Compensation Board [157]
Secretarial Area: Administration
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
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $688,855,417 $16,855,064 $705,710,481
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $691,521,444 $16,600,712 $708,122,156
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $718,465,692 $16,606,228 $735,071,920
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $729,827,525 $16,606,228 $746,433,753
2022-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $810,012,233 $16,595,878 $826,608,111
2022-2024 2024 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $824,712,847 $16,595,878 $841,308,725
2024-2026 2025 Chapter 2, 2024 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 $922,446,150 $16,595,878 $939,042,028
2024-2026 2025 Base Budget $823,839,890 $16,595,878 $840,435,768
2024-2026 2025 Governor's Amendments $95,030,936 $500,000 $95,530,936
2024-2026 2025 General Assembly Adjustments $3,575,324 ($500,000) $3,075,324
2024-2026 2026 Chapter 2, 2024 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 $913,007,627 $16,595,878 $929,603,505
2024-2026 2026 Base Budget $823,839,890 $16,595,878 $840,435,768
2024-2026 2026 Governor's Amendments $85,630,936 $0 $85,630,936
2024-2026 2026 General Assembly Adjustments $3,536,801 $0 $3,536,801
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 20.00 1.00 21.00
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 20.00 1.00 21.00
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 20.00 1.00 21.00
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 21.00 1.00 22.00
2022-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 21.00 1.00 22.00
2022-2024 2024 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 21.00 1.00 22.00
2024-2026 2025 Chapter 2, 2024 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 21.00 1.00 22.00
2024-2026 2025 Base Budget 21.00 1.00 22.00
2024-2026 2025 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2024-2026 2025 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2024-2026 2026 Chapter 2, 2024 Acts of Assembly, Special Session 1 21.00 1.00 22.00
2024-2026 2026 Base Budget 21.00 1.00 22.00
2024-2026 2026 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2024-2026 2026 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded five percent salary increase for state-supported local employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the five percent salary increase for state-supported local employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 483 T. of Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $67,893,230 $67,893,230
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Cardinal Financials System charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Cardinal Financials System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 484 F. of Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $170,714 $170,714
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded five percent salary increase for state employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the five percent salary increase for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 483 S. of Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $134,994 $134,994
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to agency information technology costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to information technology and telecommunications usage budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 484 C. of Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $105,415 $105,415
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded information technology auditors and security officers Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for information technology auditors and information security officers budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 484 E. of Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $50,961 $50,961
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Performance Budgeting system charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Performance Budgeting system internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 484 H. of Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($18,401) ($18,401)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to state health insurance premiums Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the employer’s share of health insurance premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 483 G. of Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $7,970 $7,970
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded property insurance premium charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for property insurance premiums billed by the Department of the Treasury’s Division of Risk Management budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 484 J. of Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $7,500 $7,500
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Cardinal Human Capital Management System charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Cardinal Human Capital Management System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 484 G. of Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,244 $2,244
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded internal service fund charges for the Personnel Management Information System Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for Personnel Management Information System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 484 I. of Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($244) ($244)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded workers’ compensation premium changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for workers’ compensation premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 483 P. of Chapter 2, 2022 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($41) ($41)
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Continue Chapter 1 funding changes: Provide funding for two percent salary increase Decision Package
  Adjusts appropriation for the two percent salary increase for state and state supported local employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Paragraphs S, T, U, and V of Item 483, Chapter 1, 2023 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $17,270,861 $17,270,861
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Continue Chapter 1 funding changes: Provide a salary compression adjustment for sworn deputy sheriffs and regional jail officers Decision Package
