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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS Territory,of the Virgin Islands REGULAR&} ay ie Fone 20.00 ROLL CALL Bill No. 23 - 0274 Pate: DI X)(D Short Title: For the operation of the Government of the Virgin Islands During the Fiscal Year October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001 (Closed Rule) LEGISLATIVE HISTORY (a) Introduced and sent to Committee On...........c0.c.cccccceeeeeeeseeeeeen IDF: eRanee one sha cons andetn bisosaccaune sects (b) Reported from Committee and sent to Rules on (C) Reported from Committee on Rules.........csscecsesssssesse+sessessesssessessereeressverecsessessessesssessesesesseeseeee (d) Recalled from Committee by Special Order (€) Adopted on Yi FCO areca bse co 40a seg eynaa rindi xesnndvansllnelomnemecreendanceenereanammigbanionwnasasieanibecestssiemees CSP WCNC Bye Geet i tc ceszesnrayialstsdeveceeenslisetsnnzdnsicinsss dcsnnenivanondocrbsetcinel solos icellee cose (h) Reconsidered by Legislature and passed or rejected over Governor’s Veto on MEMBERS YEA NAY NOT VOTING ABSENT BENNERSON, Gregory A. j BERRY, Lorraine L. ‘ | BRYAN, Adelbert M. - J C’ 3, Donald “Ducks” 7); ee Yi LZ DAVID, Roosevelt St. C. DONASTORG, Adlah “Foncie” GOMEZ, Judy M. GOODWIN, George E. eS GOLDEN, Violet Anne A/ HANSEN, Alicia “Chucky” JONES, David S. eat #4 LIBURD, Almando “Rocky” JN. BAPTISTE, Norman ee PETRUS, Allie-Allison RICHARDS Vargrave A. sioby uaa. and correc WML Ls ON FINANCR 12/13/00 - AMENDED AND REPORTED OUT TO THE FLOOR 12/11/00 - AMENDED AND REPORTED OUT TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES BILL NO. 33-007F¢ Twenty-Third Legislature of the Virgin Islands of the United States OCTOBER 5, 2000 For the operation of the Government of the Virgin Islands during the Fiscal Year October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001 PROPOSED BY: Senators Lorraine L. Berry, Gregory A. Bennerson, Roosevelt St. C. David, Violet Anne Golden, George E. Goodwin, David S. Jones, Allie-Allison Petrus and Vargrave A. Richards JN OGAANRND = BE IT ENACTED by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: SECTION 1. The several amounts listed herein, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes specified, as hereinafter set forth, are hereby appropriated and authorize to be paid out of any funds in the General Fund of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands, which amounts shall be available for the Fiscal Year October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001. SECTION 2. With lump sum appropriations, the Department and Agencies are hereby exempted from title 2, chapter 2, section 28(B), Virgin Islands Code. oul, CO AN OA FAN = =_ ah, mh kak ak OMAN OO &FWND MN NNN N &QN = 0 a N 0) FUND 115000 GENERAL FUND ORG. 600 . VI. ELECTION SYSTEM . TOTAL ORG 600. V.I. ELECTION SYSTEM ORG. 700. BOARD OF ELECTIONS STT/STJ TOTAL ORG 700. BOARD OF ELECTIONS STT/STJ ‘ORG. 800. . BOARD OF ELECTIONS STX “TOTAL ORG 800 BOARD. OF ELECTIONS. STX ORG. 900. . BOARD. OF EDUCATION © TOTAL ORG 900 BOARD OF EDUCATION ._ ORG 1100 | OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR TOTAL ORG 1100 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. ORG 1200... OFFICE OF MANGMT & BUDGET TOTAL ORG 1200 OFF OF MANGMT & BUDGET. ORG. 1300 .. DIVISION OF PERSONNEL TOTAL ORG 1300. DIVISION OF PERSONNEL ORG 1400. VIRGIN ISLANDS FIRE SERVICES TOTAL ORG 1400 VIRGIN ISLANDS FIRE SERVICES. ORG. 1800.. OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GEN TOTAL ORG 1800 OFF OF THE ADJUTANT GEN | . ORG 1900. . OFFICE OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TOTAL ORG 1900 OFFICE OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. ORG 2100. . OFFICE OF THE LT GOVERNOR TOTAL ORG 2100. OFFICE OF THE LT GOVERNOR ORG .2400. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TOTAL ORG 2400. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ORG 2600 DEPT. OF LICENSING & CONS. AFFAIRS TOTAL ORG 2600 DEPT OF LICENSING & CONS. AFFAIRS. ORG. 2700. V.I. BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE TOTAL ORG 2700 V. . BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE ORG 2800 .. INSPECTOR GENERAL TOTAL ORG 2800 INSPECTOR GENERAL ORG 3000... DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE TOTAL ORG 3000 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. 719,654 50,852 57,149 1,279,700 5,574,145. 1,035,382 2,481,635 9,405,316 1,206,086 244,550. 