Menu
2025 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1600 (Floor Approved)

View Budget Item
View Budget Item amendments

Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Cost Overruns

Item C-53.50 #1h

Item C-53.50 #1h

First Year - FY2025 Second Year - FY2026
Central Appropriations
Central Capital Outlay FY2025 ($368,835,300) FY2026 $0 GF
FY2025 $200,000,000 FY2026 $200,000,000 NGF

Language
Page 639, line 35, strike "$400,000,000" and insert "$231,164,700".
Page 639, line 35, strike "$0" and insert "$200,000,000".

Page 639, strike lines 39 through 54, and insert:

"A.1. Out of this appropriation, $31,164,700 the first year from the general fund, and $200,000,000 the first year and $200,000,000 the second year from nongeneral fund bond proceeds are authorized for transfer to the Department of Environmental Quality to make matching grants for Water Quality Improvement Fund eligible wastewater projects for Chesapeake Bay nutrient reductions authorized under Code of Virginia §§ 10.1-1186.01.F., 10.1-2131.C., and 62.1- 44.19:14.G.1.

2. The Virginia Public Building Authority pursuant to § 2.2-2260 et seq., Code of Virginia, is hereby authorized to issue bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $200,000,000 the first year and $200,000,000 the second year 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 Department of Environmental Quality to make matching grants for Water Quality Improvement Fund eligible wastewater projects for Chesapeake Bay nutrient reduction authorized under Code of Virginia §§ 10.1-1186.01.F., 10.1-2131.C., and 62.1- 44.19:14.G.1.

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



Explanation

(This amendment restores utilization of bond proceeds to support critical wastewater treatment plant upgrade cost overruns. Such debt was authorized during the 2024 General Assembly Special Session I and so this does not obligate any new or additional general fund supported debt. This amendment also provides an additional $31.2 million from the general fund in the first year to meet updated cost requirements for the current biennium.)