COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE 
10/23/2025-REPORTED OUT TO THE FLOOR 
10/07/2025-AMENDED AND REPORTED OUT TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND JUDICIARY 
 
BILL NO. 
36-0119 
 
Thirty-Sixth Legislature of the Virgin Islands 
 
 
 
July 10, 2025 
 
 
 
An act amending Act No. 8651 by reprogramming the appropriated funds to the Department 
of Sports, Parks, and Recreation to fund the completion of the Randall “Doc” James Racetrack 
on St. Croix 
 
 
 
PROPOSED BY: 
 
 
Senator Avery L. Lewis 
Sponsors: Angel L. Bolques, Jr., Marise C. James  
and Hubert L. Frederick 
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: 
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SECTION 1.  Act No. 8651, section 1, as amended by Act No. 8690, section 25, and Act 
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No. 8722, section 5, is further amended as follows: 
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(a) 
In subsection (a), strike “as a grant to be used by VIGL Operations, LLC” and strike 
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“under the direction of the Department of Sports, Parks, and Recreation”; 
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(b) 
strike subsections (b) and (c) and insert a new subsection (b): 
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“(b) The funds appropriated in subsection (a) remain available until expended”. 
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BILL SUMMARY 
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This bill amends Act 8651 by reprogramming the $5 million that was appropriated in Act 
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8651 from the Community Facilities Trust Fund to the Virgin Islands Department of Sports, 
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Parks, and Recreation as a grant to VIGL Operations, LLC to fund the completion of the 
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Randall “Doc” James Racetrack project on St. Croix. VIGL Operations, LLC will no longer 
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receive the funds, and the appropriation will remain with the Department of Sports, Parks, and 
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Recreation. 
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BR25-0672/July 1, 2025/GC 
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