Department of Corrections [799]
Secretarial Area: Public Safety and Homeland Security
formerly under: Public Safety
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 $930,597,797 $80,502,951 $1,011,100,748
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $934,180,875 $82,782,998 $1,016,963,873
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $953,294,147 $74,203,651 $1,027,497,798
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $989,622,219 $68,956,076 $1,058,578,295
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $1,073,216,829 $72,367,411 $1,145,584,240
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $1,102,062,160 $71,796,325 $1,173,858,485
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 780, 2016 Appropriation Act $1,134,611,324 $63,096,032 $1,197,707,356
2016-2018 2017 Base Budget $1,101,177,914 $71,796,325 $1,172,974,239
2016-2018 2017 Governor's Amendments $34,569,843 ($8,700,293) $25,869,550
2016-2018 2017 General Assembly Adjustments ($1,136,433) $0 ($1,136,433)
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 780, 2016 Appropriation Act $1,157,130,394 $62,363,032 $1,219,493,426
2016-2018 2018 Base Budget $1,101,177,914 $71,796,325 $1,172,974,239
2016-2018 2018 Governor's Amendments $31,416,076 ($9,433,293) $21,982,783
2016-2018 2018 General Assembly Adjustments $24,536,404 $0 $24,536,404
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 12,157.50 217.50 12,375.00
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 12,230.50 232.50 12,463.00
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 11,838.00 232.50 12,070.50
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 12,492.00 232.50 12,724.50
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 12,607.50 240.50 12,848.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 12,648.50 240.50 12,889.00
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 780, 2016 Appropriation Act 12,352.00 245.50 12,597.50
2016-2018 2017 Base Budget 12,623.50 240.50 12,864.00
2016-2018 2017 Governor's Amendments (241.50) 0.00 (241.50)
2016-2018 2017 General Assembly Adjustments (30.00) 5.00 (25.00)
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 780, 2016 Appropriation Act 12,352.00 251.50 12,603.50
2016-2018 2018 Base Budget 12,623.50 240.50 12,864.00
2016-2018 2018 Governor's Amendments (241.50) 0.00 (241.50)
2016-2018 2018 General Assembly Adjustments (30.00) 11.00 (19.00)
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 ($34,827,274) ($34,827,274)
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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 $13,401,307 $13,401,307
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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 $10,951,938 $10,951,938
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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 $9,238,379 $9,238,379
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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 $8,542,583 $8,542,583
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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 $7,030,945 $7,030,945
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Reduce Correctional Enterprises nongeneral fund appropriation Base Budget Adjustment
  Reduces nongeneral fund appropriation to better reflect anticipated revenue and expenses.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($5,000,000) ($5,000,000)
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Continue correctional officer salary increases Base Budget Adjustment
  Annualizes the $1,000 salary increase provided to correctional officers effective Aug. 10, 2015.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,387,982 $1,387,982
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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 $1,339,235 $1,339,235
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Reduce nongeneral fund appropriation for capital construction unit Base Budget Adjustment
  Reduces the nongeneral fund appropriation for the capital construction unit. More of the unit's work is being paid for out of appropriations for capital projects or maintenance reserve and the agency will be receiving less revenue from operational funds.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($1,000,000) ($1,000,000)
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Remove one-time Woodrum appropriation Base Budget Adjustment
  Removes "Woodrum" general fund appropriation. This was a one-time appropriation in accordance with the statutory requirement that general fund appropriations be provided to partially offset the cost of housing additional inmates in prison that would result from the passage of specific legislation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($600,000) ($600,000)
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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 $599,907 $599,907
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Adjust appropriation for the centrally funded two percent salary increase for state employees in high turnover roles Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the two percent salary increase for state employees in high turnover roles budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 467.T. of Chapter 665, 2015 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $340,777 $340,777
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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 $53,298 $53,298
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Transfer Nongeneral Funds Between Programs Base Budget Adjustment
  Transfers Drug Offender Assessment Fund appropriations and positions to the budget program area in which the agency has established the positions and spends the funds.
