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VA Code § 2.2-1211 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 12 - Department of Human Resource Management|§ 2.2-1211. Required diversity and cultural competency training

All state employees commencing or recommencing employment with the Commonwealth on or after January 1, 2021, shall complete an online diversity and cultural competency training module provided by the Department pursuant to subdivision A 9 of § 2.2-1201 within 90 days of commencing or recommencing such employment. Each state agency shall maintain records showing that each employee has completed the training required by this section and the date on which such training was completed.2020, c. 548.
VA Code § 2.2-1212 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 12 - Department of Human Resource Management|§ 2.2-1212. Required online safety and disaster awareness training

All state employees shall annually complete an online safety and disaster awareness training module that includes information on public health safety provided by the Department pursuant to subdivision A 19 of § 2.2-1201. Each state agency shall maintain records showing that each employee has completed the training required by this section and the date on which such training was completed.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 4.
VA Code § 2.2-1213 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 12 - Department of Human Resource Management|§ 2.2-1213. Alternative application for employment for persons with a disability; report

A. The Department shall develop an alternative application process for the employment of persons with a disability as defined in § 51.5-40.1. Such alternative application process shall be noncompetitive in nature and may be used for the employment of a person with a disability on a permanent or temporary basis. The Department shall include an option for state agencies to convert a position filled through the noncompetitive process created by this subsection into a position that is filled through a competitive process.B. The Department shall include in the annual report required under subsection H of § 2.2-203.2:3 information on the status of the alternative application process for persons with a disability, including the total number of persons with a disability who (i) sought state employment through the alternative state application process, (ii) are currently employed through the alternative state application process, and (iii) had their employment in a position filled through the noncompetitive process created by subsection A converted into a position that is filled through a competitive process.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 218.
VA Code § 2.2-1500 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 15 - Department of Planning and Budget|§ 2.2-1500. Department of Planning and Budget created; appointment of Director; powers and duties

A. There is created a Department of Planning and Budget (the "Department"), which shall be headed by a Director appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure.B. The Director of the Department shall, under the direction and control of the Governor, exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed upon him by law and perform such other duties as may be required by the Governor.Code 1950, § 2-47; 1964, c. 302; 1966, cc. 55, 677, § 2.1-53; 1968, c. 223, § 2.1-63.1; 1972, c. 574; 1974, c. 23; 1975, c. 390; 1976, c. 760, §§ 2.1-388, 2.1-389; 1984, c. 720; 2001, c. 844.
VA Code § 2.2-1501.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 15 - Department of Planning and Budget|§ 2.2-1501.1. Additional duties of Department; commercial activities list

A. As used in this section, unless the context requires a different meaning:"Commercial activity" means performing services or providing goods that can normally be obtained from private enterprise."Commercial activities list" means the list of all commercial activities performed by employees of the Commonwealth."Privatization" means a variety of techniques and activities that promote more involvement of the private sector in providing services that have traditionally been provided by government. It also includes methods of providing a portion or all of select government-provided or government-produced programs and services through the private sector.B. From such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the Department shall:1. Examine and promote methods of providing a portion or all of select government-provided or government-produced programs and services through the private sector by a competitive contracting program, and advise the Governor, the General Assembly, and executive branch agencies of the Department's findings and recommendations.2. Determine the privatization potential of a program or activity, perform cost/benefit analyses, and conduct public and private performance analyses. The Secretary of Finance shall independently certify the results of the comparison.3. Devise, in consultation with the Secretary of Finance, evaluation criteria to be used in conducting performance reviews of any program or activity that is subject to a privatization recommendation.C. The commercial activities list developed by the Department in accordance with this section shall be updated every two years and posted on the Internet. In addition, the Department shall solicit at least annually in the Virginia Register public comments on the commercial activities list and invite recommendations from the public regarding activities being performed by state agencies that might better be performed by the private sector. All comments received shall be considered, and reasonable accommodation shall be made to permit representatives of any private entity, upon their request, to meet with the Department and the appropriate state agency to discuss their comments.2012, cc. 803, 835.
VA Code § 2.2-1502 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 15 - Department of Planning and Budget|§ 2.2-1502. Establishing regulations for preplanning of capital outlay projects

