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15 (language only) ADDITIONAL ENACTMENTS 2. That no provision of this act shall be construed or interpreted to cause the expiration of any provision of Chapter 896 of the Acts of Assembly of 2007 pursuant to the 22nd enactment of such Chapter. 3. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding section 62.1-132.3:2, relating to the Virginia Port Authority and promotion of the ports of Virginia, as follows: A. From such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly and any gifts, grants, or donations from public or private sources, and any funds transferred at the request of the Executive Director from the Port Opportunity Fund created pursuant to §62.1-132.3:1, there is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting, permanent fund to be known as the Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone Grant Fund (the Fund), to be administered by the Virginia Port Authority. The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. Any moneys remaining in the Fund at the end of each fiscal year, including interest thereon, shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund, which shall be in the form of grants, shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Executive Director. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purpose of grants to qualified applicants to the Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone Grant Program. B. The Virginia General Assembly does hereby designate the following localities to be part of the Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone: the Counties of Brunswick, Chesterfield, Charles City, Clarke, Dinwiddie, Frederick, Gloucester, Greensville, Henrico, Hanover, Isle of Wight, James City, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, New Kent, Page, Prince George, Shenandoah, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, Warren, and York; and the Cities of Chesapeake, Colonial Heights, Emporia, Franklin, Hampton, Hopewell, Newport News, Norfolk, Petersburg, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Richmond, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, and Winchester. C. As used in this section, unless the context requires a different meaning: “New, permanent full-time position” means a job of an indefinite duration, created by a qualified company as a result of operations within the Zone, requiring a minimum of 35 hours of an employee’s time per week for the entire normal year of the company’s operations, which normal year shall consist of at least 48 weeks, or a position of indefinite duration that requires a minimum of 35 hours of an employee’s time per week for the portion of the taxable year in which the employee was initially hired for the qualified company’s location within the Zone. Seasonal or temporary positions, or jobs created when a position is shifted from an existing location in the Commonwealth to the qualified company’s location within the Zone, and positions in building and grounds maintenance, security, and other positions that are ancillary to the principal activities performed by the employees at the qualified company’s location within the Zone shall not qualify as new, permanent full-time positions. “Qualified company” means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint, venture, or other business entity that (i) locates or expands a facility within the Zone; (ii) creates at least 25 new, permanent full-time positions for qualified full-time employees at a facility within the Zone during its first year of operation within the Zone or during the year when the expansion occurs; (iii) is involved in maritime commerce or exports or imports manufactured goods through the Port of Virginia; and (iv) is engaged in one or more of the following: the distribution, freight forwarding, freight handling, goods processing, manufacturing, warehousing, crossdocking, transloading, or wholesaling of goods exported and imported through the Port of Virginia; ship building and ship repair; dredging; marine construction; or offshore energy exploration or extraction. “Qualified full-time employee” means an employee filling a new, permanent full-time position in the qualified company’s location within the Zone. A “qualified full-time employee” does not include an employee (i) for whom a tax credit was previously earned pursuant to §§ 58.1-439 or 58.1-439.12:06 by a related party as defined in § 267(b) of the Internal Revenue Code or by a trade or business under common control as defined in § 52(b) of the Internal Revenue Code; (ii) who was previously employed in the same job function at an existing location in Virginia by a related party as defined in § 267(b) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (iii) whose job function was previously performed at a different location in Virginia by an employee of a related party as defined in § 267(b) of the Internal Revenue Code or a trade or business under common control as defined in § 52(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. “Zone” means the Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone. D. Beginning January 1, 2013, but not later than June 30, 2020, and subject to appropriation, any qualified company that locates or expands a facility within the Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Zone shall be eligible to apply for a one-time grant from the Fund, in an amount determined as follows: 1. One thousand dollars per new, permanent full-time position if the qualified company creates at least 25 new, permanent full-time positions for qualified full-time employees during its first year of operation within the Zone or during the year in which the expansion occurs; 2. Fifteen hundred dollars per new, permanent full-time position if the qualified company creates at least 50 new, permanent full-time positions for qualified full-time employees during its first year of operation within the Zone or during the year in which the expansion occurs; 3. Two thousand dollars per new, permanent full-time position if the qualified company creates at least 75 new, permanent full-time positions for qualified full-time employees during its first year of operation within the Zone or during the year in which the expansion occurs; and 4. Three thousand dollars per new, permanent full-time position if the qualified company creates at least 100 new, permanent