Central Appropriations (995)

Authority: Discretionary Inclusion.

A.1. The Director, Department of Planning and Budget shall withhold and transfer to this Item an amount estimated at $186,355 the first year from the general fund appropriations of state agencies and institutions of higher education, representing savings resulting from a reduction in the rate charged to agencies for purchases made under the statewide purchase and supply system administered by the Department of General Services.

2. Pursuant to § 3-1.01 of this act, an amount estimated at $164,885 the first year shall be transferred from eligible nongeneral fund accounts to the general fund, representing nongeneral fund savings associated with the reduction in the rate charged to agencies for purchases made under the statewide purchase and supply system administered by the Department of General Services.

B. The Director, Department of Planning and Budget, shall withhold and transfer to this Item an amount estimated at $1,145,775 the first year from the general fund appropriations of state agencies, boards, and commissions representing savings resulting from the elimination or consolidation of such state agencies, boards, and commissions.

C.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, shall withhold and transfer to this Item amounts estimated at $93,500 the first year and $185,300 the second year from the general fund appropriations of state agencies and institutions of higher education representing savings realized through the elimination of organizational memberships held by state agencies and institutions of higher education as detailed below.

2. After June 30, 2012, no Executive Branch agency may use appropriations in Part 1 of this act to pay dues to any of the organizations listed in subparagraph 1 subject to consultation with legal counsel regarding any legal requirements involved or to pay dues or fees to new trade or other membership organizations without prior authorization of the Governor’s Chief of Staff.

E.  The Director, Department of Planning and Budget shall withhold and transfer to this Item an amount estimated at $415,616 the first year from the general fund appropriations of state agencies and institutions of higher education, representing savings resulting from a reduction in information technology overhead costs.

F.  The Director, Department of Planning and Budget shall withhold and transfer to this Item an amount estimated at $107,050 the first year from the general fund appropriations of state agencies and institutions of higher education, representing savings from a contract agreement with the Commonwealth’s information technology infrastructure provider negotiated by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency for computer service outages in August of 2010.

G. The Director, Department of Planning and Budget, shall withhold and transfer to this item amounts estimated at $13,033,020 the first year and $7,316,709 the second year from the general fund appropriations of state agencies representing savings from administrative efficiencies.  These savings shall be implemented as an across-the-board reduction based upon general fund salaries in Executive Department agencies. Agencies shall be encouraged to maximize savings that can be realized through the electronic distribution of information, through email or internet, in place of printed materials.  The Secretary of Finance shall establish the procedures to be used in determining the amounts to be reverted from impacted agencies.  The amounts to be reverted in the second year shall not include higher education institutions and affiliated agencies.

H. On or before June 30, 2014, the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget shall authorize the reversion to the general fund of $1,200,000 representing the reimbursement from federal funds received by the State Corporation Commission (Commission) for the plan management activities performed by the Commission as part of the Federal Health Benefit Exchange as specified in Item 476.10 of Chapter 806, 2013 Acts of Assembly.

I. On or before June 30, 2014, the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget shall authorize the reversion to the general fund of $800,000 from the Secretary of Education, agency 185, representing excess balances and uncommitted allocation in the College Partnership Laboratory Schools.

J. On or before June 30, 2014, the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget shall revert $75,900 to the general fund from the Department of Planning and Budget, Agency 122, Fund 0100, representing excess balances in the school efficiency review program.

K. On or before June 30, 2014, the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget shall revert $239,964 to the general fund from unobligated balances in the productivity investment fund, Agency 995, Program 715, Fund 0100.

L. On or before June 30, 2014, the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget shall revert $450,000 to the general fund from unobligated balances in the Opportunity Educational Institution.

M. On or before June 30, 2014, the Committee on Joint Rules shall authorize the reversion to the general fund of $7,356,129, representing savings within legislative agencies.  The reversion amounts include estimated savings within the legislative agencies of: