Secretarial Area: Public Safety and Homeland Security
formerly under: Public Safety
Mission:
The Department of Forensic Science’s mission is to protect the public’s safety, support law enforcement and the criminal justice system, and advance the growth and understanding of forensic science.
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
$34,826,544
$1,505,984
$36,332,528
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$34,048,779
$3,026,279
$37,075,058
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$34,310,124
$1,505,984
$35,816,108
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$34,252,602
$1,505,984
$35,758,586
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$36,534,717
$2,506,996
$39,041,713
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$36,234,516
$2,506,996
$38,741,512
2014-2016
2015
Governor's Proposed Budget
$38,020,833
$2,506,996
$40,527,829
Base Budget
$36,234,516
$2,506,996
$38,741,512
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$1,786,317
$0
$1,786,317
2014-2016
2016
Governor's Proposed Budget
$38,167,247
$2,506,996
$40,674,243
Base Budget
$36,234,516
$2,506,996
$38,741,512
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$1,932,731
$0
$1,932,731
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
315.00
0.00
315.00
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
316.00
0.00
316.00
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
314.00
0.00
314.00
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
314.00
0.00
314.00
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
310.00
0.00
310.00
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
310.00
0.00
310.00
2014-2016
2015
Proposed Positions
310.00
0.00
310.00
Base Budget
310.00
0.00
310.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
0.00
0.00
0.00
2012-2014
2016
Proposed Positions
310.00
0.00
310.00
Base Budget
310.00
0.00
310.00
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
$1,510,636
$1,510,636
•
Provide funding for scientist positions
Decision Package
Provides funding to fill four vacant scientist positions: two positions in the controlled substances section, one position in the forensic biology section, and one position in the toxicology section.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$242,390
$323,186
•
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
$5,454
$62,190
•
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
$21,570
$29,335
•
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
$3,585
$3,585
•
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
$2,036
$3,153
•
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.
