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2024 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

Chief Patron: Cole J.
VPBA for Wastewater Treatment Plant - City of Fredericksburg

Item C-53.50 #3h

Item C-53.50 #3h

First Year - FY2025 Second Year - FY2026
Natural and Historic Resources
Department of Environmental Quality FY2025 $25,000,000 FY2026 $0 NGF

Language
Page 558, after line 34, insert:

"C-53.50 New Construction: Fredericksburg Wastewater Treatment Plan Improvements and Expansion$25,000,000$0
Fund Sources:  Bond Proceeds $25,000,000 $0 "

Page 558, after line 34, insert:

"A.1. The Virginia Public Building Authority pursuant to § 2.2-2260 et seq., Code of Virginia, is authorized to issue bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $25,000,000 plus amounts needed to fund issuance costs, reserve funds, original issue discount, interest prior to and during the acquisition or construction and for one year after completion thereof, and other financing expenses, in accordance with § 2.2-2263, Code of Virginia, to be provided to the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia to pay a portion of its wastewater treatment plant improvement and expansion project.

2. Debt service on the bonds issued under the authorization in this item shall be provided from appropriations to the Treasury Board."



Explanation

(This amendment authorizes $25.0 million the first year in general fund tax-supported debt for a payment to the City of Fredericksburg to pay a portion of its wastewater treatment plant improvement and expansion project. These bonds, to be issued by the Virginia Public Building Authority (VPBA), would be repaid by future appropriations made to fund debt service payments. A companion amendment to Item C-56 updates total proposed VPBA bond issuances with respect to this request.)