The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) promotes Security, Safety, and Service through the administration of motor vehicle and tax related laws.
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
$0
$214,479,009
$214,479,009
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$0
$217,244,208
$217,244,208
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$0
$217,244,208
$217,244,208
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$0
$217,541,260
$217,541,260
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$0
$223,072,160
$223,072,160
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$0
$223,072,160
$223,072,160
2014-2016
2015
Governor's Proposed Budget
$0
$234,411,474
$234,411,474
Base Budget
$0
$223,072,160
$223,072,160
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$0
$11,339,314
$11,339,314
2014-2016
2016
Governor's Proposed Budget
$0
$236,822,802
$236,822,802
Base Budget
$0
$223,072,160
$223,072,160
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$0
$13,750,642
$13,750,642
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
0.00
2,038.00
2,038.00
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
0.00
2,038.00
2,038.00
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
0.00
2,038.00
2,038.00
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
0.00
2,038.00
2,038.00
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
0.00
2,038.00
2,038.00
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
0.00
2,038.00
2,038.00
2014-2016
2015
Proposed Positions
0.00
2,038.00
2,038.00
Base Budget
0.00
2,038.00
2,038.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
0.00
0.00
0.00
2012-2014
2016
Proposed Positions
0.00
2,038.00
2,038.00
Base Budget
0.00
2,038.00
2,038.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
0.00
0.00
0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
•
Fund classified compensation and fringe benefits changes
Decision Package
Provides increased special fund appropriation for the salary and fringe benefit changes authorized by the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund
$6,131,799
$6,131,799
•
Realign federal funds to account for ongoing operations funded by federal grants
Decision Package
Transfers the appropriation for existing federal grants from the Department of Motor Vehicles Transfer Payments to the Department of Motor Vehicles. This action will eliminate the need to administratively transfer the appropriation for the federal grants on an annual basis.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund
$4,000,000
$4,000,000
•
Provide operating appropriation for new Northern Virginia customer service center
Decision Package
Increases the agency's nongeneral fund appropriation to support operations at a new customer service center in Northern Virginia.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund
$817,731
$1,694,959
•
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
Nongeneral Fund
$128,987
$1,083,186
•
Provide appropriation to reflect cost of collecting revenue
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to address the marginal increased cost of collecting the revenue associated with the 2013 transportation funding bill. The Department of Motor Vehicles incurs costs to collect revenue from merchant fees required with the acceptance of credit card payments.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund
$370,093
$398,975
•
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
Nongeneral Fund
$0
$539,740
•
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
Nongeneral Fund
($94,613)
($83,334)
•
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
Nongeneral Fund
($40,921)
($40,921)
•
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
Nongeneral Fund
$22,069
$22,069
•
Fund Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission cost increase
Decision Package
Provides additional funds for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission operations. Virginia's share of fees and fines from operation of the Commission are returned to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund
$2,939
$2,939
•
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
Nongeneral Fund
$1,230
$1,230
•
Realign agency positions and funds to account for the increased use of information technology
Decision Package
Realigns positions and resources to account for the support necessary for information technology systems. Customers are increasingly using information technology service options and the agency has an increased reliance on these systems in order to improve efficiency and expand operations.
Capital Project Requests (in order of largest to smallest)
•
Relocate Sandston weigh station
Relocates the Sandston weigh station located in Henrico County to the eastbound side of I-64. This project will provide much needed additional space for current weighing operations and address a steadily increasing workload from increasing commercial vehicle traffic in the central Virginia area.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund
$2,079,500
$0
•
Maintenance Reserve
Adds appropriation to implement maintenance reserve projects required for the continued use of existing facilities.
