HB6790 Summary

• Appropriates $2,389,531,300 total funding to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, consisting of $44,051,200 in General Funds, $331,420,100 in Other State Funds, and $2,014,060,000 in Federal Funds

• Funds multiple department offices and programs including General Administration ($5.5M from General Revenue Fund), Office of Tourism ($24.4M), Office of Workforce Development ($275M), Office of Entrepreneurship/Innovation/Technology ($28.7M), and regional business development offices

• Appropriates $302 million for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant program and $110.7 million for Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund

• Allocates $395 million in Community Development/Small Cities Block Grant funds for grants to local units of government and eligible recipients for community development projects

• Includes $885 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funding distributed across energy assistance, workforce training, community services, and research programs with prior year cost reimbursements