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COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA EXECUTIVE AMENDMENTS TO THE 2014-2016 BIENNIAL BUDGET TERENCE R. MCAULIFFE GOVERNOR DECEMBER 17, 2014 A-1 Table of Contents PART A‐ OVERVIEW . .A‐1 Reader’s Guide to Virginia’s Budget Document . A‐3 How Virginia’s Budget is developed and adopted . A‐7 Economic Forecast . A‐9 Revenue Forecast . .A‐13 PART B‐ OPERATING BUDGET . .B‐1 Legislative Department . B‐3 Judicial Department . .B‐17 Executive Offices . B‐25 Office of Administration . .B‐31 Office of Agriculture and Forestry . B‐39 Office of Commerce and Trade . B‐45 Office of Education . B‐55 Office of Finance . B‐83 Office of Health and Human Resources . B‐89 Office of Natural Resources . B‐107 Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security . .B‐115 Office of Technology . .B‐125 Office of Transportation . B‐129 Office of Veterans and Defense Affairs . .B‐137 Central Appropriations . .B‐141 Independent Agencies . B‐147 Operating Details . .B‐153 Capital Outlays . .B‐211 PART C‐ OTHER REPORTS . .C‐1 Studies and Evaluations . C‐3 Aid to Localities . C‐59 Commonwealth of Virginia Executive Amendments to the 2014 - 2016 Biennial Budget A-2 Miscellaneous Transfers . C‐67 Supplemental Information . .C‐71 Photo Credits . C‐73 Commonwealth of Virginia Executive Amendments to the 2014 - 2016 Biennial Budget COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA EXECUTIVE AMENDMENTS TO THE 2014-2016 BIENNIAL BUDGET TERENCE R. MCAULIFFE GOVERNOR PART A- OVERVIEW A-3 READER’S GUIDE TO VIRGINIA’S BUDGET DOCUMENT Part A - Overview This publication describes Governor McAuliffe’s proposed amendments to the Commonwealth of Virginia’s 2014‐2016 biennial budget. Additional information regarding agency strategic plans and performance management, including detailed service area budget tables may be accessed via: www.vaperforms.virginia.gov www.dpb.virginia.gov The budget document contains the following components: PART A: INTRODUCTION This section contains highlights of Governor McAuliffe’s proposed recommendations for the 2014‐2016 biennium, an economic forecast outlining the status of Virginia’s economy, and a revenue forecast reviewing the Commonwealth’s fiscal outlook, including the projected revenues on which the preceding budget amendments are based. PART B: OPERATING BUDGET Part B presents the Governor’s proposed amendments for the operating budget. This section is organized by the three branches of government: Legislative, Judicial, and Executive. The Executive Department section is also organized by secretarial area. For each branch of government or secretarial area you will find: Overview The branch’s major functions of government or secretarial area. Agency Listing A listing of each agency within the branch of government or secretarial area. Summary Graphs Depict the financing of secretarial areas by funding source and the general fund and nongeneral fund operating budget history for secretarial areas. Commonwealth of Virginia Part A - Overview 2014 -2016 Biennial Budget Reader’s Guide to Virginia’s Budget Document A-4 For each individual agency you will find: Agency Name Agency’s proper name and Web site address. Agency Operating Budget The Governor’s operating budget amendments for the 2014‐2016 Summary biennium, including agency historical funding data and capital outlay amendments. The categories relating to funding are general fund and nongeneral fund. Also, there is a category indicating an agency’s personnel cost. Table notes: All figures represent dollars rounded to millions; due to rounding, figures may not add exactly; figures in parenthesis are negative amounts; and agencies appear in the same order as in the budget bill; and the values in the personnel costs category may exceed the sum of the general fund and nongeneral fund categories for addenda items. Personnel cost totals do not reflect any adjustments to any other budget category. Authorized Position Summary A summary of an agency’s authorized position level broken out by fund source (general and nongeneral). The table also reflects total proposed positions amendments for the 2014‐2016 biennium, many of these reflecting actions taken as part of the Governor’s budget savings actions. Historical data provided in the “operating budget summary” and the “authorized position summary” for 2011 and 2012 are from Chapter 890 and for 2013 and 2014 are from Chapter 806. Capital Budget Summary The Governor’s capital budget amendments for the 2012‐2014 biennium detailed by funding source: general fund, nongeneral fund, and bond proceeds. Recommended Operating Bullet items briefly describe specific budget recommendations for Budget Addenda specific agencies. If the Governor has no specific recommendations for an agency, nothing appears after the Authorized Position Summary. Following each bullet