COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE 
12/15/2025-REPORTED OUT TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND JUDICIARY 
 
BILL NO. 
36-0210 
 
Thirty-Sixth Legislature of the Virgin Islands 
 
 
 
November 17, 2025 
 
 
 
An act appropriating the sum of $4,000,000 from the Virgin Islands Insurance Guaranty Fund 
to the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority for the repair, replacement, and operation of 
streetlights throughout the Territory 
 
 
 
PROPOSED BY: 
 
 
Senator Kurt A. Vialet 
Sponsor: Novelle E. Francis, Jr. 
 
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: 
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SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding the use restrictions in title 22 Virgin Islands Code, 
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section 237(a)(3)(A), and title 33 Virgin Islands Code, section 3061(b), the sum of $4,000,000 
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is appropriated in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, from the Virgin Islands Insurance 
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Guaranty Fund to the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority for the repair, replacement, 
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and operation of streetlights as follows: 
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(1) 
$1,800,000 for St. Croix; 
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(2) 
$1,200,000 for St. Thomas/St. John; and 
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(3) 
$1,000,000 for payment of outstanding bills. 
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SECTION 2.  No later than 45 days after enactment, the Virgin Islands Water and Power 
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Authority shall submit a streetlighting plan to the Legislature of the Virgin Islands. Funds 
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appropriated under section 1 shall be made available only after submission of the plan. 
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SECTION 3.  The funds appropriated in section 1 remain available until expended. 
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BILL SUMMARY 
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This bill appropriates $4,000,000 from the Virgin Islands Insurance Guaranty Fund to 
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the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) for the repair, replacement, and 
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operation of streetlights.  The appropriation is allocated as follows: $1,800,000 for St. Croix, 
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$1,200,000 for St. Thomas/St. John, and $1,000,000 for outstanding bills and requires WAPA 
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to submit a streetlighting plan to the Legislature within 45 days of enactment. 
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BR25-0843/October 29, 2025/KEH 
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