Virginia Tourism Authority [320]
Secretarial Area: Commerce and Trade
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 $18,058,765 $0 $18,058,765
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $19,658,135 $0 $19,658,135
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $19,385,930 $0 $19,385,930
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $19,863,612 $0 $19,863,612
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $20,225,218 $0 $20,225,218
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $21,000,560 $0 $21,000,560
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 780, 2016 Appropriation Act $21,746,335 $0 $21,746,335
2016-2018 2017 Base Budget $21,000,560 $0 $21,000,560
2016-2018 2017 Governor's Amendments $1,195,775 $0 $1,195,775
2016-2018 2017 General Assembly Adjustments ($450,000) $0 ($450,000)
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 780, 2016 Appropriation Act $21,046,337 $0 $21,046,337
2016-2018 2018 Base Budget $21,000,560 $0 $21,000,560
2016-2018 2018 Governor's Amendments $745,777 $0 $745,777
2016-2018 2018 General Assembly Adjustments ($700,000) $0 ($700,000)
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 0.00 0.00 0.00
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 780, 2016 Appropriation Act 0.00 0.00 0.00
2016-2018 2017 Base Budget 0.00 0.00 0.00
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 0.00 0.00 0.00
2016-2018 2018 Base Budget 0.00 0.00 0.00
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 ($1,082,983) ($1,082,983)
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Remove one-time funding provided to the Southwest Virginia Regional Recreation Authority for an economic development project Base Budget Adjustment
  Removes one-time funding provided to the Southwest Virginia Regional Recreation Authority for its Spearhead Trails initiative.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($200,000) ($200,000)
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Remove second year funding for the Commonwealth's contractual commitment to promote tourism with China Base Budget Adjustment
  Removes funding in the second year of the upcoming biennium provided for an agreement to market tourism between the Commonwealth and China. The agreement spans three fiscal years. FY 2017 is the last year in which the funding will be necessary.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($400,000)
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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 $112,630 $112,630
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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 $102,316 $102,316
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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 $81,510 $81,510
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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 $71,618 $71,618
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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 $55,944 $55,944
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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 $4,416 $4,416
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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 $262 $262
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Provide funding to implement the Vision Strategy Decision Package
  Provides additional funding for the authority to implement its expanded "Vision Strategy" to expand research capabilities, content generation, digial marketing, and paid marketing.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,000,000 $2,000,000
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Provide additional funding to meet the Commonwealth's commitment to promote tourism between Virginia and China Decision Package
  Provides funding to promote and market tourism between the Commonwealth and China in accordance with an agreement entered into with the Virginia Tourism Authority. This funding is to fulfill the final payment of a multi-year agreement.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $50,000 $0
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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 $62 $64
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Update language related to Virginia Department of Transportation funding support Decision Package
  Updates existing language related to Virginia Department of Transportation funding support for state Welcome Centers to account for the opening of a new Welcome Center at Main Street Station in Richmond.
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Reduce New Funding for Additional Tourism Marketing General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reduces from $2.0 million from the general fund each year to $1.0 million from the general fund each year funding that was included in the introduced budget for increased tourism marketing.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,000,000) ($1,000,000)
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Spearhead Trails - Southwest Regional Recreation Authority General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $300,000 in each year of the biennium from the general fund for grants to the Southwest Virginia Regional Recreational Authority to support the Spearhead Trails initiative.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $300,000 $300,000
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Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $250,000 the first year from the general fund to the City of Portsmouth for the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $250,000 $0
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VTA Technical Correction General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment corrects the embedded number for a program to promote and advertise tourism in Virginia through competitively awarded public-private partnerships. Prior year savings strategies removed $75,000 per year for outdoor advertising. This amendment changes the embedded amount from $405,012 to $330,012 to more accurately reflect the current program.


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 11-02-2026 06:12:38