Budget Amendment ID: FY2024-S3-2-R2

2nd Redraft ENV 2

Right Whale Environmental Police Patrols

Messrs. Tarr, Moore, O'Connor, Cyr and Pacheco and Ms. Lovely 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 through use of drone technologies to minimize potentially harmful interactions between vessels and right whales"; and

by striking out the figure "$14,988,216" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:-"$15,238,216".