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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. more...
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Virginia's Budget page. If you click on the Budget Round Description links under any of the "DPB Appropriation Database" tables and open the filter you can select various fields to get greater detail and you can select the official chapter data going back for several decades. The "Caboose" chapters are the final biennial budget approved by the General Assembly and signed into Law.
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Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$10,755,377
$15,189,706
$25,945,083
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$9,718,867
$10,378,639
$20,097,506
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$9,488,616
$4,716,250
$14,204,866
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$8,387,754
$4,091,250
$12,479,004
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$8,518,343
$4,593,260
$13,111,603
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$8,205,958
$4,344,570
$12,550,528
2014-2016
2015
Governor's Proposed Budget
$8,505,720
$4,357,399
$12,863,119
Base Budget
$8,176,476
$4,344,570
$12,521,046
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$329,244
$12,829
$342,073
2014-2016
2016
Governor's Proposed Budget
$8,518,924
$4,402,809
$12,921,733
Base Budget
$8,176,476
$4,344,570
$12,521,046
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$342,448
$58,239
$400,687
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
30.00
7.00
37.00
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
30.00
7.00
37.00
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
30.00
7.00
37.00
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
30.00
7.00
37.00
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
30.00
7.00
37.00
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
30.00
7.00
37.00
2014-2016
2015
Proposed Positions
30.00
7.00
37.00
Base Budget
30.00
7.00
37.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
0.00
0.00
0.00
2012-2014
2016
Proposed Positions
30.00
7.00
37.00
Base Budget
30.00
7.00
37.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
0.00
0.00
0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
•
Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets
Base Budget Adjustment
Adjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved to or from Central Appropriations to cover the continued cost of public employee salary increases, increases in state employee health insurance premiums, changes in state employee retirement and other benefit contribution rates, and other centrally funded items being continued from the 2012-14 biennium into the 2014-16 biennium.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$331,734
$331,734
•
Adjust funding to agencies for information technology and telecommunication charges
Decision Package
Adjusts the agency budget for information technology and telecommunication charges based on the required cost of living adjustments contained in the Northrop Grumman contract and the elimination of the debt recovery surcharge originally approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on July 12, 2010.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$2,154
$13,095
Nongeneral Fund
$8,469
$51,480
•
Reduce general fund appropriation for human resource services provided by the Department of Human Resource Management
Decision Package
Reduces general fund appropriation each year based on 50 percent of the agency's Shared Services Center cost. This amendment will allow the agency to retain 50 percent of the general fund appropriation that would have been used to support the Shared Services Center.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($10,081)
($10,081)
•
Adjust funding to reflect changes in rent charges at the seat of government
Decision Package
Adjusts agency funding for changes in the cost of rent charges at the seat of government. Overall rent rate changes are the result of additional costs to maintain facilities.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$2,209
$3,604
Nongeneral Fund
$3,050
$4,977
•
Fund agency costs for the new Cardinal accounting system
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to the agency's budget to pay for the agency's share of the costs for 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 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$2,366
$3,217
Nongeneral Fund
$1,256
$1,710
•
Adjust agency appropriation for the cost of Performance Budgeting system charges
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to pay for the agency's share of ongoing Performance Budgeting system operating and maintenance costs. The general fund share of this cost was previously budgeted in Central Appropriations.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$809
$809
•
Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums
Decision Package
Adjusts the agency's budget for workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of 2015 and 2016 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 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$47
$64
Nongeneral Fund
$54
$72
•
Adjust funding for premium changes in the Automobile Insurance Liability program
Decision Package
Adjusts agency funding for the approved premium changes in the state's Automobile Insurance Liability program.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$6
$6
•
Transfer general fund appropriation for the retiree health insurance credit to the correct service area
Base Budget Adjustment
Transfers $18,788 general fund appropriation each year from Financial Assistance for General Registrar Compensation to Administrative Services. The general fund appropriation for the retiree health insurance credit was incorrectly allocated to Financial Assistance for General Registrar Compensation instead of Administrative Services. This action nets to zero.
•
Transfer nongeneral fund appropriation between fund detail to account for primary filing fees
Base Budget Adjustment
Transfers $56,250 nongeneral fund appropriation each year from the Special Fund to the State Primary Fee Fund in Election Administration Services. The appropriation for the primary filing fees was incorrectly established in the Special Fund instead of the State Primary Fee Fund. This action nets to zero.
