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2024 Special Session I

Budget Bill - HB6001 (Chapter 2)

Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired

Item 343

Item 343

First Year - FY2025Second Year - FY2026
Rehabilitative Industries (81000)$58,000,000$58,000,000
Manufacturing, Retail, and Contract Operations (81003)FY2025 $58,000,000FY2026 $58,000,000
Fund Sources:  
EnterpriseFY2025 $58,000,000FY2026 $58,000,000

Authority: § 51.5-72, Code of Virginia; P.L. 92-29 and P.L. 93-112, Federal Code.


A. The Industry Production Workers with the Virginia Industries for the Blind shall not be counted in the classified employment levels of the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired.


B. The Department of Accounts shall provide a treasury loan to the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired to finance up to $3,500,000 of its enterprise division's contract to supply Naval Station Norfolk Ship Stores with commercial products. This treasury loan shall be limited to financing the cost of procuring wholesale merchandise for retail sale on navy ships. This treasury loan shall be repaid with enterprise revenues, in accordance with the provisions of § 4-3.02 of this Act.