Authority: Title 15.2, Chapter 13, Article 3 and Chapter 42; Title 36, Chapters 8, 10 and 11; and Title 59.1, Chapters 22 and 22.2, Code of Virginia.

A. This appropriation includes annual membership dues to the Appalachian Regional Commission, $128,091 the first year and $128,091 the second year, from the general fund. These dues are payable from the amounts for Regional and Community Developmental Planning.

B.1. Out of the amounts provided to the Department shall be provided $3,030,000 the first year and $3,030,000 the second year from the general fund for the Indoor Plumbing Program. In addition, an annual allocation of federal dollars will be made available to this program dependent upon the level of federal support each year. Any unexpended balance in this program at the close of business on June 30, 2003, and June 30, 2004, shall not revert to the general fund, but shall be carried forward and reappropriated.

2. The Department and local program administrators shall make every reasonable effort to provide participants basic financial counseling to enhance their ability to benefit from the Indoor Plumbing Program and to foster their movement to economic self-sufficiency.

C. Out of the amounts for Financial Assistance for Substate Planning shall be paid from the general fund:

1. To the Lenowisco Planning District Commission, $116,340 the first year and $116,340 the second year, which includes $38,610 the first year and $38,610 the second year for responsibilities originally undertaken and continued pursuant to § 15.2-4207, Code of Virginia, and the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority.

2. To the Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commission, $119,399 the first year and $119,399 the second year which includes $42,390 the first year and $42,390 the second year for responsibilities originally undertaken and continued pursuant to § 15.2-4207, Code of Virginia, and the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority.

3. To the Mount Rogers Planning District Commission, $81,274 the first year and $81,274 the second year.

4. To the New River Valley Planning District Commission, $81,274 the first year and $81,274 the second year.

5. To the Fifth Planning District Commission, $96,617 the first year and $96,617 the second year.

6. To the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission, $90,281 the first year and $90,281 the second year.

7. To the Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission, $81,274 the first year and $81,274 the second year.

8. To the Northern Virginia Planning District Commission, $364,439 the first year and $364,439 the second year.

9. To the Rappahannock-Rapidan Planning District Commission, $81,274 the first year and $81,274 the second year.

10. To the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission, $81,274 the first year and $81,274 the second year.

11. To the Central Virginia Planning District Commission, $86,113 the first year and $86,113 the second year.

12. To the West Piedmont Planning District Commission, $93,364 the first year and $93,364 the second year.

13. To the Southside Planning District Commission, $81,274 the first year and $81,274 the second year.

14. To the Piedmont Planning District Commission, $81,274 the first year and $81,274 the second year.

15. To the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission, $203,958 the first year and $203,958 the second year.

16. To the RADCO Planning District Commission, $81,274 the first year and $81,274 the second year.

17. To the Northern Neck Planning District Commission, $81,274 the first year and $81,274 the second year.

18. To the Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission, $81,274 the first year and $81,274 the second year.

19. To the Crater Planning District Commission, $81,274 the first year and $81,274 the second year.

20. To the Accomack-Northampton Planning District Commission, $81,274 the first year and $81,274 the second year.

21. To the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission $353,405 the first year, and $353,405 the second year.

D. Out of the amounts provided to the Department shall be provided $1,590,339 the first year and $1,590,339 the second year from the general fund for the Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project (formerly known as the Virginia Water Project) operating costs and water and wastewater grants.

E. This appropriation includes annual membership dues in the DELMARVA Advisory Council, $7,500 the first year and $7,500 the second year from the general fund.

F. Any remaining balances in the Virginia Enterprise Initiative and the Virginia Removal or Rehabilitation of Derelict Structures Fund shall not revert to the general fund, but shall be carried forward and reappropriated.

G.1. Out of this Item, $9,240,480 the first year and $9,240,480 the second year from the general fund is appropriated to carry out the provisions of §§ 15.2-1306 through 15.2-1310, Code of Virginia, related to the Regional Competitiveness Act. The Department may use up to $135,000 the first year and $135,000 the second year from the general fund for staff support for the Regional Competitiveness Program.

2. Prior to the convening of each regular session of the General Assembly, the Department shall provide copies of the annual reports prepared by the regional partnerships under § 15.2-1309.3, Code of Virginia, to the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Local Government and Finance, and the House Committees on Appropriations and Counties, Cities and Towns.

3. Incentive funds shall be distributed on a formula based on the population of the qualified region. Each qualified region shall receive no less than $300,000 the first year and $300,000 the second year.

4. The Department shall disburse the annual funding allocation to each regional partnership in four equal quarterly payments. The Department shall make the first disbursement on or after July 1 of each fiscal year with each subsequent disbursement made three months following the prior disbursement.

H.1. Out of the amounts in this Item shall be provided $850,000 the first year and $850,000 the second year from the general fund for the Industrial Site Development Fund. Funds shall be used to assist communities with the cost of developing industrial properties in distressed areas of the Commonwealth. The Department may use up to $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the second year from the general fund for staff support for the Industrial Site Development Fund. Any unexpended balance in the Industrial Site Development fund at the close of business on June 30, 2003, and June 30, 2004, shall not revert to the general fund, but shall be carried forward and reappropriated.

2. Funding, in the amount of $2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 the second year from bond proceeds, is included in this Item for grants administered through the Industrial Site Development Fund in an amount to be determined by the Department of Housing and Community Development, such grants contingent upon approval of a grant agreement by the Department of Housing and Community Development and in accordance with department guidelines, which may include the following grantees:

City of Danville and County of Pittsylvania

City of Martinsville and Henry County

Cities of Petersburg and Hopewell, Counties of Prince George and Dinwiddie

Counties of Accomack and Northampton County, Town of Chincoteague

City of Galax, Counties of Carroll and Grayson

County of Lancaster

Counties of Gloucester, King and Queen, King William and Matthews, Town of West Point

Counties of Nelson and Amherst

County of Buchanan

County of Sussex.

I. Until the final regulations for the Housing Revitalization Zone Act are promulgated, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall continue to use the regulations adopted for the Derelict Structures Program in distributing moneys appropriated to the Virginia Removal or Rehabilitation of Derelict Structures Fund.