3,476,161 23,845,598 2,022,760 8,096,789 988,393 6,312,430 } NY MONMN DD =a = = oe ew oo -OAN=" COAN OH oO N fe) —_ —_ N= CO MN OOABRWND = 3 ORG 3200 DEPT OF PROPERTY & PROCUREMENT TOTAL ORG 3200 DEPT OF PROP & PROCUREMENT ORG 3600 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH -— Operations 26,054,407 Maintenance and Repair for St. John Ambulance Boat 30,000 TOTAL ORG 3600 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ORG 4100 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TOTAL ORG 4100 DEPT OF EDUCATION Provisions by Act No. 6361 ORG 4300 HOSPITAL & HEALTH FAC CORP TOTAL ORG 4300 HOSPITAL & HEALTH FAC CORP ORG 4700 DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES TOTAL ORG 4700 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES ORG 4900 DEPT OF PLANG & NAT RESOURCES TOTAL ORG 4900 DEPT OF PLAN & NAT RESOURCES ORG 5000 V.I. POLICE DEPARTMENT - Operations 28,246,493. ' Retirement Lump Sum, Outstanding Out of Rank Pay Hurricane Pay and the Outstanding Career Incentive Pay 350,000 TOTAL ORG 5000 V.I. POLICE DEPARTMENT ORG 6000 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TOTAL ORG 6000 DEPARTAMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ORG 6500 DEPT OF HOUSING, PARKS & REC TOTAL ORG 6500 DEPT OF HOUSING, PARKS & REC ORG 7500 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TOTAL ORG 7500 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ORG 7600 DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM TOTAL ORG 7600 DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM ORG 8100 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TOTAL ORG 8100 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority for payment of legal claims against the Authority; Innovative Assets Group 350,000 Webster Construction Co., Inc 450,000 Virgin Islands Housing Authority for payment of outstanding amounts owed on the judgment entered in the matter of the Ambient Group v. Virgin Islands Housing Authority, et. al. 650,000 ORG 9900 MISCELLANEOUS SECTION-ALL OTHER 19,110,288 TOTAL ORG 9900 MISCELLANEOUS 4,049,318 26,084,407 120,234,903 (11,000,000) 37,277,397 28,359,610 4,992,491 28,596,493 22,235,853 5,010,426 2,746,472 3,176,376 2,174,621 - 20,560,288 , ob - —_ 0 ok “OO WAN ODA A FWHND = 2. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 4 TOTAL FUND 115000 FUNDING REQUIRED. | $361,296,355 GRAND TOTAL $361,296,355. SECTION 3. Title 22, section 237, subsection (a)(3)(A), Virgin Islands Code is amended by deleting the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “The Association shall not be required to make assessments pursuant to subsection (a)(3)(A). of this section at any time that the amount contained in the Insurance Guaranty Fund is less than $50,000,000, and the shortfall is due to appropriations, disbursements, expenditures or other transfers from the Insurance Guaranty Fund for purposes other than pursuant to this chapter 10 of this title. In the event of the shortfall, assessments shall not be made of any member insurer unless and until the Government repays and transfers to. the Insurance Guaranty Fund the lesser of (i) the amounts arising from appropriations, disbursements, expenditures or other transfers from the Insurance Guaranty Fund, or (i) the amount that is necessary to restore the Fund balance to $50,000,000, and. under any circumstance excluding appropriations, disbursements or expenditures or other transfers made pursuant to. this chapter.” SECTION 4. (a) Act No. 6302 (Bill No. 23-0119), section 1 is amended by striking the figure $48,781,852 wherever it appears, by inserting in lieu thereof the figure of $43,311,764 and adjusting the total accordingly. SECTION 5. Act No. 6335. (Bill No. 23-0193) section 14 is amended by striking the figure $3,750,000 and inserting in lieu thereof the figure of $1,750,000. SECTION 6. (a) The sum of $1,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the Internal Revenue Matching Fund in the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2001, to. the Department of Justice to pay current and prior years amounts owed to the Federal Bureau of Prisons for the costs associated with the NNN N ON = 0 Or N 0). aoe oe oe oe wide 1 OMAN OU FWONH TDOHOAN AA HKWDND A 5 _ maintenance of Virgin Islands prisoners in the Federal Bureau of Prisons system and other costs associated with the operations of the prison facilities. . (b) The sum of $1,900,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the Internal Revenue Matching Fund in the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2001, to replace funds that were kept as result of the implementation of the U. S. Treasury Offset Program relative to the debt owed by the Department of Justice to. the Federal Bureau of Prisons. . (c) Thesum of $1,250,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the Internal Revenue Matching fund in the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2001, to the Department of Justice to fund the costs associated with return of the off.island prisoners to. the Territory, including but not limited to the hiring and training of personnel and operational costs associated with such prisoners’ care and maintenance. (d) The sum of $500,000, or so. much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the