Budget Amendment ID: FY2024-S3-160-R1

Redraft ECO 160

Pyrrhotite Testing Reimbursement

Ms. Gobi, Ms. Rausch, Messrs. Oliveira, Tarr, Gomez and Fattman, Ms. Kennedy and Messrs. Feeney, Keenan and Pacheco 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 expended for a reimbursement program to be managed by the division of occupational licensure, which shall provide for the costs associated with the testing for the presence of pyrrhotite; provided further, that reimbursements shall be made at a rate of 100 per cent for visual testing conducted by a licensed professional engineer for not more than $400 and at a rate of 75 per cent for the testing of 2 core samples for not more than $5,000"; and

by striking out the figure “$17,800,344”, each time it appears, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- “$17,850,344”.