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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: McDougle
Allow Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula to Apply for Broadband Funding from the Tobacco Commission (language only)

Item 479 #3s

Item 479 #3s

Central Appropriations
Central Appropriations

Language

Page 468, after line 51, insert:

"O.1. Notwithstanding § 3.2-3108 of the Code of Virginia, or any other provision of law, of the loans and grant distributions administered by the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission, no less than forty percent of awards for a given fiscal year shall be for the purposes of assisting eligible communities in planning or construction of broadband infrastructure. Eligibility criteria for the award of such grants or loans shall be determined by the Commission except as provided for in paragraph O.2. of this item.

2. Notwithstanding § 3.2-3108 of the Code of Virginia, or any other provision of law, qualifying broadband planning or infrastructure investment projects located in Planning District 17 or Planning District 18 shall be eligible to apply for and receive grants or loans administered by the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission."



Explanation

(This amendment would designate a portion of Tobacco Commission economic development funds to be used only for broadband infrastructure investments and allow the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula to apply for such broadband funding from the Tobacco Commission.)