                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUBMISSION OF EXECUTIVE BUDGET TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY (§ 2.2-1508)

A. On or before December 20 in the year immediately prior to the beginning of
each regular session of the General Assembly held in an even-numbered year, the
Governor shall submit to the presiding officer of each house of the General
Assembly printed copies of a budget document, which shall be known as &#8220;The
Executive Budget,&#8221; based on his own conclusions and judgment, containing
the following:

   1. For each agency, the amount and number of positions appropriated for the
   current appropriation year and the amount and number of positions recommended
   for each year of the ensuing biennial period beginning with the first day of
   July thereafter, accompanied by an explanation of the recommended amount and
   number of positions. Such information shall also include the total estimated
   amount appropriated for personnel costs for each agency.

   2. A statement of historical and projected trends that influence the general
   economic conditions in the Commonwealth and a statement of the economic
   assumptions upon which revenue projections are based.

   3. A statement of the Governor&#8217;s proposed goals, objectives, and
   policies in the areas of:
   				a. Administration of justice;
   				b. Education, including intellectual and cultural development;
   				c. Individual and family services;
   				d. Resources and economic development, including specific references to
   economic development and management of natural resources;
   				e. Transportation; and
   				f. General government, including therein or as separate categories areas
   of multiple impact, such as telecommunications, energy, and urban development.

   4. A statement organized by function, primary agency, and proposed
   appropriation item that sets forth:
   				a. Identification of common programs and services;
   				b. Service attainments or lack of attainments and service terminations or
   reductions for the biennium;
   				c. Major goals, objectives, and specific outcomes related to expenditures
   for programs;
   				d. Program measures and performance standards to be used in monitoring and
   evaluating services; and the development of appropriate evaluation cycles,
   within available resources;
   				e. The amount of each primary agency&#8217;s budget that is direct aid to
   localities.

   5. A statement of proposed capital appropriations organized by the primary
   agency that sets forth the program need for the project and the proposed
   source of funding.

   6. A listing of all activity, program-related, agency or departmental
   evaluations performed in the previous two years with guidance indicating the
   manner in which the public can gain access to the full text of such studies.

   7. A schedule and description of all data processing or other projects in
   which the Commonwealth has entered into or plans to enter into a contract,
   agreement or other financing agreement or such other arrangement that requires
   that the Commonwealth either pay for the contract by foregoing revenue
   collections, or allows or assigns to another party the collection on behalf of
   or for the Commonwealth any fees, charges, or other assessment or revenues to
   pay for the project. Such schedule shall include by agency and project (i) a
   summary of the terms, (ii) the anticipated duration, and (iii) cost or charges
   to any user, whether a state agency or institutions or other party not
   directly a party to the project arrangements. The description shall also
   include any terms or conditions that bind the Commonwealth or restrict the
   Commonwealth operations and the methods of procurement employed to reach such
   terms.

B. On or before December 20 of the year immediately prior to the beginning of
the regular session of the General Assembly held in odd-numbered years, the
Governor shall submit to the presiding officer of each house of the General
Assembly printed copies of a budget document, which shall be known as
&#8220;Executive Amendments to the Appropriation Act,&#8221; describing all
gubernatorial amendments proposed to the general appropriation act enacted in
the immediately preceding even-numbered session.

C. The Department of Planning and Budget shall prepare &#8220;The Executive
Budget&#8221; and the &#8220;Executive Amendments to the Appropriation
Act&#8221; in a manner and with language that can be easily understood by the
citizens of the Commonwealth and that provides, to the extent practical, a
cross-reference to the Governor&#8217;s recommended budget bill or amendments to
the Appropriation Act. Such documents shall also be placed on the Internet to
provide easy access by the public.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 2-54; 1954, c. 673; 1966, c. 677, § 2.1-60; 1968, c.
683; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 57; 1975, c. 325; 1976, c. 760, § 2.1-398; 1977, c.
656; 1978, c. 570; 1979, cc. 319, 320; 1981, c. 114; 1992, c. 582; 2001, c. 844;
2003, cc. 190, 888; 2009, c. 536.