item, amounts and positions recommended are designated GF (general fund) or NGF (nongeneral fund). References to positions are to full‐time equivalent (FTE) positions. Positions are only mentioned in the initial year affected by a budget amendment. Recommended Savings Bullet items briefly describe specific savings recommendations for Addenda specific agencies. If the Governor has no specific recommendations for an agency, nothing appears after the Recommended Operating Addenda. Following each bullet item, amounts and positions recommended are designated GF (general fund) or NGF (nongeneral fund). References to positions are to full‐time equivalent (FTE) positions. Positions are only mentioned in the initial year affected by a budget amendment. Recommended Capital Budget Bullet items briefly describe any amendments to previously‐approved Addenda capital construction projects or funding for new projects. Following each bullet item, amounts recommended are designated general fund, nongeneral fund, or bond proceeds. Part A - Overview Commonwealth of Virginia Reader’s Guide to Virginia’s Budget Document 2014 - 2016 Biennial Budget A-5 PART C: OTHER REPORTS This section has four main components: Part A - Overview Studies and Evaluations Various studies, evaluations, and assessments of agencies or agency programs that were conducted in the two most recent fiscal years. Aid to Localities (ATL) The Governor’s recommendations for funds that go directly to localities for locally‐operated programs or are spent by the Commonwealth on behalf of localities for specific programs. Supplemental Information Information on tax‐supported debt capacity and per capita appropriations. Miscellaneous Transfers Review of actions affecting state debt, revenue transactions, interfund transfers, working capital advances and loans, and required deposits into the general fund. Commonwealth of Virginia Part A - Overview 2014 -2016 Biennial Budget Reader’s Guide to Virginia’s Budget Document A-6 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Part A - Overview Commonwealth of Virginia Reader’s Guide to Virginia’s Budget Document 2012 - 2014 Biennial Budget A-7 HOW VIRGINIA’S BUDGET IS DEVELOPED AND ADOPTED Part A - Overview Virginia has a biennial (two‐year) budget system. The biennial budget is enacted into law in even‐numbered years, and amendments to it are enacted in odd‐ numbered years. For example, the current budget for the 2014 ‐ 2016 biennium was adopted by the 2014 General Assembly. Amendments to this two year budget will be considered by the General Assembly during its 2015 session. Governor McAuliffe will present his amendments to the 2014 ‐ 2016 biennial budget in the following pages. Developing the Commonwealth’s budget is a process that takes many months, involving participation from state agencies, the legislature, and the public. The process includes five distinct phases: agency budget preparation, budget development, Governor’s and secretarial review, legislative action, and budget implementation. Key Budget Dates October 9, 2014 Instructions issued to agencies on preparing and submitting their proposed budget amendments October 31, 2014 Agencies submitted their proposed budget amendments to the Department of Planning and Budget December 17, 2014 Governor submits recommended budget to General Assembly January 14, 2015* General Assembly convenes February 1, 2015* Budget bill crossover occurs February 21, 2015* General Assembly adjourns April 15, 2015* Reconvened General Assembly session occurs * indicates tentative dates Commonwealth of Virginia Part A - Overview 2014 - 2016 Biennial Budget How Virginia’s Budget is developed and adopted A-8 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Part A - Overview Commonwealth of Virginia How Virginia’s Budget is developed and adopted 2014 - 2016 Biennial Budget A-9 ECONOMIC FORECAST Review of FY 2014 Part A - Overview In the national economy, modest economic growth persisted despite higher taxes, sequestration, and weak economies overseas. Conditions in the housing market and labor market had improved. The job market showed improvement, with job growth of 1.7 percent, slightly higher than in the prior year. The services sector drove the job gains while those sectors most closely related to the housing sector (construction and financial activities) continued on a path of a solid recovery. In the official forecast for FY 2014, employment in Virginia was expected to grow at a slower pace than in FY 2013 and personal income was also expected to grow more slowly. While Virginia's higher‐than‐average dependence on federal spending helped Virginia weather the recession, in FY 2014 it was a liability stemming from federal spending reductions in addition to the decisions regarding the debt‐ceiling and automatic spending cuts per the sequester.

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