Budget Amendment ID: FY2021-S4-466

LOC 466

Talking Information Services that Provide Critical and Regional Public Health Information to the Blind/Visually Impaired

Messrs. Welch, Lesser and Velis moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 1599-1233, by adding the following words:- ";provided further, that  $75,000 shall be expended to Valley Eye Radio to provide human-voiced broadcasts of local news, articles, and items of vital importance from a variety of sources about the regional threat of COVID-19, to visually-impaired and otherwise disabled listeners, in the Pioneer Valley"; and by striking out the figure "$100,000" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:-"$175,000".