Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-272-R1

Redraft ENV 272

Ventless Lobster Trap

Messrs. Tarr, Hedlund and Rodrigues moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, moved that the bill be amended in section 2 by inserting after item 2330-0150 the following item:

"2330-xxxx For conducting surveys to monitor and forecast an abundance of commercially-important invertebrate species in commonwealth waters, including a ventless lobster trap employing the services of contracted commercial lobster fishing vessels in the commonwealth; provided, that the division of marine fisheries may expend not more than $250,000 from revenue collected from fees generated by the sale of lobster permits;  provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system … $250,000"; and

by inserting after section 122 the following section:-

"SECTION 122A. The division of marine fisheries shall implement a new fee schedule in fiscal year 2015 for invertebrate species to fund the ventless lobster trap survey program."