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2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 11 - Department of General Services › § 2.2-1175. Responsibilities of Director

The Director shall establish an appropriate administrative unit within the Department to manage the centralized fleet. The Director's responsibilities for the centralized fleet shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. Administering the assignment of vehicles to officers and employees of the Commonwealth;
2. Managing a pool of vehicles for short-term use;
3. Purchasing vehicles necessary to the operation of the centralized fleet;
4. Repairing and maintaining vehicles;
5. Monitoring the use of vehicles and enforcing guidance documents regarding their proper use; and
6. Maintaining records related to the operation and maintenance of vehicles, and the administration of the centralized fleet.
1989, c. 479, § 33.1-402; 2001, cc. 815, 842, § 2.1-548.03; 2013, c. 485.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 11 - Department of General Services › § 2.2-1176. Approval of purchase, lease, or contract rental of motor vehicle

A. No motor vehicle shall be purchased, leased, or subject to a contract rental with public funds by the Commonwealth or by any officer or employee on behalf of the Commonwealth without the prior written approval of the Director. No lease or contract rental shall be approved by the Director except upon demonstration that the cost of such lease or contract rental plus operating costs of the vehicle shall be less than comparable costs for a vehicle owned by the Commonwealth.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the Virginia Department of Transportation shall be exempted from the approval of purchase, lease, or contract rental of motor vehicles used directly in carrying out its maintenance, operations, and construction programs.
B. Notwithstanding other provisions of law, on or before January 1, 2012, the Director, in conjunction with the Secretary of Administration and the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, shall establish a plan providing for the replacement of state-owned or operated vehicles with vehicles that operate using natural gas, electricity, or other alternative fuels, to the greatest extent practicable, considering available infrastructure, the location and use of vehicles, capital and operating costs, and potential for fuel savings. The plan shall be submitted to the Governor for his review and approval. Once the plan is approved by the Governor, the Director shall implement the plan for the centralized fleet. All state agencies and institutions shall cooperate with the Director in developing and implementing the plan.
1989, c. 479, § 33.1-403; 1997, c. 48; 1998, c. 329; 2001, cc. 815, 842, § 2.1-548.04; 2011, c. 813; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 401.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 11 - Department of General Services › § 2.2-1176.1. Alternative Fuel Vehicle Conversion Fund established

There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Conversion Fund, hereinafter referred to as "the Fund." The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. The Fund shall consist of such moneys appropriated by the General Assembly and any other funds available from donations, grants, in-kind contributions, and other funds as may be received for the purposes stated herein. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of assisting agencies of the Commonwealth with the incremental cost of state-owned alternative fuel vehicles and local government and agencies thereof and local school divisions with the incremental cost of such local government-owned alternative fuel vehicles. Moneys in the Fund may be used in conjunction with or as matching funds for any eligible federal grants for the same purpose. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Director.
As used in this section, "incremental cost" means the entire cost of a certified conversion of an existing vehicle to use at least one alternative fuel or the additional cost of purchasing a new vehicle equipped to operate on at least one alternative fuel over the normal cost of a similar vehicle equipped to operate on a conventional fuel such as gasoline or diesel fuel.
The Director, in consultation with the Director of the Department of Energy, shall establish guidelines for contributions and reimbursements from the Fund for the purchase or conversion of state-owned or local government-owned vehicles.
2012, cc. 199, 531; 2014, c. 199; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 532.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 11 - Department of General Services › § 2.2-1177. Transfer of surplus motor vehicles

The Director may transfer surplus motor vehicles among state agencies, and determine the value of such surplus equipment for the purpose of maintaining the financial accounts of the state agencies affected by such transfers.
1989, c. 479, § 33.1-404; 2001, cc. 815, 842, § 2.1-548.05.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 11 - Department of General Services › § 2.2-1178. Use of passenger-type vehicles on an assigned basis

