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SB 676 Hampton Roads Veterans Care Center; funding of project.

Introduced by: Linda T. Puller | L. Louise Lucas | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION:

Veterans Care Center project. Allocates and appropriates $66.7 million in aggregate of Virginia Public Building Authority bonds for the design, environmental assessments, and construction of the Hampton Roads Veterans Care Center and the Northern Virginia Veterans Care Center. The bill requires the Department of Veterans Services to provide an action plan to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee and to the Secretaries of Veterans and Defense Affairs and Finance prior to the allocation of any bonds. The bill also appropriates to the Department of Veterans Services anticipated federal grants for the projects.

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Hampton Roads Veterans Care Center project. Provides for funding of the Hampton Roads Veterans Care Center project by making $32.7 million in Virginia Public Building Authority Bonds authorized in 2014 available as a priority for the project. The bill also appropriates $60.7 million in federal funds to the project. This bill is identical to HB 1275.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Hampton Roads Veterans Care Center project. Provides for funding of the Hampton Roads Veterans Care Center project through an allocation of the proceeds of bonds to be identified by and authorized by a separate act of the 2015 General Assembly. The bill also appropriates $60.7 million in federal funds to the project.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Hampton Roads Veterans Care Center project. Provides for funding of the Hampton Roads Veterans Care Center project through an allocation of the proceeds of $300 million of Virginia Public Building Authority bonds, which were authorized pursuant to Chapter 1 of the Acts of Assembly of 2014, Special Session I. The bill provides that none of the proceeds of the $300 million of authorized bonds may be used for any purpose until the state share of the funding requirements of the Hampton Roads Veterans Care Center project and the Northern Virginia Veterans Care Center project have been met in full through an allocation of the proceeds of such bonds. The bill also appropriates $59.9 million in federal funds to the project.