Georgia Legislative Watch

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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