 2020 grants shall not be awarded until after July 1, 2019."



Explanation

(This amendment would increase the second year funding for the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation to the amount called for in House Bill 1398 of the 2013 Session of the General Assembly, which set forth amounts for the land programs based on underutilization of the land preservation tax credits available. It also include language requiring the VLCF to conduct a grant competition for the entire $16.0 million fiscal year 2020 appropriation prior to December 31, 2018, thereby allowing the General Assembly to see the proposed projects and how they rank prior to the grants actually being released in July 2019.)