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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Floor Approved)

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Battlefield Preservation Fund

Item 386 #5s

Item 386 #5s

First Year - FY2023 Second Year - FY2024
Natural and Historic Resources
Department of Historic Resources FY2023 $3,500,000 FY2024 $4,250,000 GF

Language
Page 416, line 2, strike "$20,841,048" and insert "$24,341,048".
Page 416, line 2, strike "$13,596,048" and insert "$17,846,048".

Page 416, line 46, strike "$1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the second year" and insert "$4,500,000 the first year and $5,250,000 the second year".

Page 416, line 46, strike "G." and insert "G.1.".

Page 416, after line 51, insert:

"2. From the amounts in this Item, $1,500,000 in the first year and $1,500,000 the second year shall be granted to the battlefield preservation organizations donating property at the proposed Culpeper Battlefields State Park in order that they may expeditiously acquire up to 800 additional acres at the site and donate this acreage to the Department of Conservation and Recreation. Such grants shall be exempt from the matching fund and easement recordation requirements of § 10.1-2202.4, Code of Virginia."



Explanation

(This amendment provides an increase of $7.8 million GF over the biennium to the Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund, increasing the Commonwealth’s annual investment to a total of $9.8 million over the biennium. Of these amounts, a total of $3.0 million GF is dedicated to battlefield preservation organizations donating land to the Department of Conservation and Recreation at the proposed Culpeper Battlefields State Park. The increased funding is to be used for the acquisition and subsequent donation of up to 800 additional acres at the park to improve river access and the visitor experience. Given the Fund’s matching requirement, the remining amounts will result in the acquisition of up to $13.5 million of Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War battlefield lands in the Commonwealth over the biennium.)