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COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, APPROPRIATONS AND FINANCE 09/15/2025-REPORTED OUT TO THE FLOOR W/CLOSED RULE 09/11/2025-REPORTED OUT TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND JUDICIARY BILL NO. 36-0166 Thirty-Sixth Legislature of the Virgin Islands September 10, 2025 An act providing an appropriation from the Tourism Advertising Revolving Fund to the Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority, the Office of the Governor, the Virgin Islands Department of Education, the Virgin Islands Police Department, the Virgin Islands Department of Public Works, the Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture, the Virgin Islands Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation, the Virgin Islands Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs, the Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System and the Virgin Islands Department of Tourism during the fiscal year October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026 PROPOSED BY: Senators Milton E. Potter and Novelle E. Francis, Jr. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: 1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other law, the following sums are appropriated in the 2 Fiscal Year October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026, from the Tourism Advertising Revolving 3 Fund, to the Waste Management Authority to fund various festivals, the Office of the Governor 4 to fund programs; the Department of Education for Interscholastic Competition; the Virgin 5 Islands Police Department for police operations on St. Thomas/St. John and St. Croix; the 6 Department of Public Works; the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Sports, Parks 7 and Recreation for promotion of sports, tourism, sports programs, and other related purposes 8 and the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs for the Office of Cannabis Regulation; 9 the Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System for coverage of Division of Festival Parades 10 2 territory wide; and the Department of Tourism to fund operating expenses, department 1 maintenance, supplies, equipment and other related purposes. 2 6068 TOURISM ADVERTISING REVOLVING FUND FY2026 3 620 VI WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY 4 TOTAL 620 VI WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY $ 500,000 5 200 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR 6 TOTAL 200 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR $ 300,000 7 400 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 8 TOTAL 400 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION $ 500,000 9 500 VI POLICE DEPARTMENT 10 OPERATING EXPENSES $3,000,000 11 TOTAL 500 VI POLICE DEPARTMENT $3,000,000 12 610 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS 13 OPERATING EXPENSES $1,000,000 14 TOTAL 610 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS $1,000,000 15 830 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 16 OPERATING EXPENSES $ 500,000 17 TOTAL 830 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE $ 500,000 18 840 DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS, PARKS & RECREATION 19 SPORTS TOURISM, SPORTS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS $ 500,000 20 TOTAL 840 DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS, PARKS & RECREATIONS $ 500,000 21 380 DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS 22 OFFICE OF CANNABIS REGULATION $ 200,000 23 TOTAL 380 DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING & CONSUMER AFFAIRS $ 200,000 24 3 VIRGIN ISLANDS PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM 1 COVERAGE OF DIVISION OF FESTIVAL PARADES TERRITORY $ 100,000 2 WIDE 3 TOTAL VIRGIN ISLANDS PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM $ 100,000 4 920 DEPARTMENT OF TOURSIM 5 PERSONNEL SERVICES $ 2,602,727 6 FRINGE BENEFITS $ 1,134,774 7 SUPPLIES $ 522,000 8 OTHER SERVICES/CHARGES $ 33,495,499 9 UTILITIES $ 245,000 10 GREETERS TERRITORY WIDE $ 1,000,000 11 TOTAL 920 DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM $ 39,000.000 12 TOTAL 6068 TOURISM ADVERTISING REVOLVING FUND $ 45,600,000 13 BILL SUMMARY 14 This bill appropriates $45,600,000 from the Tourism Advertising Revolving Fund to the 15 Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority, the Office of the Governor, the Virgin Islands 16 Department of Education, the Virgin Islands Police Department, the Virgin Islands Department 17 of Public Works, the Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture, the Virgin Islands Department 18 of Sports, Parks and Recreation, the Virgin Islands Department of Licensing and Consumer 19 Affairs, the Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System, and the Virgin Islands Department of 20 Tourism during the fiscal year October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. 21 BR25-0795/BUDGET/September 4, 2025 22