full-time positions for qualified full-time employees during its first year of operation within the Zone or during the year in which the expansion occurs. E. The maximum amount of grant allowable per qualified company in any given fiscal year is $500,000. The maximum amount of grants allowable among all qualified companies in any given fiscal year is $5,000,000. F. To qualify for a grant pursuant to this section, a qualified company must apply for the grant not later than March 31 in the year immediately following the location or expansion of a facility within the Zone pursuant to an application process developed by the Virginia Port Authority. Within 90 days after the filing deadline, the Executive Director shall certify to the Comptroller and the qualified company the amount of grant to which the qualified company is entitled under this section. Payment of each grant shall be made by check issued by the Treasurer of Virginia on warrant of the Comptroller within 60 days of such certification and in the order that each completed eligible application is received. In the event that the amount of eligible grants requested in a fiscal year exceeds the funds available in the Fund or $5,000,000, such grants paid in the next fiscal year in which funds are available. G. Prior to receipt of a grant, the qualified company shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Virginia Port Authority establishing the requirements for maintaining the number of new, permanent full-time positions for qualified employees at the qualified company’s location within the Zone. If the number of new, permanent full-time positions for any of the three years immediately following receipt of a grant falls below the number of new, permanent full-time positions created during the year for which the grant is claimed, the amount of the grant must be recalculated using the decreased number of new, permanent full-time positions and the qualified company shall repay the difference. H. No qualified company shall apply for a grant nor shall one be awarded under this section to an otherwise qualified company if (i) a credit pursuant to §§ 58.1-439 or 58.1-439.12:06 is claimed for the same employees or for capital expenditures at the same facility by the qualified company, by a related party as defined in § 267(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, or by a trade or business under common control as defined in § 52(b) of the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) the qualified company was a party to a reorganization as defined in § 368(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, and any corporation involved in the reorganization as defined in §368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code previously received a grant under this section for the same facility or operations. I. The Virginia Port Authority, with the assistance of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, shall develop guidelines establishing procedures and requirements for qualifying for the grant, including the affirmative determination that each applicant is a qualified company, as defined above, engaged in a port-related business. The guidelines shall be exempt from the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.). 4. That §§ 2.2-1508 and 2.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: § 2.2-1508. Submission of executive budget to General Assembly. A. On or before December 20 in the year immediately prior to the beginning of each regular session of the General Assembly held in an even-numbered year, the Governor shall submit to the presiding officer of each house of the General Assembly printed copies of a budget document for the biennium beginning July 1 of the even-numbered year, which shall be known as "The Executive Budget," based on his own conclusions and judgment, containing the following: 1. For each agency, the amount and number of positions appropriated for the current appropriation year and the amount and number of positions recommended for each year of the ensuing biennial period beginning with the first day of July thereafter, accompanied by an explanation of the recommended amount and number of positions. Such information shall also include the total estimated amount appropriated for personnel costs for each agency. 2. A statement of historical and projected trends that influence the general economic conditions in the Commonwealth and a statement of the economic assumptions upon which revenue projections are based. 3. A statement of the Governor's proposed goals, objectives, and policies in the areas of: a. Administration of justice; b. Education, including intellectual and cultural development; c. Individual and family services; d. Resources and economic development, including specific references to economic development and management of natural resources; e. Transportation; and f. General government, including therein or as separate categories areas of multiple impact, such as telecommunications, energy, and urban development. 4. A statement organized by function, primary agency, and proposed appropriation item that sets forth: a. Identification of common programs and services; b. Service attainments or lack of attainments and service terminations or reductions for the biennium; c. Major goals, objectives, and specific outcomes related to expenditures for programs; d. Program measures and performance standards to be used in monitoring and evaluating services; and the development of appropriate evaluation cycles, within available resources; e. The amount of each primary agency's budget that is direct aid to localities. 5. A statement of proposed capital appropriations organized by the primary agency that sets forth the program need for the project and the proposed source of funding. 6. A listing of all activity, program-related, agency or departmental evaluations performed in the previous two years with guidance indicating the manner in which the public can gain access to the full text of such studies. 7. A schedule and description of all data processing or other projects in which the Commonwealth has entered into or plans to enter into a contract, agreement or other financing agreement or such other arrangement that requires that the Commonwealth either pay for the contract by foregoing revenue collections, or allows or assigns to another party the collection on behalf of or for the Commonwealth any fees, charges, or other assessment or revenues to pay for the project. Such schedule shall include by agency and project (i) a summary of the terms, (ii) the anticipated duration, and (iii) cost or charges to any user, whether a state agency or institutions or other party not directly a party to the project arrangements. The description shall also include any terms or conditions that bind the Commonwealth or restrict the Commonwealth operations and the methods of procurement employed to reach such terms. B. C. The Department of Planning and Budget shall prepare
