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Panel backs amended plan to shift $300,000 for unpaved-roads program, prompting pushback from recycling advocates
Summary
The committee adopted an amendment reducing a proposed $500,000 allocation to $300,000 to fund an unpaved-roads grant program aimed at reducing erosion and improving water quality; solid-waste districts, county judges and recycling advocates opposed using recycling grant funds as the source. The measure passed after extended debate and public testimony.
Senate Bill 377, amended to reduce the proposed one-time allocation from $500,000 to $300,000, was advanced out of the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee after substantial public comment. Sponsor Sen. Missy Irvin said the funding will seed an unpaved-roads grant program matched by counties and leveraged with federal funds; proponents including The Nature Conservancy and program managers described…
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