Budget Amendment ID: FY2027-S4-357-R1

Redraft ENV 357

Marine Animal Entanglement Response

Messrs. Cyr, Fernandes and Payano and Ms. Lovely 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 $150,000 shall be expended to Center for Coastal Studies, Inc. for field operations and staffing to respond to entanglements of marine mammals and terrapins in the commonwealth’s coastal waters”; and by striking out the figure “$9,514,242” and inserting is place thereof the following figure:- “$9,664,242”.