  Provides for the ongoing impact of appropriation changes included in Chapter 1, 2023 Special Session I, which addressed compression issues that resulted from increasing the entry level starting pay for sworn deputy sheriffs and regional jail officers in the 2024-2024 biennium.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $15,158,114 $15,158,114
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Reduce appropriation for per diem paid for housing state-responsible offenders in jails Decision Package
  Adjusts appropriation for per diem payments to reflect a reduction in the number of state-responsible inmates expected to be held in jails.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($15,000,000) ($15,000,000)
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Recognize savings from closure of Hampton Roads Regional Jail Decision Package
  Reflects savings associated with the closure of Hampton Roads Regional Jail, which will close in April 2024.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($14,258,355) ($14,258,355)
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Continue Chapter 1 funding changes: Increase salaries for attorneys in Commonwealth's Attorneys' offices Decision Package
  Provides for the ongoing impact of appropriation changes included in Chapter 1, 2023 Special Session I, which increased the state share of salaries in Commonwealth's Attorneys' offices. The funding was provided to increase the entry-level attorney salary to $73,500 and adjust higher classifications accordingly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $7,929,492 $7,929,492
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Continue Chapter 1 funding changes: Increase per diem payments to local and regional jails for housing local responsible inmates with state charges Decision Package
  Provides for the ongoing impact of increasing payments made to local and regional jails for housing local responsible inmates with state charges from $4 per day to $5 per day, and to jail farms from $18 per day to $19 per day.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $5,719,116 $5,719,116
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Recognize savings from vacant positions in sheriffs' and constitutional officers' offices Decision Package
  Reduces funding based on vacant positions funded by the Compensation Board. Language establishes a reserve fund for positions as they are filled in the future.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($9,400,000)
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Continue Chapter 1 funding changes: Fully fund remaining local deputy treasurer positions Decision Package
  Provides for the ongoing impact of appropriation changes included in Chapter 1, 2023 Special Session I. Funds costs related to previously unfunded local deputy treasurer positions.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $3,976,867 $3,976,867
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Continue Chapter 1 funding changes: Fund additional positions for the Piedmont Regional Jail Decision Package
  Provides for the ongoing impact of appropriation changes included in Chapter 1, 2023 Special Session I. Funds 44 positions required to meet the jail's approved increased bed capacity. A companion amendment reduces funding to account for a partial exemption from the federal inmate cost recovery once the jail is fully staffed.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,053,904 $2,053,904
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Continue Chapter 1 funding changes: Fully fund remaining Commissioners of the Revenue positions Decision Package
  Provides for the ongoing impact of appropriation changes included in Chapter 1, 2023 Special Session I. Funds costs related to previously unfunded positions in local offices of Commissioners of the Revenue.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,862,603 $1,862,603
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Recognize savings from closure of Bristol City Jail Decision Package
  Reflects savings associated with the 2023 closure of Bristol City Jail.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,472,297) ($1,472,297)
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Continue Chapter 1 funding changes: Consolidate population-based salaries of Sheriffs in population groups below 40,000 Decision Package
  Provides for the ongoing impact of appropriation changes included in Chapter 1, 2023 Special Session I, which consolidated population-based salaries of Sheriffs in population groups below 40,000, creating a new population group of 0-69,999. Previously, this range had been separated into four population groups.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,452,734 $1,452,734
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Provide funding to annualize the cost of behavioral health and medical treatment positions Decision Package
  Annualizes behavioral health case management and medical and treatment positions that were phased in beginning in FY 2023. These positions provide baseline staffing in each jail in the Commonwealth to meet the standards set by the Board of Local and Regional Jails and the Compensation Board.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,269,332 $1,269,332
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Continue Chapter 1 funding changes: Increase salaries for positions in circuit court clerks' offices Decision Package
  Provides for the ongoing impact of appropriation changes included in Chapter 1, 2023 Special Session I, which aligned circuit court clerks' office salaries with district court deputy clerk salaries.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,187,014 $1,187,014
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Continue Chapter 1 funding changes: Reduce funding to account for a partial exemption from the federal inmate cost recovery for the Piedmont Regional Jail Decision Package
  Provides for the ongoing impact of appropriation changes included in Chapter 1, 2023 Special Session I. Reduces appropriation to account for a partial exemption from the federal inmate cost recovery for the Piedmont Regional Jail once the jail is fully staffed according to increased bed capacity. A companion amendment to the Compensation Board provides funding for the additional staffing.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($641,380) ($641,380)
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Fund a jail-based substance use disorder treatment program Decision Package
