COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE 
11/04/2025-AMENDED AND REPORTED OUT THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND JUDICIARY 
 
BILL NO. 
36-0196 
 
Thirty-Sixth Legislature of the Virgin Islands 
 
 
 
October 27, 2025 
 
 
 
An act appropriating excess debt service reserve funds for certain capital projects in the territory 
and appropriating $2,000,000 from the St Thomas Capital Improvement fund 
 
 
 
PROPOSED BY: 
 
Senators Milton E. Potter, Marvin A. Blyden and Carla J. Joseph 
by Request of the Governor 
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: 
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SECTION 1.  The sum of $10,000,000, or so much of that sum as is necessary, is 
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appropriated in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, from the excess funds contained in 
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the Debt Service Reserve Fund established under the Indenture of Trust for the Gross Receipts 
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Taxes Revenue Bonds issued by the Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority to the Virgin 
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Islands Port Authority and the Department of Public Works for the following projects: 
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(a) 
Virgin Islands Port Authority –  
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1. 
demolition of the Adelita Cancryn Junior High School - $2,000,000; 
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2. 
dredging for maritime access projects - $6,000,000 
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(b) 
Department of Public Works - paving of Estate Barren Spot North expansion 
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project - $2,000,000. 
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SECTION 2.  The sum of $2,000,000 is appropriated in the fiscal year ending September 
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30, 2026, from the St. Thomas Capital Improvement fund to the Department of Public Works 
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for the completion of the “Leonardo Nardo Trotman Drive” expansion project. 
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SECTION 3.  The sums appropriated in sections 1 and 2 of this act remain available until 
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expended. 
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BILL SUMMARY 
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This bill appropriates the sum of $10,000,000 from the excess funds contained in the Debt 
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Service Reserve Fund established under the Indenture of Trust for the Gross Receipts Taxes 
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Revenue Bonds issued by the Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority for the demolition of the 
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Adelita Cancryn Junior High School, the dredging for maritime access projects of the Virgin 
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Islands Port Authority, and appropriating $2,000,000 from the St. Thomas Capital 
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Improvement fund to the Department of Public Works for the expansion project for the 
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Leonardo “Nardo” Trotman Drive. 
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BR25-0820/August 28, 2025/AA 
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