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2023 Session

Budget Amendments - SB800 (Member Request)

Chief Patron: Lewis
CO - DWR - Expand and Upgrade Infrastructure at Virginia Fisheries and Aquatic Wildlife Center

Item C-52.60 #2s

Item C-52.60 #2s

First Year - FY2023 Second Year - FY2024
Natural Resources
Department of Wildlife Resources FY2023 $0 FY2024 $2,000,000 GF

Language
Page 620, after line 1, insert:

"C-52.60 Improvements: Expand and Upgrade Infrastructure at Virginia Fisheries and Aquatic Wildlife Center$0$2,000,000
Fund Sources:  General $0 $2,000,000 "


Explanation

(This amendment provides $2.0 million GF the second year to expand and upgrade infrastructure at the Virginia Fisheries and Aquatic Wildlife Center in Charles City County for the purposes of freshwater mussel propagation and restoration. This investment will increase propagation capacity by 50-75% which would correspond to an additional 0.5 million mussels per year. This request from the Chesapeake Bay Commission is being paired with similar initiatives in Maryland and Pennsylvania to increase mussel restoration capacity watershed-wide.)