Language:

Page 375, line 43, strike "4,231,000" and insert "2,680,679".

Explanation:

(This amendment reduces the appropriation in this item for uncommitted balances which are deemed not to be needed in Fiscal Year 1996.)

Language:

Page 1, line 44, strike "($13,640,378) and $65,639,224" and insert "$65,935,732 and $145,215,334"

Page 1, line 47, strike "$7,286,289,847 and $14,115,747,206 " and insert "$7,230,915,942 and $14,060,373,301"

Page 1, line 50, strike "$439,129,476 and $718,418,674" and insert "$440,031,476 and $719,320,674"

Page 1, line 53, strike "$7,711,778,945 and $15,153,969,395" and insert "$7,736,883,150 and $15,179,073,600"

Page 2, line 1, strike "$16,539,193,955 and $33,284,325,012" and insert "$16,564,298,160 and $33,309,429,217".

Explanation:

(This amendment adjusts the front page of Senate Bill 29 to reflect adopted changes in balances, revenues and transfers.

Language:

Page 5, line 53, after the word "Governor." insert "An amount of $10,000 shall be transferred prior to June 30, 1996, from Item 20 of this act, to reflect equivalent compensation allowances as were authorized by the 1994 General Assembly.".

Explanation:

(This amendment corrects an omission related to unbudgeted expenses resulting from General Assembly action.)

Language:

Page 19, line 53, strike "59,140,069" and insert "55,340,069".

Page 20, line 28, strike "9,700,000" and insert "5,900,000".

Explanation:

(This amendment reduces the general fund appropriation for the Involuntary Mental Commitment Fund by $3,800,000 the second year. Expenditures are below the amounts budgeted, as a result of implementation of recommendations included in the JLARC report on involuntary civil commitment.)

Language:

Page 35, line 23, strike "2,818,723" and insert "2,652,670".

Page 35, line 54, strike "350,000" and insert "183,947"

Explanation:

(This amendment deletes the unexpended portion of state support for the proposed human services building in Lynchburg. Construction will not go forward due to changes in local plans.)

Language:

Page 39, line 14, strike "10,849,284" and insert "10,035,284".

Page 35, delete line 21 to 40.

Explanation:

(This amendment deletes rent payments for the Norfolk Public Health Center. Current plans call for completion in FY 1998.)

Language:

Page 43, line 54, following "Office.", insert:

"The salary of those incumbent constitutional officers serving localities with a population increase in the final 1993 population estimate which has the effect of moving the principal officer into a higher salary range according to the population of the city or county served, shall reflect the higher salary for those officers effective January 1, 1996.".

Explanation:

(This amendment provides for the same population-based salary increases for incumbent constitutional officers in Loudoun and Stafford Counties as has been provided to newly elected officers.)

Language:

Page 46, following line 39, insert:

"K. The Compensation Board shall not approve or commit additional funds for the operational cost, including salaries for any local or regional jail construction, renovation, or expansion project which was not approved for reimbursement by the state Board of Corrections prior to January 1, 1996 unless: a.) the Secretary of Administration certifies that such additional funding results in an actual cost savings to the Commonwealth, or b.) an exception has been granted as provided for in Item 568, of this act."

Explanation:

(This amendment is self-explanatory.)

Language:

Page 46, line 57, strike "194,771,713" and insert "194,774,439".

Explanation:

(This amendment provides funding for the same population-based salary increases for the incumbent sheriff in Stafford County as has been provided to newly elected officers.)

Language:

Page 54, line 32, strike "14,974,346" and insert "14,983,113".

Explanation:

(This amendment provides for the same population-based salary increases for incumbent Commissioners of the Revenue in Loudoun and Stafford Counties as has been provided to newly elected officers.)

Language:

Page 55, line 65, strike "16,693,617" and insert "16,696,357".

Explanation:

(This amendment provides funding for the same population-based salary increases for the incumbent treasurer in Stafford County as has been provided to newly elected officers.)

Language:

Page 57, line 57, strike "29,758,093" and insert "29,765,048".

Explanation:

(This amendment provides for the same population-based salary increases for the incumbent Circuit Court Clerks in Loudoun and Stafford Counties as has been provided to newly elected officers.)

Language:

Page 64,following line 37, insert:

"Pending completion of the study of computer services by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, the Department of Social Services shall continue to utilize the Department of Information Technology for the provision of computer operation services."

Explanation:

(This amendment is self-explanatory.)

Language:

Page 77, line 36, insert:

"O. The $2,000,000 appropriated by the 1995 Session of the General Assembly for the cooperative tourism advertising fund shall not be reduced, encumbered, nor used for any other purpose."

Explanation:

(This amendment is self-explanatory.)

