Department of General Services (194)

Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 11, Articles 4 and 6; § 58.1-3403, Code of Virginia.

A.1. Statewide Building Management includes an internal service fund. The amounts for this service area shall be paid solely from revenues derived for services. The estimated cost is $7,132,931 the first year and $7,239,493 the second year.

2. Also in Statewide Building Management is an internal service fund supported from revenues derived from rental charges assessed to occupants for seat-of-government buildings controlled, maintained and operated by the Department of General Services, excluding the building occupants that currently have maintenance service agreements with the department. The estimated cost for this service area is $30,408,000 the first year and $30,408,000 the second year for facilities at the seat of government, and a sum sufficient for maintenance and operation of such other state-owned facilities as the Governor or department may direct, as otherwise provided by law.

3. Further, out of the estimated cost for this service area, amounts estimated at $1,640,000 the first year and $1,640,000 the second year shall be paid for Payment in Lieu of Taxes. In addition to the amounts for the sum sufficient, the following sums, estimated at the amounts shown for this purpose, are included in the appropriations for the agencies identified:

B.1. Statewide Engineering and Architectural Services include an internal service fund to support the Bureau of Capital Outlay Management. This internal service fund shall consist of the fees imposed upon state agencies and institutions of higher education for the review of architectural, mechanical, and life safety plans of capital outlay projects. The estimated total amount to be collected by this fund is a sum sufficient estimated at $3,350,000 in the first year and $3,500,000 in the second year.

2. In administering this internal service fund, the Bureau of Capital Outlay Management (BCOM) shall provide capital project cost review services to state agencies and institutions and produce capital project cost analysis work product for the Department of Planning and Budget. BCOM shall collect fees, consistent with those fees authorized in B.1, from state agencies and institutions for completed capital project cost review services or work product.

C. Interest on the employee vehicle parking fund authorized by § 4-6.04 c of this act shall be added to the fund as earned.

D. The Department of General Services shall, in conjunction with affected agencies, develop, implement, and administer a consolidated mail function to process inbound and outbound mail for agencies located in the Richmond metropolitan area. The consolidated mail function shall include the establishment of a centralized mail receiving and outbound processing location or locations, and the enhancement of mail security capabilities within these location(s).

E. All new and renovated state-owned facilities, if the renovations are in excess of 50 percent of the structure's assessed value, that are over 5,000 gross square feet shall be designed and constructed consistent with energy performance standards at least as stringent as the U.S. Green Building Councils LEED rating system or the Green Globes rating system.

F. Effective July 1, 2009, the total service charge for the property known as the General Assembly Building and the State Capitol Building shall not exceed $70,000 per fiscal year.

G. The Department of General Services is authorized to make any repair or tenant buildout projects at the Main Street Centre facility up to $2,000,000 using rent plan funds. Nongeneral fund revenues and balances required for this purpose are hereby appropriated.

H. The Department of General Services shall provide for the operations and maintenance of the Galanti Center at the Virginia War Memorial using rent plan funds.

I. Should the remodeling and relocation costs of the Department of Labor and Industry at its new location exceed the amount of the authorized treasury loan, the Governor is authorized to use a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Powers-Taylor building to cover any cost overages.