Budget Amendment ID: FY2023-S4-41

ENV 41

Right Whale and Environmental Police Patrols

Messrs. Tarr, Pacheco and Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 2030-1000, by adding the following words:-

"; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the protection of right whales by increasing the patrols of the office  and its officers’   ability to identify and remove abandoned fishing gear and to enhance their ability to enforce speed restrictions to minimize potentially harmful interactions between vessels and right whales"; and by striking the figure, "$13,656,675" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:-"$13,906,675".