A. The Director of the Department or his designee shall adopt regulations requiring a preplanning justification or a preplanning study, or both, for all capital outlay projects undertaken by any department, agency or institution of the Commonwealth. A preplanning study shall be required for any project of construction, renovation, or other capital outlay involving a structure of 20,000 or more square feet or that is estimated to cost one million dollars or more. For projects of lesser size or cost, the regulations may require only a preplanning justification of the project. The Director or his designee may waive the requirement for a preplanning justification or preplanning study for such projects of lesser size and cost when, a preplanning justification or preplanning study is not needed or would not be warranted by the cost of making one. Preplanning studies for projects estimated to cost less than $2 million shall be done at a cost not exceeding $25,000. Preplanning studies for projects estimated to cost $2 million or more shall be done at a cost not exceeding $50,000. Exceptions to these limitations upon the cost of preplanning studies may be authorized by the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.B. The regulations shall (i) provide for the content and scope of preplanning justifications and preplanning studies, including the definition of the terms "capital outlay project"; (ii) require consideration of locally available fuels, including wood wastes, for use in new and replacement central heating plants in any proposed or existing public buildings or other facilities; and (iii) shall be exempt from the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.).1983, c. 497, § 2.1-51.31; 1984, c. 720; 1993, c. 29; 2001, c. 844.
VA Code § 2.2-1502.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 15 - Department of Planning and Budget|§ 2.2-1502.1. School efficiency review program

A. From such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise received for such purpose, and upon written request by a local school board or the division superintendent, the Director shall initiate a review of the relevant school division's central operations. Such review shall identify best practices followed by the division that may be shared with other divisions statewide, examine noninstructional expenditures, and identify opportunities to improve operational efficiencies and reduce costs for the division. The review shall include examinations of (i) divisional administration, (ii) human resources, (iii) educational service delivery costs, (iv) facilities use and management, (v) financial management, (vi) transportation, (vii) technology management, and (viii) food services. Such review shall not address the effectiveness of the educational services being delivered by the division and shall not constitute a division-level academic review as required by § 22.1-253.13:3.B. All agencies, authorities, and institutions of the Commonwealth shall cooperate and provide assistance as the Director may request.2005, c. 620; 2006, c. 596; 2016, cc. 53, 70.
VA Code § 2.2-1503.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 15 - Department of Planning and Budget|§ 2.2-1503.1. Filing of six-year financial outline by Governor

On or before the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly held in an even-numbered year, the Governor shall prepare and submit to the members of the General Assembly a financial plan for a prospective period of six years. The plan shall consist of (i) the Governor's biennial budget submitted pursuant to subsection A of § 2.2-1508, (ii) estimates of anticipated general fund and nongeneral fund revenue prepared for an additional period of four years pursuant to § 2.2-1503, and (iii) estimates of the general and nongeneral fund appropriations required for each major program for an additional period of four years. In preparing such financial plan, the Governor may utilize the estimate prepared by each agency pursuant to § 2.2-1504, or such other information as he may deem necessary.2002, cc. 480, 486.
VA Code § 2.2-1503.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 15 - Department of Planning and Budget|§ 2.2-1503.3. Reestimate of general fund revenues

Within five business days after the preliminary close of the Commonwealth's accounts at the end of each fiscal year, the State Comptroller shall submit to the Governor a comparison of the total of individual income, corporate income, and sales taxes collected for the fiscal year, with the totals of such taxes included in the official budget estimate for the fiscal year. If the comparison indicates that the total collection of such taxes as shown in the preliminary close is 1.0 percent or more below the total amount of such taxes as included in the official budget estimate for the fiscal year, the Governor shall prepare a reestimate of general fund revenues for the current biennium and the next biennium in accordance with the provisions of § 2.2-1503. The Governor's reestimate shall be reported to the chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the chairmen of the Finance and Appropriation Committees of the House of Delegates not later than September 1 following the close of the fiscal year.2003, c. 14.
VA Code § 2.2-1504 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 15 - Department of Planning and Budget|§ 2.2-1504. Estimates by state agencies of amounts needed

