Budget Amendment ID: FY2022-S3-656-R1

Redraft EPS 656

Concrete Foundation Testing Reimbursement Program

Ms. Gobi, Ms. Comerford, Messrs. Lesser, Gomez, Pacheco and Fattman moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7006-0142, by adding the following words:- "; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be provided for a reimbursement program to be managed by the division of professional licensure that shall provide for the costs associated with the implementation of testing for the presence of pyrrhotite in the foundation of homes built in or after 1983 in the commonwealth within a 50 mile radius of J.J. Mottes Concrete Company in Stafford Springs, Connecticut; provided further, that reimbursements shall be made at a rate of 100 per cent for visual testing conducted by a licensed professional engineer up to $400 and at a rate of 75 per cent for the testing of 2 core samples up to $5,000"; and by striking out the figure “$16,034,593” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$16,084,593”.