$21.4 Billion
That is the amount of the new budget proposed by Governor Sonny Perdue:
For the budget year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the governor proposes a budget of $21.4 billion, an increase of about $1.2 billion - or 5.6 percent - from the present spending level.
The Governor is purposing:
- - $50 million for loans to local governments for transportation projects
- - $53 million for the state’s trauma network
- - $30 million to buy undeveloped land for environmental protection
- - $17 million in subsidies to provide insurance to employees of small businesses
- - $21 million to improve the state’s mental hospitals
- - $52 million to dredge the Savannah Harbor
- - $25 million to improve the infrastructure of Jekyll Island
- - $14.2 million for VIP, a program to get parents involved in their children’s education
You can view the rest of the Governor’s recommendations here.
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