A. Passenger-type vehicles assigned to the centralized fleet may be assigned to persons performing state duties only if deemed necessary by the head of the agency or institution requesting such vehicle and approved in writing by the Director. Request for such vehicle shall be made in writing on forms prepared by the Department of General Services by the head of the agency or institution explaining in detail the purpose of or reason for such assignment.
B. Assignments shall be approved by the Director only on the basis of one of the following criteria:
1. The vehicle shall be driven not less than the annual usage standard. The Director shall promulgate a minimum mileage standard taking into account best value, industry standard practices, and the use of alternative transportation methods;
2. The vehicle shall be used by an employee whose duties are routinely related to public safety or response to life-threatening situations:
a. A law-enforcement officer as defined in § 9.1-101, with general or limited police powers;
b. An employee whose job duties require the constant use or continuous availability of specialized equipment directly related to their routine functions; or
c. An employee on 24-hour call who must respond to emergencies on a regular or continuing basis, and emergency response is normally to a location other than the employee's official work station; or
3. The vehicle shall be used for essential travel related to the transportation of clients or wards of the Commonwealth on a routine basis, or for essential administrative functions of the agency for which it is demonstrated that use of a temporary assignment or personal mileage reimbursement is neither feasible nor economical.
C. No assignment shall be for a period exceeding two years except upon review by the Director as to the continued need for the assignment.
D. The use of such vehicle shall be limited to official state business.
1989, c. 479, § 33.1-405; 2001, cc. 815, 842, § 2.1-548.06; 2011, c. 611.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 11 - Department of General Services › § 2.2-1179. Use of vehicles for commuting

No passenger-type vehicle purchased or leased with public funds shall be used to commute between an employee's home and official work station without the prior written approval of the agency head and, in the case of vehicles assigned to the centralized fleet, the Director. The Director shall establish guidance documents governing such use of vehicles and shall ensure that costs associated with such use shall be recovered from employees. Employees who do not report to an official work station shall not be required to pay for travel between their homes and field sites. Guidance documents established by the Director and recovery of costs shall not apply to use of vehicles by law-enforcement officers. By executive order of the Governor, such guidance documents may extend to all motor vehicles of any type owned by the Commonwealth, or such of them as the Governor may designate.
1989, c. 479, § 33.1-406; 2001, cc. 815, 842, § 2.1-548.07; 2013, c. 485.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 11 - Department of General Services › § 2.2-1180. Guidance documents governing state-owned passenger-type vehicles

The Director may establish guidance documents for the purchase, use, storage, maintenance, repair, and disposal of all passenger-type vehicles owned by the Commonwealth and assigned to the centralized fleet. By executive order of the Governor, such guidance documents may extend to all motor vehicles of any type owned by the Commonwealth, or such of them as the Governor may designate.
If any state officer, agent, or employee fails to comply with any guidance documents of the Director made pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of Administration shall be so notified, and the Comptroller shall, upon request of the Secretary, refuse to issue any warrant or warrants on account of expenses incurred, or to be incurred in the purchase, operation, maintenance, or repair of any motor vehicle now or to be in the possession or under the control of such officer, agent, or employee, or the Secretary of Administration may order the Director to take possession of any such vehicle and to return or transfer it to the centralized fleet for assignment or use as prescribed by this chapter. Regulations previously promulgated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board under the authority granted by former § 33.1-407 concerning the purchase, use, storage, maintenance, repair, and disposal of all passenger-type vehicles owned by the Commonwealth and assigned to the centralized fleet shall remain in effect until the Director establishes replacement guidance documents under the authority granted by this article.
1989, c. 479, § 33.1-407; 1990, cc. 1, 317; 2001, cc. 815, 842, § 2.1-548.08; 2013, c. 485.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 11 - Department of General Services › § 2.2-1181. Fleet Management Internal Service Fund

There is hereby established a Fleet Management Internal Service Fund to be used exclusively to finance the operations of the centralized fleet.
1989, c. 479, § 33.1-408; 2001, cc. 815, 842, § 2.1-548.09.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 11 - Department of General Services › § 2.2-1182. Definitions

A. This article shall be known and may be cited as the High Performance Buildings Act.
B. As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Centralized fleet" means the same as that term is defined in § 2.2-1173.
"High performance building certification program" means a public building design, construction, and renovation program that meets the requirements of VEES.
"Sufficient electric vehicle charging infrastructure" means provision or reservation of sufficient space to provide electric vehicle charging stations and related infrastructure, including transformers, service equipment, and large conduit, to support every centralized fleet vehicle that will be located at such building.
"VEES" means the Virginia Energy Conservation and Environmental Standards developed by the Department considering the U.S. Green Building Council (LEED) green building rating standard, the Green Building Initiative "Green Globes" building standard, and other appropriate requirements as determined by the Department.
2012, cc. 680, 793; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 473.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 11 - Department of General Services › § 2.2-1183. Building standards; exemption; report

