• |
Reflect the required reversal of funding for public employee salary increases |
Decision Package |
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Reflects the required reversal of funding for public employee salary increases. The Appropriation Act directed the Governor to allocate this funding to offset any downward revisions in the general fund revenue forecast. |
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FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
($69,127,326) |
($121,121,244) |
|
• |
Provide compensation actions for state employees and state-supported local employees |
Decision Package |
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Provides funding for a one and one-half percent bonus for full-time state employees and state-supported local employees, effective December 1, 2017, and a compression pay adjustment for the Virginia State Police. Separate adjustments under Direct Aid to Public Education and the Compensation Board provide funding for a teacher bonus and compensation actions for Constitutional Officers, respectively. |
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|
FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
$0 |
$60,037,502 |
|
• |
Reverse credit card and interest restoration to higher education |
Decision Package |
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Removes $1,750,000 (GF) each year of the biennium for the estimated total payment to individual institutions of higher education of the interest earned on tuition and fees and other nongeneral fund Educational and General revenues deposited to the state treasury. Also, eliminates $2,250,000 (GF) each year of the biennium for the payment to individual institutions of a pro rata amount of the rebate paid on credit card purchases not exceeding $5,000 during the previous year. |
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|
FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
($4,000,000) |
($4,000,000) |
Nongeneral Fund |
($1,000,000) |
($1,000,000) |
|
• |
Reduce operating support for the INOVA Global Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Institute |
Decision Package |
|
|
Reduces the funding that would be used for one-time incentive packages to attract high performing researchers with an history of commercialization. |
|
|
FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
($4,000,000) |
$0 |
|
• |
Provide funding for personnel related legislative and regulatory changes |
Decision Package |
|
|
Reserves funding for the potential cost of legislative and/or regulatory changes that impact the personnel practices of state government. |
|
|
FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
$1,000,000 |
$3,000,000 |
|
• |
Adjust funding to agencies for information technology costs |
Decision Package |
|
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Adjusts funding for information technology and telecommunications usage by state agencies. The funding reflects the latest utilization estimates provided by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency and updated rates for 2018. |
|
|
FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
$583,074 |
$2,367,876 |
|
• |
Fund inauguration and transition for statewide elected offices |
Decision Package |
|
|
Funds transition offices and inauguration costs associated with 2017 elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General. |
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|
FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
$0 |
$2,213,438 |
|
• |
Provide funding for a government internship and training program |
Decision Package |
|
|
Provides funding to establish an internship and training program within state government for the purposes of improving the Commonwealth's succession planning capabilities. |
|
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FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
$0 |
$1,200,000 |
|
• |
Provide funding for potential litigation |
Decision Package |
|
|
Provides funding for the legal costs associated with potential litigation. |
|
|
FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
$0 |
$1,200,000 |
|
• |
Provide funding for state personnel system |
Decision Package |
|
|
Provides funding to support the operation of the Personnel Management Information System (PMIS) and its subsystems. A companion amendment through the Department of Human Resource Management establishes PMIS and its subsystems as an internal service fund. |
|
|
FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
$0 |
$935,760 |
|
• |
Capture savings from reduced Cardinal billings |
Decision Package |
|
|
Captures savings as a result of lower Cardinal charges than originally anticipated. The Department of Accounts indicates that the statewide cost of the Cardinal financial system is lower than originally anticipated, resulting in decreased charges billed back to agencies. |
|
|
FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
($387,737) |
($78,479) |
|
• |
Adjust funding for Line of Duty Act premiums to reflect enrollment changes |
Decision Package |
|
|
Adjusts funding provided to state agencies to reflect the actual premium charged in 2017 and the estimated premium charged in 2018 for the Line of Duty Act Program. |
|
|
FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
$181,038 |
$181,038 |
|
• |
Adjust the general fund cost of workers' compensation premiums |
Decision Package |
|
|
Captures the net general fund savings of workers' compensation premiums. The premiums have been updated to include a new actuarial valuation based on an additional year of payroll and claims data. |
|
|
FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
General Fund |
$0 |
($279,966) |
|
• |
Transfer appropriation between service areas |
Decision Package |
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|
Transfers appropriation between the Adjustments to Employee Compensation and Adjustments to Employee Benefits service areas for proper accounting. This amendment is technical in nature and nets to zero. |