A. Biennially in the odd-numbered years, on a date established by the Governor, each of the several state agencies and other agencies and undertakings receiving or asking financial aid from the Commonwealth shall report to the Governor, through the responsible secretary designated by statute or executive order, in a format prescribed for such purpose, an estimate in itemized form in accordance with the expenditure classification adopted by the Governor, showing the amount needed for each year of the ensuing biennial period beginning with the first day of July. The Governor may prescribe targets that shall not be exceeded in the official estimate of each agency; however, an agency may submit to the Governor a request for an amount exceeding the target as an addendum to its official budget estimate.B. Each agency or undertaking required to submit a biennial estimate pursuant to subsection A shall simultaneously submit an estimate of the amount that will be needed for the two succeeding biennial periods beginning July 1 of the third year following the year in which the estimate is submitted. The Department shall provide, within thirty days following receipt, copies of all agency estimates provided under this subsection to the chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.C. The format used in making these estimates shall (i) be prescribed by the Governor, shall (ii) be uniform for all agencies, and (iii) clearly designate the kind of information to be given. The Governor may prescribe a different format for estimates from institutions of higher education, which format shall be uniform for all such institutions and shall clearly designate the kind of information to be provided.Code 1950, § 2-48; 1964, c. 125; 1966, c. 677, § 2.1-54; 1968, c. 683; 1975, c. 325; 1976, c. 760, § 2.1-394; 1979, c. 283; 1992, c. 582; 1993, c. 724; 1998, c. 467; 2001, c. 844.
VA Code § 2.2-1505 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 15 - Department of Planning and Budget|§ 2.2-1505. Estimates by nonstate agencies of amounts needed

A. Except as provided in §§ 10.1-2211, 10.1-2211.1, 10.1-2211.2, 10.1-2212, and 10.1-2213, no state funds shall be appropriated or expended for, or to, nonstate agencies unless:1. A request for state aid is filed by the organization with the Department of Planning and Budget, as required by § 2.2-1504.2. The nonstate agency certifies to the satisfaction of the Department that matching funds are available in cash from local or private sources in an amount at least equal to the amount of the request. These matching funds shall be concurrent with the purpose for which state funds are requested. Contributions received and spent prior to the state grant shall not be considered in satisfying the requirements of this subdivision.3. The nonstate agency provides documentation of its tax exempt status under § 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code.B. Except as provided in §§ 23.1-628 through 23.1-635, no state funds shall be appropriated to, or expended for, a private institution of higher education or religious organization.C. For the purposes of this section, a "nonstate agency" means any public or private foundation, authority, institute, museum, corporation or similar organization that is not a unit of state government or a political subdivision of the Commonwealth as established by general law or special act. It shall not include any such entity that receives state funds as a subgrantee of a state agency or through a state grant-in-aid program authorized by law.1989, c. 711, § 2.1-394.1; 1998, c. 467; 2001, c. 844; 2017, c. 270.
VA Code § 2.2-1506 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 15 - Department of Planning and Budget|§ 2.2-1506. Estimates of financial needs of General Assembly and judiciary

On or before the first day of September biennially in the odd-numbered years the Committees on Rules of the House of Delegates and the Senate shall furnish the Governor an estimate of the financial needs of the General Assembly for each year of the ensuing biennial period beginning with the first day of July thereafter; and the Supreme Court of Virginia shall furnish to the Governor an estimate of the financial needs of the judiciary for each year of the ensuing biennial period beginning with the first day of July thereafter. The Committees on Rules of the House of Delegates and the Senate and the Supreme Court shall transmit to the Governor the estimates of all increases or decreases.Code 1950, § 2-49; 1958, c. 370; 1966, c. 677, § 2.1-55; 1968, c. 683; 1974, c. 91; 1976, c. 760, § 2.1-395; 2001, c. 844.
VA Code § 2.2-1507 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 15 - Department of Planning and Budget|§ 2.2-1507. Participation of certain agencies in budget development process of other agencies

Agencies having responsibilities granted under §§ 2.2-2007.1, 2.2-2696, and 51.5-135 shall participate in the budget development process of relevant agencies and receive from these agencies, prior to submission to the Department their proposed programs and budgets. Recommendations to the appropriate agencies and the secretaries of the Governor on related matters shall be made prior to budget submissions.1979, c. 678, § 2.1-397.1; 1991, c. 563; 1998, c. 467; 2001, c. 844; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2016, c. 296.
VA Code § 2.2-1509.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 15 - Department of Planning and Budget|§ 2.2-1509.2. Budget Bill to include amounts diverted from Commonwealth Transportation Fund

