Secretarial Area: Public Safety and Homeland Security
formerly under: Public Safety
Mission:
The Virginia State Police, independent yet supportive of other law enforcement and criminal justice agencies, will provide high quality, statewide law enforcement services to the people of Virginia and our visitors; and will actively plan, train and promote emergency preparedness to protect the citizens of the Commonwealth and its infrastructure.
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...
More historical data is available for this agency on DPB's website under the
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
$218,520,446
$77,167,467
$295,687,913
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$202,134,370
$80,483,473
$282,617,843
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$208,872,941
$74,724,931
$283,597,872
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$219,399,383
$72,321,845
$291,721,228
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$230,575,781
$63,216,524
$293,792,305
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$233,051,188
$64,562,234
$297,613,422
2014-2016
2015
Governor's Proposed Budget
$249,346,480
$61,492,524
$310,839,004
Base Budget
$231,706,779
$61,517,524
$293,224,303
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$17,639,701
($25,000)
$17,614,701
2014-2016
2016
Governor's Proposed Budget
$249,627,660
$59,892,524
$309,520,184
Base Budget
$231,706,779
$61,517,524
$293,224,303
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$17,920,881
($1,625,000)
$16,295,881
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
2,429.00
376.00
2,805.00
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
2,429.00
383.00
2,812.00
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
2,498.00
336.00
2,834.00
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
2,463.00
386.00
2,849.00
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
2,526.00
372.00
2,898.00
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
2,541.00
372.00
2,913.00
2014-2016
2015
Proposed Positions
2,544.00
372.00
2,916.00
Base Budget
2,541.00
372.00
2,913.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
3.00
6.00
9.00
2012-2014
2016
Proposed Positions
2,544.00
372.00
2,916.00
Base Budget
2,541.00
372.00
2,913.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
3.00
0.00
3.00
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
$15,466,102
$15,466,102
•
Provide funding for gasoline purchase and vehicle replacement costs
Decision Package
Increases funding for gasoline purchase and vehicle replacement costs. This additional appropriation raises the department’s gasoline funding from $1.70 to $2.05 per gallon. The funding also addresses the increase in the price of the replacement law enforcement vehicles that the department purchases with general fund monies.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$1,676,178
$1,676,178
•
Realign nongeneral fund appropriation
Decision Package
Redistributes nongeneral fund appropriation between service areas and reduces nongeneral fund appropriations to account for projected revenue.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund
($1,625,000)
($1,625,000)
•
Authorize a purchase of a law enforcement aircraft
Decision Package
Provides nongeneral fund appropriation for the funding received in the OxyContin settlement. The one time appropriation is for the purchase of a replacement law enforcement fixed-wing aircraft. The department’s fleet of fixed-wing aircrafts averages over thirty years old, and the new aircraft will support and increase the department’s capability in responding to calls for law enforcement and aerial services.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund
$1,600,000
$0
•
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
$519,099
$572,236
•
Provide funding to support the restoration of rights initiative
Decision Package
Provides three new positions and funding to allow the department to respond to additional workload resulting from policy changes involving the automatic restoration of civil rights for felons convicted of non-violent crimes.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$137,239
$182,982
Positions
3.00
3.00
•
Remove one-time equipment funding
Base Budget Adjustment
Removes one-time funding provided in 2014 for equipping the Fort Pickett driver training facility.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($117,173)
($117,173)
•
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
($92,486)
($92,486)
•
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
($7,939)
$151,625
•
Adjust funding for state agency Line of Duty costs
Decision Package
Adjusts funding for state agency Line of Duty Act premiums based on the 2015 and 2016 premium rates set by the Virginia Retirement System.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$40,022
$40,022
•
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
$22,923
$22,923
•
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
$0
$22,397
•
Remove one-time funding for the equipping of new IT staff
Base Budget Adjustment
Removes one time funding provided in 2014 for equipping the department’s IT personnel.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($4,800)
($4,800)
•
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
$536
$875
•
Transfer positions to new service area
Decision Package
Realigns positions and related funding to the newly created Sex Offender Registry Program Enforcement service area. The activities in this service area include investigations, address verifications, and other responsibilities necessary to enforce the sex offender registry laws in the Commonwealth.
•
Transfer positions to the Highway Patrol service area
Decision Package
Realigns positions and funding related to the motorist assistance program.
Capital Project Requests (in order of largest to smallest)
•
Construct a shoot house at the Fort Pickett training facility
Provides nongeneral fund appropriation for construction of a shoot house at the Fort Pickett training facility. The source of the funding is the Abbott Laboratories Settlement Fund.
