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COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE 07/22/2025-AMENDED AND HELD IN COMMITTEE 07/10/2025-AMENDED AND REPORTED OUT TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND JUDICIARY BILL NO. 36-0039 Thirty-Sixth Legislature of the Virgin Islands February 27, 2025 An Act amending title 33 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 4, section 75 by increasing the costs to bring containers or flat rack containers into the Virgin Islands and reallocating how monies collected pursuant to section 75 allocated PROPOSED BY: Senator Angel L. Bolques, Jr. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: 1 SECTION 1. Title 33 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 4, section 75 is amended as follows: 2 (a) In subsection (a): 3 (1) strike “50” and insert “$100”; 4 (2) strike “$100” and insert “$200”; 5 (3) strike “or more” after “40 feet”; and 6 (4) insert “and $205 on flat rack containers that measure 45 feet in length” 7 or more after “length”; 8 (b) In subsection (e) by striking all the language after “shall be” and inserting the 9 following: “allocated as follows: 10 2 (1) 50 percent must be deposited into the General Fund of the Treasury of 1 the Government of the Virgin Islands; and 2 (2) 50 percent must be deposited into the Anti-Litter and Beautification 3 fund established under title 33 Virgin Islands Code, section 3079 of which 25 4 percent must be used for garbage collection, solid waste trash removal, and territory- 5 wide beautification and 25 percent to fund a territorial Anti-Litter Beautification 6 Summer Program within the Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority.” 7 (3) The allocation described in subsection (b) shall remain in effect until 8 October 1, 2030. Effective October 1, 2030, the allocation shall be revised as 9 follows: 10 (A) Seventy-five percent shall be deposited into the General Fund of 11 the Government of the Virgin Islands; and 12 (B) Twenty-five percent shall be deposited into the Anti-Litter and 13 Beautification Fund to fund a territorial Anti-Litter Beautification Summer 14 Program within the Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority. 15 SECTION 2. The provisions of this act take effect 90 days after enactment. 16 BILL SUMMARY 17 Section 1 of this bill amends title 33 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 4, section 75, subsection 18 (a) by increasing the costs for individuals, firms, corporations and other associations, except 19 those specifically exempted, bring containers into the Virgin Islands; adding a specific rate for 20 flat rack containers that measure 45 feet. It also reallocates how the monies collected pursuant 21 to section 75 is to be spent, 50 percent will be deposited into the General Fund and the other 50 22 percent will be deposited into the Anti-Litter and Beautification Fund to be used by the Waste 23 3 Management Authority to fund garbage collection, solid waste trash removal, territory-wide 1 beautification and the Anti-Litter Beautification Summer Program. 2 Section 2 provides an effective date of 90 days after enactment of the bill. 3 BR25-0419/February 24, 2025/PFA 4 S:\AMENDS\36th Legislature\BOLQUES, JR., ANGEL L\Amendment 36-464\36-464 - 5 DRAFTED ON YELLOW.docx 6 S:\AMENDS\36th Legislature\BOLQUES, JR., ANGEL L\Amendment 36-304\36-304 - 7 DRAFTED ON YELLOW.docx 8