If any money in the Commonwealth Transportation Fund established pursuant to § 33.2-1524 is proposed to be used for any purpose other than administering, planning, constructing, improving, and maintaining the roads embraced in the systems of highways for the Commonwealth and its localities and/or furthering the interests of the Commonwealth in the areas of public transportation, railways, seaports, spaceports, and/or airports, then the Governor, if such diversion is proposed by the Governor, shall include with any such proposal a plan for repayment of funds diverted within three years of such use in "The Budget Bill" submitted pursuant to § 2.2-1509.If such diversion of funds from the Commonwealth Transportation Fund is proposed by the General Assembly as an amendment to the Budget Bill, such amendment shall include language setting out the plan for repayment of such funds within three years.2003, c. 970; 2020, cc. 1230, 1275.
VA Code § 2.2-1509.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 15 - Department of Planning and Budget|§ 2.2-1509.3. Budget bill to include appropriations for major information technology projects

A. For purposes of this section, unless the context requires a different meaning:"Commonwealth Project Management Standard" means the same as that term is defined in § 2.2-2006."Major information technology project" means the same as that term is defined in § 2.2-2006."Major information technology project funding" means an estimate of each funding source for a major information technology project for the duration of the project.B. In "The Budget Bill" submitted pursuant to § 2.2-1509, the Governor shall provide for the funding of major information technology projects, as specified herein. Such funding recommendations shall be for major information technology projects that have or are pending project initiation approval as defined in the Commonwealth Project Management Standard.The Governor shall include in "The Budget Bill" submitted pursuant to § 2.2-1509 a biennial appropriation for major information technology projects and the following information for each such project:1. For major information technology projects that have been recommended for funding, a brief statement explaining the business case for the project, the priority of the project in the Recommended Technology Investment Projects Report as required by § 2.2-2007, and an explanation, if necessary, if the Governor informed the Chief Information Officer (CIO) that an emergency existed as set forth in subdivision A 5 of § 2.2-2016.1;2. Total estimated project costs, as defined by the Commonwealth Project Management Standard, including the amount of the agency's or institution's operating appropriation that will support the project;3. All project costs incurred to date as defined by the Commonwealth Project Management Standard;4. Recommendations or comments of the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission, if the project is part of a proposal under the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002 (§ 56-575.1 et seq.);5. The CIO's assessment of the project and the status as of the date of the budget bill submission to the General Assembly;6. The planned project start and end dates as defined by the Commonwealth Project Management Standard; and7. Projected annual operations and maintenance expenditures, including but not limited to fees, licenses, infrastructure, and agency and nonagency staff support costs, for information technology delivered by major information technology projects for the first budget biennium after project completion.C. The CIO shall immediately notify each member of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations of any decision to terminate in accordance with subsection B of § 2.2-2016.1 any major information technology project in the budget bill. Such communication shall include the CIO's reason for such termination.2009, c. 757; 2010, cc. 136, 145; 2011, c. 739; 2015, c. 768; 2016, c. 296.
VA Code § 2.2-1509.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 15 - Department of Planning and Budget|§ 2.2-1509.4. Budget bill to include an appropriation for land preservation

Each year the Governor shall include in "The Budget Bill" submitted pursuant to subsection A of § 2.2-1509 or in his amendments to the general appropriation act in effect submitted pursuant to subsection E of § 2.2-1509 a recommended appropriation from the general fund pursuant to subdivision D 4 c of § 58.1-512 to be allocated as follows: 80 percent of such amount to the Virginia Land Conservation Fund to be used in accordance with § 10.1-1020, with no less than 50 percent of such appropriation to be used for fee simple acquisitions with public access or acquisitions of easements with public access; 10 percent of such amount to the Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund to be used in accordance with § 10.1-2202.4; and 10 percent of such amount to the Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund to be used in accordance with § 3.2-201.2013, c. 798; 2015, c. 467.
VA Code § 2.2-1510 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 2.2 - Administration of Government|Chapter 15 - Department of Planning and Budget|§ 2.2-1510. Publication of budget highlights; public hearings

A. The Governor shall ensure that a summary of the highlights of each budget submitted pursuant to § 2.2-1508 and set of amendments submitted pursuant to subsection E of § 2.2-1509 are sent to a newspaper of general circulation in the following geographical areas of the Commonwealth: Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, Richmond/Petersburg, Central Virginia, Shenandoah Valley, Roanoke Valley, Southside, and Southwest Virginia prior to the convening of each session of the General Assembly.B. The House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations shall hold at least four regional public hearings on the budget bill submitted by the Governor. The four public hearings shall be held prior to the convening of such session of the General Assembly, at hearing sites and times as selected by the chairmen of the two committees.1998, c. 467, § 2.1-399.2; 2001, c. 844.