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Commerce director seeks funding clarity as two positions shift from tobacco funds to general fund
Summary
Department of Commerce resident director Susan Perez told senators she has seven positions (two previously funded by tobacco revenue) and warned that revolving funds and tobacco allocations must remain intact for FY26 operations.
Susan Perez, resident director for the Department of Commerce on Tinian, told the Senate Fiscal Affairs Committee that her office has seven authorized FTEs but that two of those were funded from tobacco revenues in FY25. She said the House budget version moved the two tobacco‑funded positions into the general fund but left them “dollar‑funded” (unfunded) in the draft the committee reviewed.
Perez said Commerce maintains a…
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