Internal Revenue. Matching Fund in the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2001, as a contribution to the V.I. Housing Finance Authority. (ce) The sum of $699,225, or so. much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the Internal Revenue Matching Fund in the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2001, as a contribution to the General Fund to increase the appropriation of the Department of Tourism to fund the personnel-related costs associated with the employees of the Industrial Development Commission, the Bureau of Economic ' Research and the Small Business Development Agency. (f) The sum of $46,552, or so. much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the Internal revenue Matching Fund in the Fiscal Year ‘ending September 30, 2001, as a contribution to the General Fund to increase the appropriation ON OO FAWN = NVMNNNDD 2 ee we oo WK Oo RON=-~ 00 ODNOouTRONDAOO \o on N 0) , 6 of the Division of Personnel to find the costs associated with making the Division of Personnel compliant with records management standards and to. resolve the Inspector General’s finding. | (g) The sum of $600,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the Internal Revenue Matching fund in the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2001, to fund lump sum payments owed to individuals who were employees of various. departments and agencies. (h) The sum of $250,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of Internal Revenue Matching Fund in the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2001, to fund retirement benefits for hazard duty personnel pursuant to Act No. 5226. (Bill No. 16-0093). , (i) The sum of $267,295. or so. much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of the Internal Revenue Matching Fund in the Fiscal Year ending . September 30, 2001, to pay a prior year’s rental costs incurred by the Office of Veterans Affairs, the Lt. Govemnor’s Office and the Virgin Islands Police Department. SECTION 7. (a) Section 15 of Act No. 6276 (ill No. 22-0280), as amended by section 9(b) of Act No. 6278 (Bill No. 23-0034), is further amended by striking the figure $1,250,790. and inserting in lieu thereof the figure of $500,790. SECTION 8. The sum of $750,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary, that . became available as a result subsection 1 (a) of this section is hereby appropriated from the Indirect Cost Fund in the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2001, to. the Department of Public Works to. fund the partial payment of the negotiated settlement agreement relative to. 1997 penalties assessed against the Government of the Virgin Islands by the - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for wastewater violations. ONOaAHWN = INO} Sand) INO) = no} [NO) = e[po) [Royse ER ey a ee ER ne OOS -W N= ©. O- ON OO) O Na 7O" 6 I SECTION 9. The sums appropriated in sections 1, 4, 5 and 6 of this Act shall remain available until expended. SECTION 10. Section 16 of Act No. 6335 (Bill No. 23-0193) is amended by striking the period (.) after the word “school” as it appears in the words, “Arthur A. Richards Junior High School” and adding the following language, “Evelyn M. Williams Elementary School and Alfredo Andrews Elementary School’. SECTION 11. The sum of $485,344.56, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the Internal Revenue Matching Fund in the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2001, to pay a prior year obligations owed to San Jorge Children’s Hospital by the Juan F. Luis Hospital SECTION 12. Title 3, chapter 25, section 452(a), Virgin Islands Code, is amended by renumbering paragraph (6) as paragraph (7) and adding a new paragraph (6) to read: “(6) establish and amend, from time to time, a fee schedule for various administrative, technical and other services provided by the Division of Personnel; and” SECTION 13. There is hereby appropriated from the Corporation Division Revolving Fund for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2001, the sum of $213,440.50, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor for the purpose of satisfying current and prior year rental obligations. SECTION 14. There is hereby appropriated from the Corporation Division Revolving Fund for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2001, the sum of $22,000 to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor for the purpose of reimbursing the Department of Finance for contractual payments made to KPMG for services rendered to the Virgin Islands Banking Board relative to the evaluation of the proposed acquisition by the eC Ce ee CS i OMAN ODA AAWBNHH OHH AN DA FAN = NM NNN YN ££ ON = 0 26 8 : Virgin Islands Community Bank of the assets of the Chase Manhattan Bank branches in the U. S. Virgin Islands. BRO0-1406a/ August 18, 2000/ :cdj