Department of Accounts [151]
Secretarial Area: Finance
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
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $10,100,568 $1,648,830 $11,749,398
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $9,998,542 $1,852,882 $11,851,424
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $10,019,093 $821,956 $10,841,049
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $10,847,698 $821,956 $11,669,654
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $11,866,585 $24,899,362 $36,765,947
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $12,770,740 $25,251,895 $38,022,635
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 780, 2016 Appropriation Act $12,602,753 $27,543,781 $40,146,534
2016-2018 2017 Base Budget $12,770,740 $25,251,895 $38,022,635
2016-2018 2017 Governor's Amendments ($167,987) $2,291,886 $2,123,899
2016-2018 2017 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 780, 2016 Appropriation Act $12,603,165 $28,676,971 $41,280,136
2016-2018 2018 Base Budget $12,770,740 $25,251,895 $38,022,635
2016-2018 2018 Governor's Amendments ($167,575) $3,425,076 $3,257,501
2016-2018 2018 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 102.00 22.00 124.00
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 102.00 22.00 124.00
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 100.00 38.00 138.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 104.00 54.00 158.00
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 109.00 59.00 168.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 115.00 53.00 168.00
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 780, 2016 Appropriation Act 115.00 53.00 168.00
2016-2018 2017 Base Budget 115.00 53.00 168.00
2016-2018 2017 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2016-2018 2017 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 780, 2016 Appropriation Act 115.00 53.00 168.00
2016-2018 2018 Base Budget 115.00 53.00 168.00
2016-2018 2018 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2016-2018 2018 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Distribute savings to agency budgets Base Budget Adjustment
  Moves savings budgeted centrally in Paragraph A, Item 471.10, Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly from Central Appropriations to the individual budgets of state agencies.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($723,852) ($723,852)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded retirement rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes in state employee retirement rates to 80 percent of the Virginia Retirement System Board certified rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.H. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly. A companion adjustment provides funding to increase state employee retirement rates to 90 percent of the Virginia Retirement System Board certified rate.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $170,714 $170,714
Nongeneral Fund $84,427 $84,427
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Adjust appropriation for the centrally funded two percent salary increase for state employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the two percent salary increase for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.P. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $123,877 $123,877
Nongeneral Fund $97,685 $97,685
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Adjust appropriation to accelerate the employer retirement contribution phase in schedule Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes in employee retirement rates to 90 percent of the Virginia Retirement System Board certified rate budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.U. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $98,420 $98,420
Nongeneral Fund $76,686 $76,686
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Adjust appropriation for the centrally funded compression pay adjustment for state employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the compression pay adjustment for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.Q. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $70,546 $70,546
Nongeneral Fund $55,630 $55,630
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded health insurance costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the employer’s share of health insurance premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.G. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $64,589 $64,589
Nongeneral Fund $37,879 $37,879
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Adjust appropriation for the centrally funded increase in internal service fund costs due to salary adjustments Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation to agencies to offset increases in internal service fund costs due to the salary and benefit adjustments in Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $10,174 $10,174
Nongeneral Fund $2,972 $2,972
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded state employee other post employment benefit rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes in state employee other post employment benefit rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.K.3. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $6,693 $6,693
Nongeneral Fund $3,311 $3,311
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Adjust appropriation for changes in information technology costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the changes in information technology costs budgeted in Central Appropriations, Items 468.M. and 470.B. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $6,540 $6,540
Nongeneral Fund $211 $211
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Transfer appropriation between service areas Base Budget Adjustment
  Transfers $50,000 in Special Fund appropriation from General Accounting to Payroll Operations in order to align appropriation with expenditures.
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Transfer positions to correct service areas Base Budget Adjustment
  Transfers 21 full-time equivalent positions from Financial Oversight for Enterprise Applications to Financial Oversight for Performance Budgeting System and Financial Oversight for Cardinal System. When these service areas were created, the appropriation was transferred, but the positions were not.
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Increase nongeneral fund appropriation for Cardinal operating costs Decision Package
  Increases the internal service fund appropriation for operating costs associated with the Cardinal financial system. The increase in appropriation is a result of 2017 being the first time that all state agencies will use Cardinal for a full fiscal year. Revenues will come from user charges assessed to participating state agencies.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $1,925,281 $2,928,265
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Modify appropriation for the Payroll Service Bureau Decision Package
  Reflects the new rate structure and annual operating costs. The Payroll Service Bureau is moving to a five-tiered rate structure to account for the workload differences in processing different types of payrolls and leave accounting. The Payroll Service Bureau is an internal service fund that is funded through fees collected from state agencies for services such as payroll, benefit enrollment, and leave accounting.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $7,804 $138,010
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Adjust appropriation for the costs of the new Cardinal financial system Decision Package
  Reflects the agency's share of the costs of 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 $2,921 $3,242
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Adjust appropriation to support workers' compensation premiums Decision Package
  Supports the agency's workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of 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 $1,391 $1,482


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