  Provides one-time funding for an Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund to address the opioid crisis in jails and post-release communities. The source of the funding is the Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $500,000 $0
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Adjust salaries of elected constitutional officers based on increases in locality population Decision Package
  Adjusts salary of constitutional officers based on population growth as required by law.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $159,889 $159,889
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Continue Chapter 1 funding changes: Fund participation in career development programs Decision Package
  Provides for the ongoing impact of appropriation changes included in Chapter 1, 2023 Special Session I. Continues funding for career development programs for local constitutional officers and their employees who qualify. The Director of the Department of Planning and Budget is authorized to transfer this funding among Items and programs within the Compensation Board as necessary.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $83,700 $83,700
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Recognize savings from eliminating an online foreclosure listing pilot program Decision Package
  Eliminates funding designated for a pilot program established for the James City/Williamsburg Circuit Court Clerk's office. The pilot was not launched.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($75,000) ($75,000)
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2024 Special Session I: Add funding for new Commonwealth's Attorney positions General Assembly Adjustment
  Adds funding for up to 29 new Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney positions. This funding is in addition to amounts provided for up to 18 new paralegal positions. These positions will be allocated by the Compensation Board. A companion amendment to Item 67 adjusts position count table to align with new positions. Funding source for this adjustment is a reduction to Safer Communities Program funding in DCJS.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,237,512 $2,523,094
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Paralegal Positions in Commonwealth's Attorneys' Offices General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $752,147 the first year and $828,042 the second year from the general fund for 18 paralegal positions for Commonwealth's Attorneys' offices that are required under the Compensation Board staffing standards but are not currently funded.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $752,147 $828,042
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Transfer Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment Funding to DCJS General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes $500,000 the first year from nongeneral funds proposed in the introduced budget for a jail-based substance use disorder treatment program administered by the Compensation Board. A companion amendment in Item 394 provides $2.0 million the first year from nongeneral funds to the Virginia Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services, to be used for a similar purpose.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($500,000) $0
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Workload Study for Circuit Court Clerks' Offices General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $400,000 from the general fund the first year for the Compensation Board, in coordination with the Virginia Circuit Court Clerks' Association, to examine the staffing standards used to determine and distribute funding and positions allocated to circuit court clerks' offices. The Compensation Board is directed to submit to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees a status report by November 1, 2024, and a final report by November 1, 2025.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $400,000 $0
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Adjust Funding for VA VINE System General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $185,665 each year from the general fund to support a ten percent increase in the cost of the services provided by the Virginia Center for Policing Innovation. These services implement and maintain the interface between all local and regional jails in the Commonwealth and the Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) system, provide for SAVIN program coordination, maintain the interface between SAVIN and the Virginia Sex Offender Registry, and provide for automated protective order notifications. Additionally, this amendment authorizes the Virginia State Police to provide information to authorized dealers and/or those who have registered to receive notifications through the Virginia VINE Protective Order Notification System.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $185,665 $185,665
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Adjust Position Count for Commonwealth's Attorney Offices General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides a technical adjustment to the Compensation Board position count table to align with positions funded in Item 64.
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Amend Circuit Court Clerk Audit Compliance Requirements General Assembly Adjustment
  This language amendment allows the Compensation Board to take into account the staffing capacity of a circuit court clerk's office to determine whether or not to withhold statewide salary increases from Circuit Court Clerks who fail to take corrective action for any internal control matters identified by the Auditor of Public Accounts.
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Extension of Subdivision Plat Validity General Assembly Adjustment
  This language amendment extends the validity of subdivision plats which, due to the Judicial Emergency that lasted from March 16, 2020 through July 19, 2020, and were thus unable to be recorded by July 1, 2020, until December 31, 2024.
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Sheriff Salary Study General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides language restoring a reporting requirement from the 2022-2024 biennium. Chapter 2, 2022 Special Session I, provided a compensation increase for deputy sheriffs and directed the Compensation Board to report on the allocation and effectiveness of the funding by October 15, 2023. The language adds a reporting requirement related to retention of deputies with law enforcement duties due October 15, 2024.


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