"The Executive Budget" and § 2.2-1509. Budget bill. A. (Effective until July 1, 2013) On or before December 20 of the year immediately prior to the beginning of each regular session of the General Assembly held in an even-numbered year, the Governor also shall submit to the presiding officer of each house of the General Assembly, at the same time he submits "The Executive Budget," copies of a tentative bill for all proposed appropriations of the budget, for each year in the ensuing biennial appropriation period, which shall be known as "The Budget Bill." "The Budget Bill" shall be organized by function, primary agency, and proposed appropriation item and shall include (i) an identification of, and authorization for, common programs and (ii) the appropriation of funds according to programs. Strategic plan information and performance measurement results developed by each agency shall be made available to the General Assembly as it considers "The Budget Bill." Except as expressly provided in an appropriation act, whenever the amounts in a schedule for a single appropriation item are shown in two or more lines, the portions of the total amount shown on separate lines are for information purposes only and are not limiting. No such bill shall contain any appropriation the expenditure of which is contingent upon the receipt of revenues in excess of funds unconditionally appropriated. A. (Effective July 1, 2013) On or before December 20 of the year immediately prior to the beginning of each regular session of the General Assembly held in an even-numbered year, the Governor also shall submit to the presiding officer of each house of the General Assembly, at the same time he submits "The Executive Budget," copies of a tentative bill for all proposed appropriations of the budget, for each year in the ensuing biennial appropriation period, which shall be known as "The Budget Bill." "The Budget Bill" shall be organized by function, primary agency, and proposed appropriation item and shall include an identification of, and authorization for, common programs and the appropriation of funds according to programs. Except as expressly provided in an appropriation act, whenever the amounts in a schedule for a single appropriation item are shown in two or more lines, the portions of the total amount shown on separate lines are for information purposes only and are not limiting. No such bill shall contain any appropriation the expenditure of which is contingent upon the receipt of revenues in excess of funds unconditionally appropriated. B. The salary proposed for payment for the position of each cabinet secretary and administrative head of each agency and institution of the executive branch of state government shall be specified in "The Budget Bill," showing the salary ranges and levels proposed for such positions. C. "The Budget Bill" shall include all proposed capital appropriations, including each capital project to be financed through revenue bonds or other debt issuance, the amount of each project, and the identity of the entity that will issue the debt. D. Concurrently with the submission of "The Budget Bill," the Governor shall submit a tentative bill involving a request for authorization of additional bonded indebtedness if its issuance is authorized by, or its repayment is proposed to be made in whole or in part, from revenues or appropriations contained in "The Budget Bill." E. F. The proposed capital appropriations or capital projects described in, or for which proposed appropriations are made pursuant to, this section shall include the capital outlay projects required to be included in "The Budget Bill" pursuant to § 2.2-1509.1. The Governor shall propose appropriations for such capital outlay projects in "The Budget Bill" in accordance with the minimum amount of funding and the designated sources of funding for such projects as required under § 2.2-1509.1. 5. That § 30-310 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: § 30-310. Review of incentive packages. A. 1.The Commission shall review individual incentive packages, including but not limited to packages offering tax incentives, for economic development projects (including but not limited to MEI projects) for which (i) one or more of the incentives in the incentive package is not authorized under current law or (ii) an amendment by the General Assembly is being sought to one or more currently existing incentives included as part of the incentive package. The Commission shall recommend approval or denial of such packages to the General Assembly. Factors that shall be considered by the Commission in its review shall include, but not be limited to (i) return on investment, (ii) the time frame for repayment of incentives to the Commonwealth, (iii) average wages of the jobs created by the prospective MEI project or other economic development project, (iv) the amount of capital investment that is required, and (v) the need for enhanced employment opportunities in the prospective location of the prospective MEI project or other economic development project. 