The 2014 Executive Budget Document
Governor McDonnell's Proposed Budget for the 2014-2016 Biennum
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Released on December 16, 2013 
 
Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission [160]
Secretarial Area: Judicial
Mission:
The Mission of The Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission is to develop, implement, maintain, and continually update a discretionary sentencing guidelines system to assist the judiciary in the imposition of felony sentences in the Commonwealth, to establish rational and consistent sentencing standards which reduce unwarranted sentencing disparity, to conduct criminological research on felony recidivism in order to develop, implement and maintain offender risk assessment instruments that are predictive of the future likelihood of a return to criminal conduct, to integrate offender risk assessment instruments into the felony sentencing guidelines system, to review proposed legislation and estimate the future correctional costs of new initiatives, and to maintain a felony sentencing guidelines system that emphasizes the accountability of the offender and of the criminal justice system to the citizens of the Commonwealth and fosters public confidence in Virginia's justice system.
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 $980,960 $70,000 $1,050,960
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $980,960 $70,000 $1,050,960
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $969,254 $70,000 $1,039,254
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $969,254 $70,000 $1,039,254
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $979,479 $70,000 $1,049,479
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $980,457 $70,000 $1,050,457
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Proposed Budget $1,028,748 $70,007 $1,098,755
    Base Budget $980,457 $70,000 $1,050,457
    Addenda (Changes to the Base) $48,291 $7 $48,298
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Proposed Budget $1,030,242 $70,031 $1,100,273
    Base Budget $980,457 $70,000 $1,050,457
    Addenda (Changes to the Base) $49,785 $31 $49,816
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 10.00 0.00 10.00
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 10.00 0.00 10.00
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 10.00 0.00 10.00
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 10.00 0.00 10.00
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 10.00 0.00 10.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 10.00 0.00 10.00
2014-2016 2015 Proposed Positions 10.00 0.00 10.00
    Base Budget 10.00 0.00 10.00
    Addenda (Changes to the Base) 0.00 0.00 0.00
2012-2014 2016 Proposed Positions 10.00 0.00 10.00
    Base Budget 10.00 0.00 10.00
    Addenda (Changes to the Base) 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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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 $46,526 $46,526
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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 $1,830 $2,986
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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 $330
Nongeneral Fund $0 $24
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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 ($168) ($160)
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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 $97 $97
Nongeneral Fund $7 $7
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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 $6 $6
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Extend Immediate Sanction Probation Pilot program Decision Package
  Extends the authorization end date of the pilot program from July 1, 2014 to July 1, 2015. The extension would allow the Commission to adequately collect data from the pilot sites that joined the program after October 1, 2013.


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