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HB 2207 Virginia Budget Office; established.

Introduced by: Jeffrey M. Frederick | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Virginia Budget Office.  Establishes the Virginia Budget Office in the legislative branch of state government. The Office will have the power and duty to (i) prepare fiscal impact statements on legislation, (ii) investigate the operating efficiencies of state agencies, (iii) explore opportunities to privatize, outsource, consolidate, and reorganize various governmental functions to operate more efficiently, (iv) examine policies and strategies that can be instituted to streamline government programs, (v) undertake any research and analysis that would provide creditable, lower cost alternatives to existing or proposed budget programs, (vi) provide revenue and growth forecasts to the House Appropriations Committee, the Senate Finance Committee and the General Assembly, and (vii)  analyze policy proposals offered in other states or elsewhere that have been offered or implemented.


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