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2020 Session

Budget Amendments - SB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: McDougle
Broadband Funding Equal to or Greater than Funding for Economic Development (language only)

Item 479 #2s

Item 479 #2s

Central Appropriations
Central Appropriations

Language

Page 468, after line 51, insert:

"O. Each year the Governor shall include in "The Budget Bill" submitted pursuant to subsection A of § 2.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, or in his amendments to the general appropriation act in effect submitted pursuant to subsection E of § 2.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, recommended appropriations for initiatives that promote and develop broadband infrastructure comparable to or greater than any recommended appropriations for economic development."



Explanation

(This amendment accompanies SB 526 and would require that general fund appropriations for the promotion and development of broadband infrastructure be comparable to or greater than any recommended appropriations for economic development.)