COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, APPROPRIATIONS AND 
FINANCE 
 
 
BILL NO. 
35-0146 
 
Thirty-Fifth Legislature of the Virgin Islands 
 
 
 
September 19, 2023 
 
 
An Act providing an appropriation for the operating expenses of the Public Employees 
Relations Board and the Virgin Islands Labor Management Committee for the fiscal year 
October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024 
 
 
PROPOSED BY: 
 
Senators Novelle E. Francis, Jr., and Donna A. Frett-Gregory 
by Request of the Governor 
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: 
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SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, there is appropriated from 
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the General Fund of the Treasury of the Government of the Virgin Islands the sum of 
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$1,466,909 to the Public Employees Relations Board and $188,899 to the Virgin Islands Labor 
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Management Committee for operating expenses for the fiscal year October 1, 2023, through 
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September 30, 2024. 
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0100 GENERAL FUND 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     FY2024 
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Public Employees Relations Board 
$  1,466,909 
350 Virgin Islands Labor Management Committee 
 
 
           $     188,899 
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TOTAL GENERAL FUND  
 
 
 
 
 
 
$  1,655,808 
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BILL SUMMARY 
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This bill provides for a $1,655,808 appropriation from the General Fund of the 
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Treasury of the Government of the Virgin Islands, of which $1,466,909 is being appropriated 
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to the Public Employees Relation Board and $188,899 is being appropriated to the Virgin 
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Islands Labor Management Committee for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. 
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BR23-0784/BUDGET/September 15, 2023 
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