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Attorney General and Department of Law [141]

Secretarial Area: Executive Offices

Mission:
The Office of the Attorney General is the Commonwealth’s law firm. The office is charged with providing advice to state agencies and the Governor; serving as consumer counsel for the people of the Commonwealth; defending criminal convictions on appeal to ensure that justice is served; and defending the laws of the Commonwealth when they are challenged on constitutional grounds. In the carrying out of these obligations this office will adhere to the highest ethical standards, respect the traditions and precedents that have shaped our Commonwealth, and bring all legal resources to bear in order to protect the people, the customs, and the welfare of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As Virginia’s law firm, the Office of the Attorney General is dedicated to seeing to it that justice is served, wisdom is sought, and the right course of action is consistently taken. By faithfully serving Virginia and her people, this office strives to ensure that the Commonwealth will reach a future even brighter than its glorious past.

Mission:

The Office of the Attorney General is the Commonwealth’s law firm. The office is charged with providing advice to state agencies and the Governor; serving as consumer counsel for the people of the Commonwealth; defending criminal convictions on appeal to ensure that justice is served; and defending the laws of the Commonwealth when they are challenged on constitutional grounds. In the carrying out of these obligations this office will adhere to the highest ethical standards, respect the traditions and precedents that have shaped our Commonwealth, and bring all legal resources to bear in order to protect the people, the customs, and the welfare of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As Virginia’s law firm, the Office of the Attorney General is dedicated to seeing to it that justice is served, wisdom is sought, and the right course of action is consistently taken. By faithfully serving Virginia and her people, this office strives to ensure that the Commonwealth will reach a future even brighter than its glorious past.

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. Check it out here

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.
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Biennium	Fiscal Year	Source	GF	NGF	Total
2008-2010	2009	Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly	$20,848,175	$13,885,530	$34,733,705
2008-2010	2010	Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly	$19,624,765	$14,398,033	$34,022,798
2010-2012	2011	Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly	$18,902,820	$16,317,614	$35,220,434
2010-2012	2012	Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly	$19,111,930	$16,548,614	$35,660,544
2012-2014	2013	Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly	$19,478,453	$22,152,468	$41,630,921
2012-2014	2014	Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly	$20,129,022	$22,545,417	$42,674,439
2014-2016	2015	Governor's Proposed Budget	$21,221,768	$25,095,448	$46,317,216
		Base Budget	$20,129,022	$22,545,417	$42,674,439
		Addenda (Changes to the Base)	$1,092,746	$2,550,031	$3,642,777
2014-2016	2016	Governor's Proposed Budget	$21,251,593	$25,115,454	$46,367,047
		Base Budget	$20,129,022	$22,545,417	$42,674,439
		Addenda (Changes to the Base)	$1,122,571	$2,570,037	$3,692,608

Positions Budget Summary

Biennium	Fiscal Year	Source	GF	NGF	Total
2008-2010	2009	Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly	247.60	72.90	320.50
2008-2010	2010	Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly	243.60	72.90	316.50
2010-2012	2011	Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly	240.60	77.90	318.50
2010-2012	2012	Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly	240.60	77.90	318.50
2012-2014	2013	Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly	196.00	168.00	364.00
2012-2014	2014	Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly	203.00	178.00	381.00
2014-2016	2015	Proposed Positions	203.00	178.00	381.00
		Base Budget	203.00	178.00	381.00
		Addenda (Changes to the Base)	2.00	0.00	2.00
2012-2014	2016	Proposed Positions	203.00	178.00	381.00
		Base Budget	203.00	178.00	381.00
		Addenda (Changes to the Base)	0.00	0.00	0.00

Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)

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Provide additional funding for asset forfeiture

Decision Package

Increases appropriation for the asset forfeiture fund to help fund law enforcement and prosecution sections per federal guidelines.

	FY 2015	FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund	$2,500,000	$2,500,000

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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	$1,009,321	$1,009,321

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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	$81,645	$107,168
Nongeneral Fund	$48,165	$63,221

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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	($2,317)	($2,274)
Nongeneral Fund	($3,258)	($3,197)

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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	$1,687	$1,913
Nongeneral Fund	$2,784	$3,157

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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	$4,033
Nongeneral Fund	$0	$4,516

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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	$1,991	$1,991
Nongeneral Fund	$2,231	$2,231

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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	$419	$419
Nongeneral Fund	$109	$109

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