Language:

Page 95, line 48, strike "14,505,915" and insert "14,775,915".

Explanation:

(This amendment provides $270,000 from the general fund to cover a projected shortfall in the Literacy Passport Testing Program in the second year.)

Language:

Page 100, line 16, strike "285,159,893" and insert "284,880,156".

Page 104, line 5, strike "1,300,000" and insert "1,020,263".

Explanation:

(This amendment captures projected balances from the extended school day homework assistance program.)

Language:

Page 106, line 33, strike "1,884,446,479" and insert "1,883,268,036".

Explanation:

(This amendment captures projected balances from the At-Risk Four-Year-Old program.)

Language:

Page 122, strike lines 4 through 6.

Explanation:

(This amendment eliminates proration language proposed in FY 1996, which would have capped state reimbursement to localities for costs incurred in implementing the Comprehensive Services Act for At-Risk Youth and Families.)

Language:

Page 139, strike lines 20 through 24 and insert:

"8. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the facilities contemplated by this paragraph shall be made available for occupancy by Tidewater Community College as soon as practicable, but not later than January 1, 1997, and all agencies and institutions of the Commonwealth are hereby directed to act forthwith to this end, including amendment of the inducement agreement between the Virginia Community College System and the City of Norfolk."

Explanation:

(This amendment updates language regarding occupancy of facilities in downtown Norfolk being constructed and renovated by the city for lease to the Virginia Community College System for a campus of Tidewater Community College.)

Language:

Page 214, line 43, strike "106,164,745" and insert "105,967,975".

Page 215, line 1, strike "18,377,288" and insert "18,180,518".

Explanation:

(This amendment reduces the Treasury Board's budget in FY 1995-96 to reflect actual savings from the partial refunding of the 1994 series of general obligation bonds.)

Language:

Page 234, line 23, insert:

"4. By March 31, 1996, the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall provide coverage of hospice services through the Medicaid Hospice Benefit at current funding levels, or higher if necessary to meet patient needs."

Page 236, line 48, insert:

"Q. The Department of Medical Assistance Services shall provide guidelines by March 31, 1996, to Medallion II contracted HMOs for hospice patient referral from an HMO to a licensed and certified Medicaid or Medicare hospice provider. These guidelines will be in addition to the current Medicaid hospice admission criteria and will include considerations of medical appropriateness, and patient and family choice."

Explanation:

(This amendment requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to continue providing hospice services, even as part of new managed care plans.)

Language:

Page 232, line 53, strike "2,012,643,446" and insert "2,021,243,446".

Explanation:

(This amendment corrects the amount for subprogram 4560900 in Item 396, Department of Medical Assistance Services.)

Language:

Page 237, line 18, insert:

"U. It is the intent of the General Assembly that upon the repeal of Title XIX of the Social Security Act and enactment of Title XXI of the Social Security Act (expected to establish state MediGrant programs), the Board of Medical Assistance Services, in cooperation with providers and consumers, shall develop a plan for providing Medicaid assistance to the poor, in compliance with the federal changes. The Board of Medical Assistance Services shall conduct public hearings throughout the Commonwealth on the proposed plan. The plan shall be presented to the Governor and the 1997 General Assembly. No changes in the program shall be made prior to the General Assembly's approval of the plan."

Explanation:

(This amendment would require public input and General Assembly approval of any changes in the Medicaid program, if a new MediGrants program is adopted by the federal government.)

Language:

Page 232, line 47, strike "2,269,567,832" and insert "2,265,482,030".

Explanation:

(This amendment reduces the FY 1996 appropriations for Medicaid, based on actual expenditures through January that are less than initial projections.)

Language:

Page 259, line 32, strike "265,451,501" and insert "262,366,985".

Explanation:

(This amendment reduces funding for the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, as a result of a decrease in the number of AFDC cases in relation to the forecast for FY 1996.)

Language:

Page 264, line 22, strike "24,432,435" and insert "23,278,135".

Explanation:

(This amendment reduces the FY 1996 appropriations for welfare reform, based on projected lower utilization of the new program in the first year of operation. The Secretary of Health and Human Resources had designated $1.5 million of the projected balance for local demonstration projects, but only $345,700 of the total has been awarded.)

Language:

Page 283, line 30, strike "12,623,911" and insert "12,929,828".

Page 284, line 49, insert:

"K. Out of the appropriation for Land Management, $305,917 the second year from special funds derived from the sale of "Friend of the Chesapeake" license tags are allocated to carry out the recommendations of the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund Advisory Committee."

Explanation:

(This amendment is self-explanatory.)

Language:

Page 290, line 17, strike "House Bill No. 31" and insert "Chapter 965".

