Budget Amendment ID: FY2024-S3-114-R1

Redraft GOV 114

Amendment Relative to Safety Gear for Commercial Fisheries Participants

Messrs. Tarr, Montigny, O'Connor and Cyr moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 2330-0100, by adding the following words:- "; provided further, that not less than $375,000 shall be expended for a program to provide those engaged in commercial fisheries with grants for the purchase and maintenance of safety gear, to be administered in consultation with the Massachusetts Fishermen's Partnership, Inc.; provided further, that eligible items for such grants shall include, but shall not be limited to, life rafts, survival and exposure suits, personal flotation devices, man overboard recovery devices and electronic signaling and tracking devices; provided further, that individual  grant awards shall not exceed $3,000 and that grants shall be equitably distributed across fisheries and regions"; and by striking out the figure "$8,435,231" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- "$8,810,231".