Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services [301]
Secretarial Area: Agriculture and Forestry
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $30,452,180 $28,697,697 $59,149,877
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $25,984,821 $29,167,187 $55,152,008
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $26,990,668 $30,563,378 $57,554,046
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $28,746,348 $30,237,737 $58,984,085
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $30,505,788 $28,549,519 $59,055,307
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $31,113,696 $27,883,019 $58,996,715
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly $33,176,063 $29,581,211 $62,757,274
2014-2016 2015 Previous Legislative Appropriation $33,176,063 $29,581,211 $62,757,274
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Amendments $0 $0 $0
2014-2016 2015 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly $34,241,116 $29,581,211 $63,822,327
2014-2016 2016 Previous Legislative Appropriation $33,523,116 $29,581,211 $63,104,327
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Amendments ($282,000) $0 ($282,000)
2014-2016 2016 General Assembly Adjustments $1,000,000 $0 $1,000,000
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 348.69 177.31 526.00
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 310.29 186.71 497.00
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 310.09 188.91 499.00
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 310.09 191.91 502.00
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 306.00 200.00 506.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 314.00 190.00 504.00
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly 321.00 205.00 526.00
2014-2016 2015 Previous Legislative Appropriation 321.00 205.00 526.00
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2015 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly 321.00 205.00 526.00
2014-2016 2016 Previous Legislative Appropriation 321.00 205.00 526.00
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2016 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Move Chapter 2 savings from Central Appropriations to agency budgets Decision Package
  Moves FY 2016 savings included in Item 471 of Chapter 2, 2014 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I, from Central Appropriations to applicable agency budgets. These amounts are not a part of the additional savings assumed in Chapter 3, 2014 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I (HB 5010).
 
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General Fund $0 ($282,000)
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Provide additional funding for farmland preservation General Assembly Adjustment
  Increases the funding for the Office of Farmland Preservation to support the Purchase of Development Rights Program in the second year. The total appropriation for the program in FY 2016 is now $1,750,000.
 
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General Fund $0 $1,000,000
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Increase flexibility of distribution of the Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Grant Fund General Assembly Adjustment
  Eliminates language stipulating the portion of the Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund that can be used for local grants. Such grants will still be authorized, but the language specifying the portion of total funding dedicated to that purpose is removed in an effort to increase flexibility to respond to program requests.
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Partially restore funding for 4H and Future Farmers of America General Assembly Adjustment
  Restores $25,000 each year to support 4-H and Future Farmers of America scholarships and participation in the State Fair of Virginia. This amendment is language only. A companion amendment to Item 471.10 reduces the transfer to the central reversion account containing the state agency savings required by Chapter 3, 2014 Special Session I.
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Remove authorization of tiered inspection fee program for food safety General Assembly Adjustment
  Removes language to change the VDACS non-restaurant food inspection fee from a $40.00 per establishment fee to a variable fee ranging from $40.00 to $375.00, based on the square footage of the establishment. A companion amendment to Item 471.10, the state agency reversion account established pursuant to Chapter 3, 2014 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I, removes an assumed general fund reduction to the agency of $400,000 the second year.
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Remove proposed fee for the Weights and Measures Program General Assembly Adjustment
  Removes language authorizing the imposition of a $10.00 per device weights and measures inspection fee. A companion amendment to Item 471.10 removes savings of $500,000 in the second year that had been assumed to be generated by this action as part of the state agency savings required by Chapter 3, 2014 Special Session I.
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Require cooperative action to restore commodity fee revenue to the agency General Assembly Adjustment
  Directs the Commissioner, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Director, Department of Planning and Budget to restore commodity fee revenues that were transferred to the general fund in fiscal year 2014. A companion amendment to ยง 3-1.01 of House Bill 1400/Senate Bill 800 eliminates the proposed transfer for fiscal years 2015 and 2016. This is a language-only amendment.


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 11-02-2025 07:36:49