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Committee hears bill letting small counties use up to 8% for administration of Mormon-cricket block grants
Summary
Representatives, county officials and Lake County commissioners described a 2021 grasshopper/Mormon‑cricket outbreak and urged support for House Bill 3487A, which would allow counties to use up to 8% of an existing block grant for administrative costs to organize surveys, spray plans and reimbursements.
Members of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire heard testimony on April 22 on House Bill 3487A, which would allow counties that received funds from a state block grant for grasshopper/Mormon‑cricket suppression to use up to 8% of allocated funds for administrative costs.
Rep. Emily McIntyre (House District 56) described the 2021 infestation that affected roughly 10,000,000 acres across 18 counties and said the block grant was created to help…
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