5048-S.E AMH BUYS JOND 137

                

ESSB 5048 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-2540.1/17) 349

By Representative Buys

NOT ADOPTED 03/30/2017

    On page 134, line 35, strike "$400,000" and insert "$300,000"

 

    On page 134, line 36, strike "$400,000" and insert "$300,000"

 

    On page 134, beginning on line 39, after "engineers" strike all material through "groups." on page 135, line 5 and insert "for activities and projects not within Whatcom county"

 

    On page 137, after line 10, insert the following:

    "(14) $100,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2018 and $100,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2019 are provided solely for the department to provide to the south Lynden watershed improvement district to assist the portage bay partnership for activities related to water quality improvements and fecal coliform DNA speciation in Whatcom county."

 

 

 

    EFFECT:   Reduces the Department of Fish and Wildlife's (WDFW) General Fund-State funding for the Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project by a total of $200,000 and limits the remaining funding to projects not in Whatcom County. Provides a total of $200,000 General Fund-State to WDFW to provide to the South Lynden Watershed Improvement District to assist the Portage Bay Partnership for activities related to water quality improvements and fecal coliform DNA speciation in Whatcom County.

 

    FISCAL IMPACT: No net change to appropriated levels.

 

 

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