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Open Culpeper Correctional Center for Women Decision Package
  Provides funding to operate the Culpeper Correctional Center for Women. This facility was formerly used by the Department of Juvenile Justice, but was transferred to the Department of Corrections (DOC) in 2013. It is currently being retrofitted to house 500 female inmates. The female population is the fastest-growing segment of the adult state responsible inmate population and the population is projected to continue to increase. The Culpeper facility will enable DOC to ease the backlog of female state responsible inmates being held in jails.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $17,022,655 $22,328,171
Positions 255.00 255.00
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Account for savings from federal participation in the cost of inmate health care Decision Package
  Reflects savings associated with providing federally reimbursable inpatient hospital services for incarcerated individuals.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($9,865,826) ($24,719,813)
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Reduce nongeneral fund appropriation for health records Decision Package
  Reduces nongeneral fund appropriation of out-of-state inmate revenue. The cash balance from this revenue was used to help the agency meet its budget savings target in FY 2015. Therefore, the agency no longer needs this appropriation.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($4,338,793) ($4,338,793)
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Provide funding to support increases in offender medical costs Decision Package
  Increases funding for the provision of medical services to inmates. The funding provided is based on the projected cost of the Department of Corrections providing medical services at all institutions with its own staff and contracting for part-time physicians or for offsite medical costs. The increase is based on the estimated cost of for the agency to be competitive in medical services labor market, as well as on the projected increases in the costs for inpatient and outpatient care, pharmaceutical drugs, and other medical services. Factored into the funding is a decrease of $400,000 and five positions provided in the 2015 Session to help the agency make the transition from using comprehensive medical services contracts in many facilities to using its own personnel. The agency selected to use comprehensive contracts and thus does not need the positions and the funding associated with them.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $552,869 $7,831,891
Positions (5.00) (5.00)
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Develop electronic healthcare records system in women's facilities Decision Package
  Provides funding to develop and implement an electronic health records system in women's prisons. The agency needs an electronic health records system to replace its current paper-based system. An electronic system would improve consistency and coordination of medical services to inmates and reduce the chances of errors. It would also enable DOC to analyze the medical needs of its inmate population from a system wide perspective and thereby be in a better position to develop strategies that could improve health care while reducing costs. By developing the system first for a defined segment of the inmate population, females, the agency will be able to bring the system online quicker, while laying the groundwork for the expansion of the system to the rest of the population at a later date.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $642,583 $755,357
Nongeneral Fund $2,268,500 $1,535,500
Positions 8.00 8.00
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Provide funding for mental health services and cognitive programming Decision Package
  Provides funding for mental health specialists for district probation and parole offices, emergency psychiatric services for offenders under community supervision, and establishment of pilot peer support groups in probation and parole districts. Also included is funding for the establishment of cognitive programming in pilot local or regional jails for offenders who will be released directly from jail to probation supervision by the Department of Corrections.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,200,000 $2,200,000
Positions 11.00 11.00
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Provide funding for correctional officer positions Decision Package
  Provides funding to increase security staffing in those correctional facilities in which posts are understaffed.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Positions 36.00 36.00
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Establish pilot jail reentry programs Decision Package
  Provides funding for six pilot re-entry programs for state responsible offenders housed in, and released from, local and regional jails.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,600,000 $1,600,000
Positions 19.00 19.00
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Provide funds for community residential program Decision Package
  Provides additional funds to cover increases in contracts for community residential beds. The Department of Corrections contracts with the private sector to provide short-term housing and re-entry services to offenders on probation or parole supervision. The services include substance abuse treatment, individual/group counseling, urinalysis, basic life skills, and job placement.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,200,000 $1,200,000
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Eliminate inmate telephone commissions and administrative charges Decision Package
  Eliminates from the general fund revenue estimate the amount collected from charges on inmate telephone calls and provides the agency funding to pay the costs of security equipment associated with the inmate telephone system. This would lower the rate that inmates and their families have to pay for phone calls, effective December 1, 2015.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,000,000 $1,000,000
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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 ($962,210) ($864,364)
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Decrease nongeneral fund appropriation for community corrections facilities Decision Package
  Reduces the appropriation of nongeneral funds used in the support of community corrections activities. The source of these funds is the revenue for "room and board" charged offenders in diversion centers who have work release assignments. Due to the closure of some diversion centers in recent years, the revenue from this source has declined.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($800,000) ($800,000)
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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 $426,202 $447,747
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Reimburse localities for jail construction and renovation Decision Package
  Provides the state share (25 percent), as provided by statute, of the cost of renovating three local jails: the Newport News Public Safety Building, the Southampton Jail Farm, and the Martinsville City Jail.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $766,483 $0
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Assume funding of re-entry counselors upon expiration of federal grant Decision Package
  Provides general fund appropriation for the agency to assume the full costs of positions previously supported by a federal grant. These positions are counselors that are an integral component of DOC's re-entry program being carried out at the intensive re-entry program facilities. Under the terms of the grant, the Commonwealth has gradually assumed the costs. The funding provided in this action is for the final 25 percent of the costs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $292,119 $292,119
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Adjust appropriation to support Line of Duty Act premiums Decision Package
  Adjusts the agency's appropriation based on the premium rates set by the Virginia Retirement System and most recent roster of eligible state employees.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($278,935) ($278,935)
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Increase appropriations for legal materials and faith-based services Decision Package
  Provides general fund appropriation for legal materials required to be made available to inmates and increases the nongeneral fund for the provision of faith-based services. The source of the nongeneral fund appropriation is the revenue from the commissaries, which is meant to be used for inmate welfare. The costs of legal materials is now borne by the commissary fund, but would be transferred to the general fund under this action.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $95,000 $95,000
Nongeneral Fund $170,000 $170,000
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Create interface with the Supreme Court criminal history data system Decision Package
  Provides funding to create an interface between DOC's inmate information system (CORIS) and the Supreme Court's criminal history system. This interface would allow DOC to download automatically criminal history information into CORIS thereby saving thousands hours of work per year now spent in manually keying in this data.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $178,722 $128,722
Positions 1.00 1.00
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Provide funding for legislation projected to increase need for prison beds Decision Package
  Provides the "Woodrum" appropriation for legislation proposed by the Governor. State law requires that any legislation that would result in an increase in the prison population over the succeeding six years from its enactment be accompanied by an appropriation that would cover the increased costs in one year resulting from additional inmates. The six proposed bills, and the projected "Woodrum" impact for each, that fall into this category are: create a universal background check at all firearms shows ($50,000); increase penalty for failure to pay wages ($50,000); add computer crimes to RICO statute ($50,000), enhance the penalty for computer trespass ($50,000), requiire that tax returns be signed under penalty of perjury ($50,000), and make operator of a child care home, which is unlicensed, subject to a felony offense in the event a child care is seriously injured or killed ($50,000).
