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2024 SESSION
24104339DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 2.2-1516, 2.2-1517, and 2.2-1518 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 2.2-1516. Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan Advisory Committee.
A. There is hereby established the Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee shall consist of the following, or their designees: the Secretary of Finance, the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget, the Director of the Department of General Services, the Executive Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, and the staff directors of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.
B. 1. On or before November 1,
2008 2024,
the Advisory Committee shall submit to the Governor and the Chairman of the
House Committee on Appropriations and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Finance and Appropriations in
its Plan and report pursuant to §
2.2-1518 a proposed list of new capital outlay projects
(and previously planned or authorized capital outlay projects) to be funded
entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources for the six fiscal
years beginning July 1, 2009 2025.
2. The list shall include projects by agency, in priority order for each agency. In determining priorities, the Advisory Committee shall consider, but not be limited to, the following:
a. Projects that address safety, health, regulatory, security, environmental requirements, or accreditation;
b. Projects to upgrade or replace major mechanical systems and utility infrastructure;
c. Projects to renovate or maintain existing facilities;
d. Projects to construct, expand, or acquire facilities in order to meet programmatic needs;
e. For public institutions of higher education, projects that meet State Council of Higher Education for Virginia recommendations or guideline parameters;
f. Projects that improve energy efficiency;
g. Projects that are listed on, or eligible to be listed on, the Virginia Landmarks Register;
h. Renovation projects for which a facility condition assessment has been completed; and
i. Projects previously planned.
3. The list shall:
a. Identify each capital outlay project;
b. Describe the scope and nature of the project; and
c. Include any other information that the Advisory Committee deems useful.
C. Beginning in 2011 2024, on or before November 1
of each year, the Advisory Committee shall in
its Plan and report pursuant to §
2.2-1518 make recommendations
to the Governor and the Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations and
the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations of any
changes to the current six-year capital outlay plan (described in § 2.2-1518)
and of project funding, including adjusting the fiscal years covered by the
plan so that the plan will cover the six fiscal years beginning July 1 of the
following year.
§ 2.2-1517. Agency submission of information.
A. In addition to all other reporting requirements imposed upon state agencies and public educational institutions provided under law, state agencies and public educational institutions shall submit information as determined by the Advisory Committee for the initial development of the capital outlay project list as described in § 2.2-1516, as well as for the annual modifications to the six-year capital outlay plan described in § 2.2-1518. The information for the annual modifications shall include, but not be limited to, changes in cost estimates.
B. On or before January 30 each year, the Director of the Department of General Services, on behalf of the Advisory Committee, shall advise state agencies and public educational institutions of the content, format, and method established by the Advisory Committee for submitting the information described in subsection A.
C. State agencies and public educational institutions shall submit the information, in the manner prescribed by the Director of the Department of General Services on behalf of the Advisory Committee pursuant to subsection B, to the Department of General Services and the Department of Planning and Budget on or before March 30 each year. In addition, public educational institutions shall submit the information to the State Council of Higher Education.
D. The Department of Planning and Budget, the Department of General Services, and the staff of the State Council of Higher Education shall review the information submitted and shall submit the information and the results of their review, in the manner prescribed by the Advisory Committee, to the Advisory Committee on or before June 30 each year.
E. On the same day that the Governor presents his preliminary report pursuant to § 2.2-813, the Advisory Committee shall meet at a time and place specified by the Secretary of Finance to consider the information provided pursuant to subsection D, as well as a capital outlay project status report, to be prepared by the Director of the Department of General Services, on all active projects that have received any funding, including completed planning estimates, project bids, and project timelines. The Advisory Committee shall submit in its Plan and report pursuant to§ 2.2-1518 its evaluations and recommendations regarding capital outlay projects to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before November 1 each year.
§ 2.2-1518. Submission of Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan by Advisory Committee.
A. 1. No later than
January 13, 2009, the Governor shall submit to the General Assembly a tentative
bill establishing The Six-Year Capital
Outlay Plan Advisory Committee shall submit and annually amend a
Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan to the Governor and
the General Assembly. a capital outlay plan that The Plan shall include includes new capital outlay
projects (and previously planned or authorized
capital outlay projects) that
the Governor proposes
are to be funded entirely or partially from general
fund-supported resources for the six fiscal years beginning July 1, 2009
2024. Projects included in the capital outlay plan shall be in addition to any projects
for which funds are appropriated from the Central Maintenance Reserve of the
general appropriation act. The Plan shall be amended
annually no later than November 1 through
the submission of a report to the Governor and the General Assembly by the
Advisory Committee which reflects (i) its recommendations pursuant to
subsection C of § 2.2-1516 and (ii) any capital outlay projects authorized by
the General Assembly in an appropriation act.
2.B. The capital outlay plan
submitted by the Governor shall list capital outlay
projects in different tiers. Each tier shall be a grouping of capital outlay
projects with the total estimated cost of each project in the tier falling
within a minimum and a maximum project cost assigned to the tier, provided that
no estimated project costs shall be set out in the plan.
The minimum and maximum range assigned to a tier shall be mutually exclusive of
all other minimum and maximum ranges assigned to other tiers in order that no
capital outlay project shall be reported in more than one tier.
For eachEach capital
outlay project listed in the plan the Governor shall provide the following information: (i) the agency or
public educational institution to which the project is related, (ii) a
description of the project, and (iii) a ranking number assigned to the project,
which number shall signify the priority of the project when compared to all
other projects of the agency or institution listed in the
plan.
B. For the 2021
Regular Session of the General Assembly and thereafter,
the Governor shall ensure that a prefiled bill is submitted to the Chairman of
the House Committee on Appropriations and the Chairman of the Senate Committee
on Finance and Appropriations in accordance with the deadlines for prefiling
under subdivision A 3 of § 30-19.3 for any proposed amendments to the current
capital outlay plan enacted into law, including adjusting the fiscal years
covered by the plan so that the plan will cover the six fiscal years beginning
on the immediately following July 1. Any such prefiled bill shall be submitted
using the format described in subsection A.
In submitting to the
General Assembly prefiled bills for plan amendments, the Governor shall
consider the capital outlay project list submitted by the Advisory Committee
pursuant to § 2.2-1516 and any amendments to the six-year capital outlay plan
recommended by the Advisory Committee pursuant to such section.