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Removes funding for sheriff salary compression that was contingent upon the revenue forecast. |
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FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
($3,633,037) |
($8,719,289) |
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Provides $8,719,289 in the second year from the general fund for the salary compression plan for sheriff's offices and regional jails. Sworn employees of sheriff's offices and regional jails who have three or more years of continuous service will receive $80 for each full year of service, up to a maximum of thirty years. Non-sworn employees who have three or more years of continuous services will receive $65 for each full year of service, up to a maximum of thirty years.
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FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
$0 |
$8,719,289 |
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Removes funding for career development that was contingent upon the revenue forecast. |
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FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
($1,730,919) |
($3,461,840) |
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Provide funding in the second year for career development programs for all qualified constitutional officers. Career development programs provide a salary incentive to elected constitutional officers, and employees who pursue certification and accreditation programs that lead to enhanced professionalism, higher levels of performance, stronger management, and consistency in the level of services provided to citizens across the Commonwealth. Funding is provided to expand the program for Treasurers ($93,144), Deputy Treasurers ($51,941), Commissioners of the Revenue ($112,780), Deputy Commissioners of the Revenue ($127,951), Assistant Commonwealth's Attorneys ($638,181), Circuit Court Clerks ($311,292), Circuit Court Deputy Clerks ($307,525), Sheriffs ($28,552), and Master Deputies/Jail Officers ($2,234,469). This funding is targeted for those individuals who have already qualified but have been waiting to participate in career development programs due to insufficient funding. |
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FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
$0 |
$3,905,835 |
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Provides funding to support staffing salary cost for the Chesapeake City jail expansion project. |
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FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
$0 |
$549,686 |
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This amendment reduces appropriation to account for the closure of Peumansend Creek Regional Jail on June 30, 2017. |
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FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
($496,203) |
($3,468,747) |
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This amendment adjusts funding included in the introduced budget for a salary compression adjustment for employees of sheriffs offices and regional jails and increased participation in the career development program to reflect an August 1, 2017 effective date. |
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FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
$0 |
($1,830,385) |
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This amendment provides $400,000 each year, beginning July 1, 2017, from the Virginia State Police Insurance Fraud Fund to fund two multi-jurisdictional Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney positions that will be dedicated to prosecuting insurance fraud and related criminal activities. |
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FY |
FY |
| Nongeneral Fund |
$400,000 |
$400,000 |
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This amendment adjusts funding that was included in the introduced budget to increase participation in the career development program for the Assistant Commonwealth Attorneys to reflect an August 1, 2017 effective date. |
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FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
$0 |
($106,363) |
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| • |
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This amendment adjusts funding included in the introduced budget to increase participation in the career development program for the circuit court clerks and their deputies to reflect an August 1, 2017 effective date. |
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| |
FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
$0 |
($103,136) |
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| • |
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This amendment adjusts funding included in the introduced budget to increase participation in the career development program for the Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners of Revenue to reflect an August 1, 2017 effective date. |
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FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
$0 |
($40,122) |
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| • |
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This amendment adjusts funding that was included in the introduced budget to increase participation in the career development program for Treasurers and Deputy Treasurers to reflect an August 1, 2017 effective date. |
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FY |
FY |
| General Fund |
$0 |
($24,181) |
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This amendment clarifies language added during the 2016 General Assembly Session that was intended to reflect an additional recovery of $80,000 to cover the cost of liability insurance. |
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This amendment amends the language regarding the workgroup reviewing the VARisk program, relating to its coverage for constitutional offices and regional jails. The amendment extends the workgroup another year and clarifies the issues for consideration. |
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This amendment requires the use of a standardized jail mental health screening instrument. The amendment also directs the Compensation Board to review its jail staffing standards and report on the cost of requiring every jail to conduct an assessment within 72 hours of the initial screening, by a qualified mental health professional, of all persons for whom the initial screening indicates they may have a mental illness. |
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This amendment makes a technical adjustment to the position table for Commonwealth's Attorneys. A companion amendment to Item 73 of this act authorizes the creation of two multi-jurisdictional Commonwealth's Attorney positions to prosecute insurance fraud. |
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This amendment makes technical changes to language directing the Compensation Board to reimburse Nottoway County for the costs of inmates held in Piedmont Regional Jail who have been referred from the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation for new offenses. The amendment requires the reimbursements be distributed on a quarterly basis, and reflect the demonstrated costs incurred by Nottoway County for incarceration of these individuals. |
