The 2014 Executive Budget Document
Governor McDonnell's Proposed Budget for the 2014-2016 Biennum
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Released on December 16, 2013 
 
Secretary of the Commonwealth [166]
Secretarial Area: Executive Offices
Mission:
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the ex officio Secretary to the Governor assists and processes all gubernatorial appointments to offices and collegial bodies, administers the conflict-of-interest disclosure requirements for public officials, registers and regulates lobbyists, appoints and supervises notaries public, authenticates documents issued by the Commonwealth, administers executive clemency, processes extraditions to and from Virginia, serves as the agent for service of process for out-of-state parties in civil litigation, maintains the registry of organizations, and keeps and regulates the uses of the seals of the Commonwealth.
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 $1,999,415 $0 $1,999,415
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $1,994,174 $0 $1,994,174
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $1,915,830 $0 $1,915,830
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $1,915,830 $0 $1,915,830
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $1,931,705 $0 $1,931,705
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $1,933,566 $0 $1,933,566
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Proposed Budget $2,071,502 $0 $2,071,502
    Base Budget $1,933,566 $0 $1,933,566
    Addenda (Changes to the Base) $137,936 $0 $137,936
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Proposed Budget $2,074,655 $0 $2,074,655
    Base Budget $1,933,566 $0 $1,933,566
    Addenda (Changes to the Base) $141,089 $0 $141,089
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 19.00 0.00 19.00
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 19.00 0.00 19.00
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 19.00 0.00 19.00
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 19.00 0.00 19.00
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 19.00 0.00 19.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 19.00 0.00 19.00
2014-2016 2015 Proposed Positions 20.00 0.00 20.00
    Base Budget 19.00 0.00 19.00
    Addenda (Changes to the Base) 0.00 0.00 0.00
2012-2014 2016 Proposed Positions 20.00 0.00 20.00
    Base Budget 19.00 0.00 19.00
    Addenda (Changes to the Base) 1.00 0.00 1.00
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 $71,882 $71,882
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Provide funding for the restoration of rights initiative Decision Package
  Provides additional resources to allow the agency to respond to an increased workload resulting from policy changes involving the automatic restoration of civil rights for felons convicted of non-violent crimes.
 
  FY 2015 FY 2016
General Fund $60,070 $60,070
Positions 1.00 1.00
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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 $3,486 $5,688
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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 $2,602 $3,539
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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 ($283) ($269)
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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 $191 $191
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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 ($18) ($18)
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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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