A. Any executive branch agency or institution entering the design phase for the construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size, or the renovation of a building where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building, shall ensure that such building:
1. Is designed, constructed, verified, and operated to comply with the high performance building certification program and VEES;
2. Has sufficient electric vehicle charging infrastructure. However, the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to buildings located in the right-of-way of the Interstate System as that term is defined in § 33.2-100; and
3. Has features that permit the agency or institution to track the building's energy efficiency and associated carbon emissions, including metering of all electricity, gas, water, and other utilities.
B. Any executive branch agency or institution may exceed the design and construction standards required by subsection A, provided that such agency or institution obtains prior written approval from the Director of the Department.
C. The Director of the Department may grant an exemption from the design and construction standards required by subsection A upon a finding that special circumstances make the construction or renovation to the standards impracticable. Such exemption shall be made in writing and shall explain the basis for granting such exemption. If the Director cites cost as a factor in granting an exemption, the Director shall include a comparison of the cost the agency or institution will incur over the next 20 years if the agency does not comply with the standards required by subsection A versus the costs to the agency or institution if the agency or institution were to comply with such standards.
D. Each agency or institution shall submit an annual report to the Governor by January 1 of each year detailing the energy-efficiency and associated carbon emissions metrics for each building built or renovated in accordance with the design and construction standards required by subsection A and completed during the prior fiscal year.
2012, cc. 680, 793; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 473.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 12 - Department of Human Resource Management › § 2.2-1200. Department of Human Resource Management created; Director

A. There is created a Department of Human Resource Management (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 such powers and perform such duties as are delegated to him by the Governor or conferred or imposed upon him by law and perform such other duties as may be required by the Governor.
Code 1950, § 2-81; 1966, cc. 55, 677, § 2.1-113; 1975, c. 390; 1976, c. 761, § 2.1-114.3; 1978, c. 846; 1984, c. 720; 2000, cc. 66, 657; 2001, c. 844.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 12 - Department of Human Resource Management › § 2.2-1201.1. Criminal background checks for certain positions

The Department shall develop a statewide personnel policy for designating positions within each state agency as sensitive. Such policy shall provide that a state agency require any employee, contractor, or final candidate for employment in a position that has been designated as sensitive to submit to fingerprinting and to provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with the applicant's fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history information regarding such individual.
Each state agency shall continue to record positions designated as sensitive in the Personnel Management Information System (PMIS) to ensure that the Department has a list of all such positions. For purposes of this section, "sensitive positions" shall include those positions:
1. Responsible for the health, safety, and welfare of citizens or the protection of critical infrastructures;
2. That have access to sensitive information, including access to federal tax information in approved exchange agreements with the Internal Revenue Service or Social Security Administration; and
3. That are otherwise required by state or federal law to be designated as sensitive.
2003, c. 731; 2017, cc. 421, 431.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 12 - Department of Human Resource Management › § 2.2-1202. Review of employee compensation; biennial report on employee recruitment and retention

A. It is a goal of the Commonwealth to compensate its employees at a rate comparable to the rate of compensation for employees in the private sector of the Commonwealth in similar occupations, and consistently recruit and retain the most suitably qualified employees. To achieve this goal, the Director of the Department shall annually review (i) recruitment and retention trends, (ii) the functions performed by each classified job role, (iii) the number of employees and distribution of classified job roles across state agencies, and (iv) how the salaries for each classified job role compare to salaries paid by other employers in the Commonwealth and, as appropriate, to comparable salaries at a regional or national level.
B. The Director of the Department shall, on or before September 1 of each odd-numbered year, submit a report on (i) the classified job roles that should receive higher salary increases based on identified recruitment and retention challenges, (ii) the appropriate amount by which the salary of such classified job roles should be increased, and (iii) cost estimates for funding any salary increases to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.
1976, c. 761, § 2.1-114.6; 2001, c. 844; 2019, c. 424.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 12 - Department of Human Resource Management › § 2.2-1203. Certain information not to be made public

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.), the Department shall not disclose lists of home addresses of state employees except in accordance with regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.).
1994, c. 892, § 2.1-114.5:01; 2001, c. 844.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 12 - Department of Human Resource Management › § 2.2-1207. Long-term care insurance program for employees of local governments, local officers, and teachers

