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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Conference Report)

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TRS: Defease Bonds Town of Craigsville

Item 261 #2c

Item 261 #2c

First Year - FY2025 Second Year - FY2026
Finance
Department of the Treasury FY2025 $3,800,000 FY2026 $0 GF

Language
Page 284, line 23, strike "$64,212,631" and insert "$68,012,631".

Page 285, after line 12, insert:

"G. Included in the appropriation for this item is a total amount not to exceed $3,800,000 the first year from the general fund to be utilized towards loan payoffs of water and wastewater infrastructure debt incurred by the Town of Craigsville.  The Department of Treasury is directed to utilize funds from the appropriation in this paragraph to directly pay lenders of the Town through which water and sewer infrastructure was financed."



Explanation

(This amendment provides up to $3.8 million from the general fund the first year to support defeasance of outstanding bonds on the Town of Craigsville's wastewater and water plants. The Augusta Correctional Center operated by the Department of Corrections has historically contributed operational funding for the wastewater plant and paid water usage rates to the town, but plans to close at the end of fiscal year 2024.)