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2006 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Kilgore
Co-Patron(s): Bowling, Dudley, Griffith, Johnson, Nutter, Phillips
Virginia Economic Bridge Website

Item 102 #2h

Item 102 #2h

First Year - FY2007 Second Year - FY2008
Commerce And Trade
Business Assistance, Department of FY2007 $75,000 FY2008 $35,000 GF

Language
Page 80, line 14, strike "$12,764,728" and insert "$12,839,728".
Page 80, line 14, strike "$12,695,160" and insert "$12,730,160".
Page 81, after line 11, insert:
"E. Out of the amounts provided for Economic Development Services shall be provided $75,000 in the first year and $35,000 in the second year from the general fund for Virginia Economic Bridge and its efforts to develop and maintain a website to promote the Southwest region of the Commonwealth."


Explanation
(This amendment provides $75,000 in the first year and $35,000 in the second year from the general fund to Virginia Economic Bridge, a non-profit business and workforce development corporation organized to promote an economic development plan for Southwest Virginia. These funds would be used for the initial development and maintenance of a website to promote the region as a whole to support economic development efforts in Southwest Virginia.)