A. The Department shall establish a plan or plans, hereinafter "plan" or "plans," subject to the approval of the Governor, for providing long-term care insurance coverage for employees of local governments, local officers, and teachers. The plan or plans shall be rated separately from the plan developed pursuant to § 51.1-513.1 to provide long-term care insurance coverage for state employees. Participation in such insurance plan or plans shall be (i) voluntary, (ii) approved by the participant's respective governing body, or by the local school board in the case of teachers, and (iii) subject to regulations adopted by the Department.
B. The Department shall adopt regulations regarding the establishment of such a plan or plans, and the administration of the plan or plans.
C. For the purposes of this section:
"Employees of local governments" shall include all officers and employees of the governing body of any county, city or town, and the directing or governing body of any political entity, subdivision, branch or unit of the Commonwealth or of any commission or public authority or body corporate created by or under an act of the General Assembly specifying the power or powers, privileges or authority capable of exercise by the commission or public authority or body corporate, as distinguished from §§ 15.2-1300, 15.2-1303, or similar statutes, provided that the officers and employees of a social services department, welfare board, community services board or behavioral health authority, or library board of a county, city, or town shall be deemed to be employees of local government.
"Local officer" means the treasurer, registrar, commissioner of the revenue, attorney for the Commonwealth, clerk of a circuit court, sheriff, or constable of any county or city or deputies or employees of any of the preceding local officers.
"Teacher" means any employee of a county, city, or other local public school board.
D. The Department shall not carry out the provisions of this section if and when the Virginia Retirement System assumes responsibility for the plan or plans pursuant to § 51.1-513.3.
2002, c. 280; 2008, c. 568; 2012, cc. 476, 507.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 12 - Department of Human Resource Management › § 2.2-1208. Long-term care insurance

A. The Department of Human Resource Management shall develop, implement, and administer a long-term care insurance program for state employees and for any person who has five or more years of creditable service with any retirement plan administered by the Virginia Retirement System. The Department of Human Resource Management is authorized to contract for and purchase such coverage or use other actuarially sound funding necessary to effectuate this provision.
B. Any person eligible to participate in the long-term care insurance program established pursuant to § 2.2-1207 will not be eligible for this plan.
C. The Department shall adopt regulations regarding the establishment and the administration of the plan or plans.
D. The Department shall not carry out the provisions of this section if and when the Virginia Retirement System assumes responsibility for the long-term care coverage program pursuant to § 51.1-513.2.
2004, c. 312; 2008, c. 568.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 12 - Department of Human Resource Management › § 2.2-1209. Agency director human resource training and agency succession planning

A. The Department shall develop and administer training programs to familiarize the director of each agency in the executive branch of state government with state human resources policies, including general policies, compensation management, benefits administration, employee training, succession planning, and resources available at the Department. The Department shall offer such training programs at least twice per year.
B. The director of each agency in the executive branch of state government and the agency's chief human resource officer shall attend a training program offered pursuant to subsection A within six months after the appointment of the director. The agency's chief human resource officer shall provide subsequent training to the director on any distinct companion human resource policies of the agency that are germane to agency programs and operations. Thereafter, the director shall attend a training program offered pursuant to subsection A at least once every four years. The president of a public institution of higher education may send a designee.
C. The director of each agency in the executive branch of state government, other than an institution of higher education, shall include in the agency's annual strategic plan its key workforce planning issues. In addition, the director shall submit a succession plan for key personnel, executive positions, and employees nearing retirement to the Cabinet Secretary associated with the director's agency and the Department. The Department shall establish guidelines for the content of such workforce and succession plans. Each public institution of higher education shall prepare a succession plan for presentation to the board of visitors with a copy to the Department.
2017, c. 527.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 2.2 - Administration of Government › Chapter 12 - Department of Human Resource Management › § 2.2-1210. Parental leave

A. As used in this section:
"Eligible employee" means a classified or at-will state employee who has been employed by the Commonwealth for a minimum of 12 consecutive months.
"Parental leave" means paid leave provided at 100 percent of an eligible employee's regular salary.
B. The Department shall implement and administer parental leave for eligible employees. Following the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child younger than age 18, an eligible employee shall receive eight weeks (320 hours) of parental leave. If both parents of such child are eligible employees, each shall receive parental leave, which may be taken concurrently, consecutively, or at different times.
C. Parental leave shall be taken within six months following the birth, adoption, or foster placement of the child. Parental leave shall be taken only once in a 12-month period and only once per child.
D. Parental leave shall be in addition to other leave benefits available to state employees, including the Virginia Sickness and Disability Program under Chapter 11 (§ 51.1-1100 et seq.) of Title 51.1, sick leave under Article 2 (§ 51.1-1104) of Chapter 11 of Title 51.1, annual leave, and leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.), and shall not be counted against leave under such programs. Parental leave shall run concurrently with any leave provided to an eligible employee under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Parental leave may run concurrently or sequentially with leave provided under the Virginia Sickness and Disability Program if an eligible employee is eligible for such leave. All legal holidays designated pursuant to § 2.2-3300 shall not be counted against parental leave.
E. On July 1, 2020, and every July 1 thereafter, each state agency's human resource manager shall submit to the Department, in a form and containing such data as prescribed by the Department, a report on the use of parental leave by agency employees for the preceding fiscal year.
F. The Department shall develop and publish guidelines on parental leave that shall be exempt from the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.).
2019, cc. 829, 844.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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; and
7. 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.
2023 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.