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Provide additional federal appropriation for Resiliency Grant |
Decision Package |
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Establishes additional federal appropriation to offset anticipated expenditures for the National Disaster Resilience Competition grant awarded to the department. The multi-year grant, totaling $120.5 million, will support approved resiliency-related investments in Hampton Roads and other areas of the Commonwealth. |
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FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
Nongeneral Fund |
$0 |
$15,000,000 |
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Reduce funding for GO Virginia |
Decision Package |
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Reduces funding for grants awarded through the GO Virginia initiative. This strategy reduces the FY 2017 appropriation to $900,000, which will provide $100,000 for one-time gap analysis for each of the nine regions identified by the GO Virginia Board. Budget language is included to exempt these funds from the statutorily required match. For FY 2018, the capacity building grant appropriation is reduced to $1.35 million. The per capita funding is reduced to $6.1 million, with a requirement of local match. Funding for the statewide competitive grants is reduced to $12.2 million, with a requirement of local match. |
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FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
($4,600,000) |
($10,350,000) |
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Reflect October 2016 Savings in agency budgets |
Decision Package |
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Reflects the savings included in the Governor's October 2016 Savings Plan. |
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FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
($1,969,271) |
$0 |
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Reduce appropriation for Enterprise Zone grants |
Decision Package |
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Decreases funding for the Enterprise Zone Grant Program. After this reduction, $12.3 million will be available in FY 2018 for grants to businesses making real property improvements in enterprise zones. This is a continuation of a savings strategy included in the FY 2017 Savings Plan released in October 2016. |
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FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
$0 |
($835,533) |
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Eliminate support for the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research |
Decision Package |
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Eliminates pass-through funding for the Integrated Systems Test facility at the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research. This is a continuation of a savings strategy included in the FY 2017 Savings Plan released in October 2016. |
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FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
$0 |
($325,797) |
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Repeal enactment clauses pertaining to Go Virginia |
Decision Package |
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Repeals Enactments 4 and 5 of Chapters 778 and 779, 2016 Acts of Assembly, as well as Enactment 2 of Chapters 776 and 777, 2016 Acts of Assembly. The repeal of these enactments, through budgetary language in the General Provisions section of the Appropriation Act, will allow for the expenditure of grants by the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board. Additionally, the language provides that the creation of the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Foundation to support the Board satisfies the intent of Enactment 4 of Chapters 778 and 779 of the 2016 Acts of Assembly. |