Secretary of the Commonwealth [166]
Secretarial Area: Executive Offices
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 $1,999,415 $0 $1,999,415
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $1,994,174 $0 $1,994,174
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $1,915,830 $0 $1,915,830
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $1,915,830 $0 $1,915,830
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $1,931,705 $0 $1,931,705
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $1,933,566 $0 $1,933,566
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 3, 2014 Acts of Assembly $2,086,432 $0 $2,086,432
2014-2016 2015 Base Budget $1,933,566 $0 $1,933,566
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Amendments $137,936 $0 $137,936
2014-2016 2015 General Assembly Adjustments $14,930 $0 $14,930
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 3, 2014 Acts of Assembly $1,952,085 $0 $1,952,085
2014-2016 2016 Base Budget $1,933,566 $0 $1,933,566
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Amendments $141,089 $0 $141,089
2014-2016 2016 General Assembly Adjustments ($122,570) $0 ($122,570)
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 19.00 0.00 19.00
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 19.00 0.00 19.00
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 19.00 0.00 19.00
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 19.00 0.00 19.00
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 19.00 0.00 19.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 19.00 0.00 19.00
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 3, 2014 Acts of Assembly 19.00 0.00 19.00
2014-2016 2015 Base Budget 19.00 0.00 19.00
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Amendments 1.00 0.00 1.00
2014-2016 2015 General Assembly Adjustments (1.00) 0.00 (1.00)
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 3, 2014 Acts of Assembly 17.00 0.00 17.00
2014-2016 2016 Base Budget 19.00 0.00 19.00
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Amendments 1.00 0.00 1.00
2014-2016 2016 General Assembly Adjustments (3.00) 0.00 (3.00)
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved to or from Central Appropriations to cover the continued cost of public employee salary increases, increases in state employee health insurance premiums, changes in state employee retirement and other benefit contribution rates, and other centrally funded items being continued from the 2012-14 biennium into the 2014-16 biennium.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $71,882 $71,882
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Provide funding for the restoration of rights initiative Decision Package
  Provides additional resources to allow the agency to respond to an increased workload resulting from policy changes involving the automatic restoration of civil rights for felons convicted of non-violent crimes.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $60,070 $60,070
Positions 1.00 1.00
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Adjust funding to reflect changes in rent charges at the seat of government Decision Package
  Adjusts agency funding for changes in the cost of rent charges at the seat of government. Overall rent rate changes are the result of additional costs to maintain facilities.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $3,486 $5,688
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Fund agency costs for the new Cardinal accounting system Decision Package
  Provides appropriation to the agency's budget to pay for the agency's share of the costs for the new Cardinal accounting system. The Department of Accounts allocates the yearly cost of the system to agencies based upon the number of transactions the agency completed in the previous fiscal year.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,602 $3,539
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Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums Decision Package
  Adjusts the agency's budget for workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of 2015 and 2016 program costs provided by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allocation is based on the historical experience of the agency and reflects the current policy of providing agencies with 50 percent of any increased costs and allowing agencies to retain 50 percent of any reduced costs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($283) ($269)
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Adjust agency appropriation for the cost of Performance Budgeting system charges Decision Package
  Provides appropriation to pay for the agency's share of ongoing Performance Budgeting system operating and maintenance costs. The general fund share of this cost was previously budgeted in Central Appropriations.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $191 $191
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Adjust funding to agencies for information technology and telecommunication charges Decision Package
  Adjusts the agency budget for information technology and telecommunication charges based on the required cost of living adjustments contained in the Northrop Grumman contract and the elimination of the debt recovery surcharge originally approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on July 12, 2010.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($18) ($18)
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Adjust funding for premium changes in the Automobile Insurance Liability program Decision Package
  Adjusts agency funding for the approved premium changes in the state's Automobile Insurance Liability program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $6 $6
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Restoration of Voting Rights General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment eliminates $60,070 each year from the general fund and one position which was included in the budget as introduced to support the automatic restoration of voting rights for nonviolent felons. The companion legislation was not adopted by the 2014 General Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($60,070) ($60,070)
Positions (1.00) (1.00)
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Electronic Notaries Public General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $75,000 the first year and $7,500 the second year from the general fund to implement the provisions of Senate Bill 378, as adopted by the 2014 Session of the General Assembly, concerning electronic applications by persons who are already notaries public for re-commissioning by the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $75,000 $7,500
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Savings Associated With SB 649 and HB 1211 General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment captures the savings associated with the transfer, effective July 1, 2015, of certain functions from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the new legislative Advisory Council on Conflicts of Interest and Legislative Ethics, created pursuant to Senate Bill 649 and House Bill 1211, as adopted by the 2014 General Assembly. A companion amendment to Item 25.1 of this act provides funding and positions for the new advisory council.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($70,000)
Positions 0.00 (2.00)


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