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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Knight
Co-Patron(s): Landes
Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund

Item 374 #1h

Item 374 #1h

First Year - FY2019 Second Year - FY2020
Natural Resources
Department of Historic Resources FY2019 $1,500,000 FY2020 $1,500,000 GF

Language
Page 332, line 42, strike "$6,954,668" and insert "$8,454,668".
Page 332, line 42, strike "$6,854,668" and insert "$8,354,668".

Page 333, line 48, strike "$1,000,000" and "$1,000,000" and insert:

"$2,500,000" and "$2,500,000".



Explanation

(This amendment increases funding by $1.5 million each year from the general fund for the Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund. The proposed funding would support land acquisition projects in Virginia that need to be completed to avoid further development and upcoming closing dates. There are a number of land tracts that are targeted: Chancellorsville and Spotsylvania Court House - Johnson Tract, Spotsylvania Court House - Gallahan Tract, Fussell's Mill - Pepmeier Tract, New Market Heights - Rock Tract, Cold Harbor - Shrewsbury Tract, Glendale - Atkins Tract, Ware Bottom Church - Wells Tract, Sailors Creek - Sailors Creek, LLC Tract, Williamsburg - Egger Tract, The Wilderness - Lyons Tract, Brandy Station - Brandy Rock Tract, and Rappahannock Station - Culpeper Crossing tract.)