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_ 524 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 373. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 a qualified applicant or applicants to support a dredging project or projects that have been approved by the Commission. The source of the grant funds shall be the Virginia Waterway Maintenance Fund created pursuant to § 62.1-132.3:3. Applicants shall be limited to political subdivisions and the governing bodies of Virginia localities. The Commission shall develop guidelines establishing an application process as set out in Chapter 642, 2018 Session of the General Assembly. Projects for which the Commission may award grant funding include (i) feasibility and cost evaluations, pre-project engineering studies, and project permitting and contracting costs for a waterway project conducted by the Commonwealth; (ii) the state portion of a nonfederal sponsor funding requirement for a federal project, which may include the beneficial use of dredged materials that are not covered by federal funding; (iii) the Commonwealth's maintenance of shallow-draft navigable waterway channel maintenance dredging and the design, lease, or purchase of upland containment areas where the material can be selectively excavated and used beneficially for environmental restoration or for mitigation of coastal erosion; and (iv) the beneficial use, for environmental restoration and the mitigation of coastal erosion or flooding, of dredged materials from approved waterway dredging projects conducted by the Commonwealth. Special consideration shall be given to any locality which provides a three-to-one match for any requested funding. Any funding remaining at the end of the fiscal year shall be carried forward for the same purpose. 2. Out of the amounts in this paragraph, the Commission may use up to $150,000 each year for administration of the grant program. H. Notwithstanding § 28.2-1209, Code of Virginia, any city or county duly authorized by the Commission or other state agency to install an underground or underwater utility or facility, shall be deemed to possess a legal interest in the lawful use of state-owned waters, bottoms, or subsurface soils sufficient to qualify for any reimbursement for costs associated with relocation, removal, or abandonment of said utility or facility as a result of the construction or maintenance of any Congressionally approved navigation and flood control project undertaken by the Army Corps of Engineers, or other federal agency, to regulate navigable waters or flood control that requires relocation, removal, or abandonment of a permitted utility located on or under state-owned waters, bottoms, or subsurface soils of the Commonwealth. 374. Coastal Lands Surveying and Mapping (51000) $2,698,879 $2,698,879 Coastal Lands and Bottomlands Management (51001) $2,698,879 $2,698,879 Fund Sources: General $1,471,259 $1,471,259 Special $30,304 $30,304 Dedicated Special Revenue $1,006,528 $1,006,528 Federal Trust $190,788 $190,788 Authority: Title 28.2, Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16; Title 62.1, Chapters 16 and 19, Code of Virginia. 375. Tourist Promotion (53600) $229,663 $229,663 Virginia Saltwater Sport Fishing Tournament (53601) $229,663 $229,663 Fund Sources: Special $229,663 $229,663 Authority: Title 28.2, Chapter 2, Code of Virginia Pursuant to the provisions of §28.2-206, Code of Virginia, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission shall conduct the Virginia Saltwater Sport Fishing Tournament in both years of the biennium. 376. Administrative and Support Services (59900) $3,153,039 $3,303,039 $3,153,039 General Management and Direction (59901) $3,153,039 $3,303,039 $3,153,039 Fund Sources: General $2,860,425 $3,010,425 $2,860,425 Special $124,102 $124,102