 
  FY FY
General Fund $300,000 $0
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Eliminate mothball funding for Botetourt property Decision Package
  Eliminates the funding previously provided for mothball costs of Botetourt Correctional Center. The property has been transferred to the Department of Military Affairs for use as a readiness center.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($58,896) ($58,896)
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Adjust authorized staffing level Decision Package
  Reduces number of authorized positions due to facility closures and other personnel actions related to budget savings strategies.
 
  FY FY
Positions (566.50) (566.50)
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Restore line of credit to manage grant expenses Decision Package
  Restores a line of credit to enable the agency to process federal education grant payments more efficiently. This line of credit was available to the Department of Correctional Education before that agency was eliminated and relocated and its inmate adult education functions transferred to the Department of Corrections.
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Transfer appropriations between programs Decision Package
  Moves nongeneral fund appropriation that was placed in the wrong service area to the appropriate service area.
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Update language to represent better the recipient of appropriation Decision Package
  Changes the designation of the appropriation of commissary funds for the support of a canine training program from "Pen Pals" to "FETCH", which is the name of the organization that runs the Pen Pals programs.
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Reverse Medicaid Expansion General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment restores $9,865,826 the first year and $24,719,813 the second year from the general fund to reverse the proposed Medicaid expansion for inpatient and outpatient services for offenders in Department of Corrections facilities.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $9,865,826 $24,719,813
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Delay Opening of Culpeper General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reduces funding for opening Culpeper Correctional Center for Women by $10,285,427 the first year and $583,409 the second year from the general fund, by delaying the opening date for the facility from January to July, 2017. A companion amendment to Item 384 in House Bill 30 captures a related savings in fiscal year 2016.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($10,285,427) ($583,409)
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Move Mental Health Positions to Different Item General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes the funding and positions included in this item in the budget as introduced for additional mental health specialists. A companion amendment to Item 389 transfers this funding and the positions to the correct program. This is a technical amendment.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($2,200,000) ($2,200,000)
Positions (11.00) (11.00)
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Reduce Correctional Officer Vacancy Rate General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $2,000,000 each year from the general fund to reduce the number of vacant correctional officer positions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,000,000 $2,000,000
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Remove Pilot Jail Re-entry Programs General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes new funding and positions included in the introduced budget to establish six pilot re-entry programs in six local and regional jails for state-responsible inmates held and directly-released from those facilities.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,600,000) ($1,600,000)
Positions (19.00) (19.00)
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Phase-in Mental Health Positions General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $800,000 and five positions the first year and $2.2 million and 11 positions the second year from the general fund for mental health specialists and related services in district probation and parole offices. A companion amendment to Item 388 removes this funding from an incorrect program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $800,000 $2,200,000
Positions 5.00 11.00
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Corrections Special Reserve Fund General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $283,168 from the general fund the first year for the required deposit into the Corrections Special Reserve Fund, pursuant to ยง 30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, for sentencing legislation which has been adopted by the 2016 General Assembly. These sentencing bills, as referenced in the accompanying language, increase the number of state-responsible prison beds that will be required over the next six years. The effect of this amendment is to increase the amount provided in the budget as introduced for deposit into the fund, from $300,000 to $583,168 the first year. This amendment is contingent upon final passage of the legislation as cited in this amendment.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $283,168 $0
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Behavioral Correction Program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment adjusts the eligibility requirement for the Behavioral Correction Program to require that eligible inmates have four, rather than three years remaining on their sentence in order to participate in the program. In its report on this program to the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, dated June 29, 2015, the Department of Corrections recommended this change in order to assure that the participants have sufficient time to complete the program.
Capital Project Requests (in order of largest to smallest)
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Renovate and equip Culpeper Correctional Center
  Provides additional bond authority to fund capital project previously established for the Department of Corrections to convert the Culpeper correctional facility, formerly used to house juveniles, to a facility appropriate to house adult female offenders.
 
  FY FY
Tax Supported Debt $1,740,000 $0
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Acquire central office headquarters building
  Authorizes the Department of Corrections to exercise the provisions of its capital lease to acquire its headquarters building located in Richmond.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $30,000 $0


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