Source: https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/amendment/2019/1/HB1700/Introduced/CR/362/5c/
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 02:40:02+00:00

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Page 396, line 45, strike "$127,331,015" and insert "$132,331,015".
Page 399, line 45, strike "$732,147" and insert "$5,732,147".
"2. Out of the amounts appropriated in this item for the Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund, $5,000,000 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to match local funding for lakebed stabilization, sediment control and removal, wetland creation, dam safety improvements, stream flow improvement, and other related costs in the College Lake watershed in the City of Lynchburg. This amount shall be matched by a local appropriation of at least $5,000,000 prior to any disbursement from this item."
Page 399, line 51, strike "2." and insert "3."
3. As part of the semi-annual report, the department shall assess the impact of settlement agreements with the Commonwealth entered into between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018, on achieving an effective level of Soil and Water Conservation District technical assistance funding and the implementation of agricultural best management practices pursuant to § 10.1-546.1., Code of Virginia. The department shall include in its report any amounts from the settlements including: 1) estimation of the timeline and amount for each fiscal year to implement agricultural best management practices; and 2) estimation of the timeline and amount for each fiscal year of additional technical assistance provided as a result of the additional funding from the settlements.
3. Out of this amount in the first year, a total of eight percent, or $1,200,000, whichever is greater, shall be appropriated to Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Districts for technical assistance to farmers implementing agricultural best management practices, and $8,800,000 for Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Assistance. Of the amount deposited for Cost-Share Assistance, distributions between watersheds shall be in accordance with the allocation percentages set out in § 10.1-2128.1 B., Code of Virginia.
4. Out of this amount in the second year, a total of thirteen percent, or $1,300,000, whichever is greater, shall be appropriated to Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Districts for technical assistance to farmers implementing agricultural best management practices, and $8,700,000 for Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Assistance. Of the amount deposited for Cost-Share Assistance, seventy percent shall be used for matching grants for agricultural best management practices on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively or partly within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and thirty percent shall be used for matching grants for agricultural best management practices on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively outside of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
E.1. Out of the appropriation in this item, $2,583,531 in the first year and $2,583,531 in the second year from the funds designated in Item 3-1.01.C. of this act are hereby appropriated to the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund and designated for deposit to the reserve fund established pursuant to paragraph B of Item 361. It is the intent of the General Assembly that all interest earnings of the Water Quality Improvement Fund shall be spent only upon appropriation by the General Assembly, after the recommendation of the Secretary of Natural Resources, pursuant to § 10.1-2129, Code of Virginia.
M. Out of the approriation in this Item, $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to the Natural Heritage Program in support of active preserve management activities across Virginia's 63 Natural Area Preserves as identified by the Board of Conservation and Recreation.
O.1. Out of the amounts appropriated for Dam Inventory, Evaluation, and Classification and Flood Plain Management, $884,294 the first year and $464,294 $732,147 the second year from the general fund shall be deposited to the Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund, established pursuant § 10.1-603.17, Code of Virginia. Out of these amounts, $420,000 in the first year from the general fund shall be provided to match federal and local funding for the rehabilitation of the Hearthstone Lake Dam in Augusta County.
P. Out of the amounts appropriated in this item, $100,000 and one position the first year, and $200,000 and two positions the second year, from the general fund is provided to fund additional engineering staff to support the 47 Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
Q.1. Notwithstanding § 10.1-2129A., Code of Virginia, $73,757,699 the second year from the general fund shall be deposited to the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund established under the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1997. Of this amount, $4,250,000 shall be appropriated to the department for the following specified statewide uses: $1,000,000 shall be used for the Commonwealth's match for participation in the Federal Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively or partly within the Chesapeake Bay watershed; $1,000,000 shall be used for the Commonwealth's match for participation in CREP on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively outside the Chesapeake Bay watershed; $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts to be used for the Virginia Conservation Assistance Program (VCAP); $750,000 shall be allocated for special nonpoint source reduction projects to include but not be limited to poultry litter transport and grants related to the development and certification of Resource Management Plans developed pursuant to § 10.1-104.7, Code of Virginia; and $500,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Forestry for water quality grants. The Department of Forestry shall submit a report by August 15, 2019, to the Department of Conservation and Recreation specifying the uses of the funds received. Pursuant to paragraph B of Item 361, $8,288,850 is designated for deposit to the reserve within the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund.
2. Of the remaining amount, $61,218,849 is authorized for transfer to the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund, a subfund of the Water Quality Improvement Fund. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds transferred to the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund 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: $37,282,279 shall be used for matching grants for Agricultural Best Management Practices on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively or partly within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and $15,978,120 shall be used for matching grants for Agricultural Best Management Practices on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively outside the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and $7,958,450 shall be appropriated for Technical Assistance for Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
3. This appropriation meets the mandatory deposit requirements associated with the FY 2018 excess general fund revenue collections and discretionary year-end general fund balances.
R.1. Notwithstanding § 10.1-2129 A., Code of Virginia, $20,000,000 the first year and $15,031,151 the second year from the general fund shall be deposited to the Water Quality Improvement Fund established under the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1997. Of the amount in the first year, $9,000,000 shall be appropriated to the department for the following specified statewide uses: $500,000 shall be used for the Commonwealth's match for participation in the Federal Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively or partly within the Chesapeake Bay watershed; $1,000,000 shall be used for the Commonwealth's match for participation in CREP on lands exclusively outside the Chesapeake Bay watershed; $500,000 shall be allocated for special nonpoint source reduction projects to include but not be limited to poultry litter transport and grants related to the development and certification of Resource Management Plans developed pursuant to § 10.1-104.7, Code of Virginia; and $7,000,000 shall be appropriated for the implementation of previously approved livestock stream exclusion practices. Of the amount for livestock stream exclusion practices, $6,300,000 shall be used for practices on land in the Commonwealth exclusively or partly outside the Chesapeake Bay watershed and $700,000 shall be used for practices on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively inside the Chesapeake Bay watershed. In the second year, $500,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Forestry for water quality grants. The Department of Forestry shall submit a report by August 15, 2020, to the Department of Conservation and Recreation specifying the uses of the funds received.
2. Of the remaining amounts, $11,000,000 in the first year and $14,531,151 in the second year is authorized for transfer to the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund, a subfund of the Water Quality Improvement Fund. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds transferred to the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund shall be distributed by the department upon approval of the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board in accordance with the board's development policies. Of these amounts, in the first year, $9,570,000 shall be used for matching grants for Agricultural Best Management Practices on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively or partly within the Chesapeake Bay watershed and $1,430,000 shall be appropriated for Technical Assistance for Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Districts. In the second year, $8,849,471 shall be used for matching grants for Agricultural Best Management Practices on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively or partly within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, $3,792,630 shall be used for matching grants for Agricultural Best Management Practices on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively outside the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and $1,889,050 shall be appropriated for Technical Assistance for Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Districts.

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