Explanation:

(This amendment provides an editorial correction to specify the reference to the enacted Chapter 965.)

Language:

Page 290, line 5, strike "359,381" and insert "259,381".

Explanation:

(This amendment reduces the general fund appropriation for the second year by $100,000 to reflect the availability of a discretionary reappropriation of $159,496 which was carried forward as of June 30, 1995.)

Language:

Page 297, line 23, strike line through "8,903,905" and insert "11,903,905".

Page 297, line 29, strike line through "8,903,905" and insert "11,903,905".

Explanation:

(This amendment provides corrected agency totals for the Department of Fire Programs, corresponding to amendments to Items 541 and 542.)

Language:

Page 297, strike lines 9-21.

Explanation:

(This amendment eliminates the Fire Programs Emergency Fund, as proposed in the budget, as introduced. A companion amendment to Item 444 in Senate Bill 30 eliminates language continuing the emergency fund in the 1996-98 biennium.)

Language:

Page 299, line 32, strike the second "shall".

Page 299, line 33, after "and", insert "shall".

Explanation:

(This amendment makes an editorial correction in the bill, as introduced.)

Language:

Page 303, line 4, insert:

"D.The Director of the Department of Corrections shall terminate the lease of the Smith Mountain Lake Correctional Field Unit #24 at Moneta with the County of Bedford, effective immediately, or as soon as permitted by law under the terms and conditions of the lease. The Director shall initiate proceedings to transfer the same property to the Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority, under such terms and conditions as shall be approved by the Board of Corrections, for the purpose of encouraging regional cooperation in addressing jail crowding and minimizing the cost of new construction for the regional authority."

Explanation:

(This amendment directs the Department of Corrections to terminate the lease of a certain field unit with Bedford County, and transfer the field unit to the Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority. When the field unit was closed in 1992, the General Assembly intended that the field unit be made available for regional use. A companion amendment is included in Item 456 in House and Senate Bill 30.)

Language:

Page 303, lines 50-51, strike "$17,000 the first year and $17,000 the second year from special funds" and insert "$42,000 the first year and $42,000 the second year from special funds"

Explanation:

(This amendment corrects an error in the budget, as introduced, regarding the use of commissary funds for the Prison Visitation Project. The 1995 General Assembly increased the nongeneral fund appropriation from $17,000 to $42,000 for this purpose. A companion amendment is included in Item 457 of House and Senate Bill 30.)

Language:

Page 314, line 32, insert:

"E. From January 1, 1996, to June 30, 1996, the Board of Corrections shall not approve or commit additional funds for the state share of the cost of construction, enlargement, or renovation of a local or regional jail facility, with the following exceptions:

1.To address emergency projects needed to comply with Board of Corrections standards or life safety code requirements;

2.To address those projects for which contracts for design of a local or regional jail facility had been signed as of March 1, 1996;

3.To adjust a previously approved funding level for a local or regional jail project, which was based on planning study estimates, to the actual project cost as determined by competitive bid; and,

4.To adjust a previously approved regional jail construction project in any case where one or more additional localities have elected to join an existing regional jail authority in order to close one or more existing local jails, or in any case where one or more small jails with an average daily population of less than ten in fiscal year 1995 have developed a plan to implement a new regional jail program or facility in order to close one or more existing local jails, subject to certification by the Secretary of Administration that such an adjustment shall result in an actual cost savings to the Commonwealth."

Explanation:

(This amendment establishes a moratorium on approval of new regional or local jail capital projects from January 1 through June 30, 1996, with certain exceptions which are intended to include local jail projects for the Cities of Danville and Martinsville, Fauquier and Henry Counties, and the Hampton Roads and Prince William-Manassas Regional Jails. A companion language amendment in Item 469 of House and Senate Bill 30 continues this moratorium through June 30, 1998. Companion amendments to Item 80 in House and Senate Bill 29 and Item 71 in House and Senate Bill 30 establish a moratorium on approval by the Compensation Board of additional operating expense reimbursement.)

Language:

Page 315, line 63, strike "18,806,341" and insert "18,656,341".

Explanation:

(This amendment reduces the appropriation for the second year by $150,000 from the general fund, to reflect the availability of a discretionary reappropriation of $295,049 which was carried forward as of June 30, 1995.)

Language:

Page 318, line 55, strike "36,895,517" and insert "37,085,133".

Explanation:

(This amendment provides $189,616 from the general fund in the second year for the state share of start-up and operating expenses for the Loudoun County Juvenile Detention Center, as approved by the Board of Youth and Family Services. The center is expected to open on or before April 1, 1996. A companion amendment to Item 478 in Senate and House Bill 30 provides additional operating support for the 1996-98 biennium.)

