Budget Amendment ID: FY2019-S4-915

ENV 915

Protecting Massachusetts Lobster Fishermen

Messrs. deMacedo, Cyr and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 2330-0100, by inserting the following:- "; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for a grant program to provide financial support for Massachusetts lobster fishermen suffering adverse economic effects due to the emergency ban on fishing in Cape Cod Bay for the protection of endangered right whales"; and in said item by striking out the figure "$6,369,289" and inserting in place thereof the figure "7,369,289".