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. 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
$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)
•
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
•
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
•
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
•
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
•
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)
•
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
•
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)
•
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.