Language:

Page 318, line 55, strike "36,895,517" and insert "37,103,517".

Explanation:

(This amendment provides $208,000 from the general fund in the second year for the state share of operating expenses for the increased bed capacity associated with a post-dispositional program at the Northern Virginia Detention Home, as approved by the Board of Youth and Family Services. A companion amendment to Item 478 in Senate and House Bill 30 provides additional operating support for fiscal year 1997.)

Language:

Page 318, line 55, strike "36,895,517" and insert "36,995,517".

Page 320, line 53, after the second "the" insert "possession and/or".

Page 322, line 38, strike "such" and insert "both pre-dispositional and post-dispositional".

Page 322, line 41, after "1993", strike the remainder of line 41, and lines 42-45, and insert:

"for pre-dispositional and post-dispositional block grant programs. Such amount shall be based on the separate calculation of hold-harmless amounts for pre-dispositional services and post-dispositional services. Pre-dispositional services and post-dispositional service hold-harmless provisions shall be based on the number of days in each block grant program by locality multiplied by the average cost per day for each program multiplied by the average state share of the daily cost of such program.".

Page 322, line 46, insert:

"5. Maintenance of effort. No city, county or combination thereof which utilized block grant services or programs in fiscal year 1995 shall contribute less than an amount equal to the sum of its fiscal year 1995 expenditures for predispositional and postdispositional block grant alternatives to secure detention for the implementation of its local plan. Such amounts shall not include any expenditures in fiscal year 1995 for secure juvenile detention.".

Page 322, line 47, strike "5" and insert "6".

Explanation:

(This amendment makes a technical correction and clarifies legislative intent regarding "no loss" and "maintenance of effort" funding provisions of the Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act, which was enacted by the 1995 General Assembly. A companion amendment to Item 478 in Senate and House Bill 30 continues these provisions in the 1996-98 biennium.)

Language:

Page 341, line 57, strike "2,825,000" and insert "3,325,000".

Page 342, line 16, strike "$250,000 in the first" and insert "$500,000 in the second".

Page 342, line 17, strike "a" and insert "Phase II of the".

Page 342, line 20, strike "The".

Page 342, strike all of lines 21-23.

Explanation:

(This amendment provides $500,000 in the second year for Phase II of the Bristol to Richmond/Washington D.C. passenger rail study. The scope of Phase II of the study includes a modelling of railroad operations, a refinement of the operating scenario, a cost estimation of recommended improvements, a ridership estimate for the revised service, and final service recommendations. It is expected that Norfolk Southern Corporation will assist in conducting this phase of the study.)

Language:

Page 367, line 6, strike "3,488,389" and insert "3,638,389".

Page 367, following line 48, insert:

"8. Wolftrap Farm Foundation, $150,000 the second year.".

Explanation:

(This amendment provides operating support for the Wolftrap Performing Arts Center.)

Language:

Page 375, line 16, strike "10,666,000" and insert "10,366,000".

Page 375, line 27, strike "Virginia Museum of Fine Arts $300,000".

Explanation:

(This amendment reduces the appropriation in this item by $300,000, which will not be needed by the agency for which it was originally earmarked.)

Language:

Page 377, after line 4, insert:

"C-8.10 New Construction: General Obligation

Bond Projects (15702)$1,200,000

Fund Sources: General$1,200,000

Out of this appropriation, the designated general

fund amount will be transferred to the following

project to address cost overruns:

CVC: Library Addition $1,200,000".

Explanation:

(This amendment provides additional general funds to address cost overruns for a general obligation bond project originally authorized in Chapter 894, 1992 Acts of Assembly).

Language:

Page 415, line 59, strike "$524,172" and insert "$1,166,172"

Explanation:

(This amendment increases the amount of Department of General Services' Central Warehouse internal service fund transfer to the general fund by $642,000.)

Language:

Page 453, strike lines 18 and 19 and insert:

"2. The institutions of higher education and the State Council of Higher Education shall, without restriction, be allowed to employ up to the full-time equivalent position levels appropriated to each agency in Part 1 of this act as the upper limit for employment."

Page 453, line 26, after "Department" insert "excluding institutions of higher education and the State Council of Higher Education.".

Page 453, strike line 39 and insert:

"e. Positions assigned to agencies and institutions that provide services pertaining to public safety, public health, and public higher education shall be exempt from any".

Page 453, line 42, after "Services", insert ", and employees providing services to students at institutions of higher education and employees involved in the coordination of higher education.".

Explanation:

(This amendment exempts the public institutions of higher education and the State Council of Higher Education from the Governor's authority to restrict the number of employees in agencies and institutions of the Executive Department. Virginia's institutions of higher education are continuing to restructure to minimize the number of employees.)