5693-S.E AMH WALJ JOND 319

  

ESSB 5693 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-2871.1/22) 1169

By Representative Walsh

NOT ADOPTED 02/26/2022

On page 491, after line 36, insert the following:

"(66) $2,472,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2022 and $6,096,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for trapping and other management efforts for the invasive European green crab, including grants to tribes, public entities, and research institutions. Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $600,000 in fiscal year 2023 is provided solely for European green crab management in Willapa bay."

EFFECT:   Adds proviso language for funding at the Department of Fish and Wildlife for European Green Crab management that is assumed in the underlying budget, and specifies that $600,000 of that funding is provided solely for European Green Crab management in Willapa Bay.

FISCAL IMPACT: No net change to appropriated levels.

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