2. a. Any time a proposed individual incentive package is to be considered by the Commission, materials outlining (i) the value of the proposed incentives, (ii) assumed return on investment, (iii) the time frame for repayment of incentives to the Commonwealth, (iv) average wages of the jobs created by the prospective MEI project or other economic development project, (v) the amount of capital investment that is required, and (vi) the need for enhanced employment opportunities in the prospective location of the prospective MEI project or other economic development project, shall be provided to the Commission members not less than forty-eight hours prior to the scheduled Commission meeting. b. The timing of any request for an endorsement of a proposed individual incentive package should be scheduled so that the MEI Commission could, at its discretion, have up to seven days subsequent to the presentation of the incentive package prior to endorsing or rejecting such proposal. B. An affirmative vote by three of the five members of the Commission from the House of Delegates and two of the three members of the Commission from the Senate shall be required to endorse any incentive package, including but not limited to packages offering tax incentives, for economic development projects (including but not limited to MEI projects) for which (i) one or more of the incentives in the incentive package is not authorized under current law or (ii) an amendment by the General Assembly is being sought to one or more currently existing incentives included as part of the incentive package. 6. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 30-339 and reenacted as follows: § 30-339. Medicaid Innovation and Reform Commission; membership; terms; compensation and expenses; definition. A. The Medicaid Innovation and Reform Commission (the Commission) is established as a commission in the legislative branch of state government. The purpose of the Commission shall be to review, recommend and approve innovation and reform proposals affecting the implementation of Title XIX and Title XXI of the Social Security Act, including eligibility and financing for proposals set out in Item 307 of this act. Specifically, the Commission shall review (i) the development of reform proposals; (ii) progress in obtaining federal approval for reforms such as benefit design, service delivery, payment reform, and quality and cost containment outcomes; and (iii) implementation of reform measures. B. The Commission shall consist of 12 members as follows: the chair of the House Committee on Appropriations, or his designee, and four members of the House Committee on Appropriations appointed by the chair and the chair of the Senate Finance Committee, or his designee, and four members of the Senate Finance Committee appointed by the chair. In addition, the Secretaries of Finance and Health and Human Resources shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the Commission. C. Members shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Vacancies for unexpired terms shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. Members may be reappointed for successive terms. D.1. The members of the Commission shall elect a chairman and vice chairman annually. A majority of the voting members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Commission shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request. The Commission shall meet bimonthly beginning in June 2013, or as soon as possible thereafter. 2. An affirmative vote by three of the five members of the Commission from the House of Delegates and three of the five members of the Commission from the Senate shall be required to endorse any reform proposal to amend the State Plan for Medical Assistance under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, and any waivers thereof, to implement coverage for newly eligible individuals pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1396d(y)(1)[2010] of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. E. Legislative members of the Commission shall receive such compensation as provided in § 30-19.12, and nonlegislative members shall receive such compensation as provided in § 2.2-2813. 7. That § 17.1-507 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: § 17.1-507. Number of judges; residence requirement; compensation; powers; etc. A. For the several judicial circuits there shall be judges, the number as hereinafter set forth, who shall during their service reside within their respective circuits and whose compensation and powers shall be the same as now and hereafter prescribed for circuit judges. The number of judges of the circuits shall be as follows: First - 5 Second - 10 Third - 5 Fourth - 9 Fifth - 3 Sixth - 2 Seventh - 5 Eighth - 4 Ninth - 4 Tenth - 3 Eleventh - 3 Twelfth - 5 Thirteenth - 8 Fourteenth - 5 Fifteenth - Sixteenth - 5 Seventeenth - 4 Eighteenth - 3 Nineteenth - 15 Twentieth - 4 Twenty-first - 3 Twenty-second - 4 Twenty-third - 6 Twenty-fourth - 5 Twenty-fifth - 4 Twenty-sixth - 5 Twenty-seventh - 5 Twenty-eighth - 3 Twenty-ninth - 4 Thirtieth - 3 Thirty-first - 5 B. No additional circuit court judge shall be authorized or provided for any judicial circuit until the Judicial Council has made a study of the need for such additional circuit court judge and has reported its findings and recommendations to the Courts of Justice Committees of the House of Delegates and Senate. The boundary of any judicial circuit shall not be changed until a study has been made by the Judicial Council and a report of its findings and recommendations made to said Committees. C. If the Judicial Council finds the need for an additional circuit court judge after a study is made pursuant to subsection B, the study shall be made available to the Compensation Board and the Courts of Justice Committees of the House of Delegates and Senate and Council shall publish notice of such finding in a publication of general circulation among attorneys licensed to practice in the Commonwealth. The Compensation Board shall make a study of the need to provide additional courtroom security and deputy court clerk staffing. This study shall be reported to the Courts of Justice Committees of the House of Delegates and the Senate, and to the Department of Planning and Budget. 8. That the provisions of the first enactment of this act shall expire at midnight on June 30, 2014. The provisions of the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh enactments of this act shall have no expiration date. The amendments to §§ 2.2-1508 and 2.2-1509 pursuant to the fourth enactment of this act shall become effective for calendar year 2014 and calendar years thereafter. For the purposes of implementing the amendments to §§ 2.2-1508 and 2.2-1509, a working group composed of the staff of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees, the Department of Planning and Budget, and the Division of Legislative Automated Systems shall determine the format, transmission method, required submission date for printing, and other factors necessary to implement the required submission of specific, separate, and severable gubernatorial amendments. |