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Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Phillips
Coalfield Coalition Authority (language only)

Item 493 #1h

Item 493 #1h

Transportation
Transportation, Department of

Language
Page 447, after line 18, insert:
"G.1. The Virginia Coalfield Coalition Authority is hereby authorized, by and with the consent of the Governor, to issue, pursuant to provisions of Chapter 14 (§ 33.1-426 et seq.) of Title 33.1,
Code of Virginia
, and pursuant to Section 9 (d), Article X of the Constitution of Virginia, at one time or from time to time, bonds or other obligations in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $300,000,000 to finance or refinance the cost of the Virginia Coalfield Expressway Corridor Program (the Project), established in § 33.1-428, Code of Virginia, plus an amount for the issuance costs, reserve funds, and other financing expenses.  The proceeds of such bonds or other obligations shall be used exclusively for the purpose of providing funds, with any other available funds, for paying costs incurred or to be incurred for the acquisition, design, construction, financing and operation of an adequate, modern, safe and efficient highway system which comprises the Virginia Coalfield Expressway Corridor Program; such costs include environmental and engineering studies, rights-of-way acquisition, engineering, design, construction, improvements, operation, issuance and other financing costs, and other expenses of the Authority.
2.  The proceeds of the bonds or other obligations herein authorized shall be expended by the Virginia Coalfield Coalition Authority for the purpose for which they were issued.
3.  All expenses incurred under this Act shall be paid from the proceeds of the bonds or other obligations or from any available funds as the Virginia Coalfield Coalition Authority shall determine.  Any advance made by the Board of the Virginia Coalfield Coalition Authority may be reimbursed from the Virginia Coalfield Expressway Corridor Development Fund or from the proceeds of the bonds or other obligations.
4.  The Virginia Coalfield Coalition Authority prior to the issuance of the bonds or other obligations shall establish a sinking fund for the payment of the bonds to the credit of which fund there shall be deposited such amounts as are required to pay debt service on the bonds or other obligations when due and payable for such fiscal years from one or more of the following sources: (i) revenues received from the Virginia Coalfield Expressway Corridor Development Fund as created in § 33.1-432, Code of Virginia, and pursuant to § 33.1-430, Code of Virginia, subject to their appropriation by the General Assembly, (ii) by contract or lease payments made by the Commonwealth to the Board of Commissioners of the Virginia Coalfield Coalition Authority for use of the Program or any assets of the Program,
(iii) to the extent required, revenues legally available from the Transportation Trust Fund, and (iv) to the extent required for the payment of the bonds or other obligations, any other legally available funds which shall have been appropriated by the General Assembly, including funds from the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Appalachian Development Highway System program."


Explanation
(This amendment sets out the language governing the use of bonds authorized through the Virginia Coalfield Coalition Authority as established by House Bill 2403 as proposed to the 2005 Session of the General Assembly.)