Title 2.2, Title 2.2. Administration of Government

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 trai…

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. Th…

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 11 of § 2.2-1201 within 90 days of commenci…

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 23 of § 2.2-1201. Each state agency shall maintain records showing that each …

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. No state agency shall require as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state employment that an applicant have a baccalaureate degree. B. Subsection A shall not apply if the knowledge, skills, or abilities required for the position for which an applicant is appl…

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 pe…

The Department shall have the following duties: 1. Development and direction of an integrated policy analysis, planning, and budgeting process within state government. 2. Review and approval of all sub-state district systems boundaries established or proposed for establishment by…

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 performe…

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 r…

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…

A. In every year, the Governor shall by December 15 prepare and submit to the members of the General Assembly an estimate of anticipated general fund revenue, an estimate of anticipated transportation fund revenues, and estimates of anticipated revenues for each of the remaining …

A. On or before the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly, 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 submitt…

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,…

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 designate…

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…

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 beginni…

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. Recommendation…

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, …

A. On or before December 20 of the year immediately prior to the beginning of each regular session of the General Assembly held in an even-numbered year, the Governor also shall submit to the presiding officer of each house of the General Assembly, at the same time he submits "Th…

A. For purposes of this section: "Projected general fund revenues" for a fiscal year means the estimated general fund revenues for such year as contained in the six-year revenue plan submitted in the prior calendar year pursuant to § 2.2-1503. "Capital outlay project" means the s…

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 …

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 i…

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 t…

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 Commonwea…

The standing committees of the House of Delegates and of the Senate in charge of appropriation measures shall begin consideration of the budget within five calendar days after the convening of the regular session of the General Assembly to which the budget is submitted. The commi…

On or before August 15 annually, the Comptroller shall furnish to the Department the following statements, classified and itemized in strict accordance with the budget classifications adopted by the Governor: 1. A statement showing the balance standing to the credit of the severa…

A. To enable the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Finance, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations to perform their prescribed duties, the Governor shall provide: 1. Written monthly reports on the status of revenue collections relative to t…

A. As used in this section: "The Budget Bill" means "The Budget Bill" submitted pursuant to § 2.2-1509, including any amendments to a general appropriation act pursuant to such section. "Nonrecurring expenditures" means the acquisition or construction of capital outlay projects a…

As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly shows otherwise, the term or phrase: "Advisory Committee" means the Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan Advisory Committee established pursuant to § 2.2-1516. "Capital outlay project" means acquisition of real property, including build…

A. There is hereby established the Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee shall consist of the following, or their designees: the Secretary of Finance, the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget, the Director of the Department of Genera…

A. In addition to all other reporting requirements imposed upon state agencies and public educational institutions provided under law, state agencies and public educational institutions shall submit information as determined by the Advisory Committee for the initial development o…

A. 1. No later than January 13, 2009, the Governor shall submit to the General Assembly a tentative bill establishing a capital outlay plan that includes new capital outlay projects (and previously planned or authorized capital outlay projects) that the Governor proposes to be fu…

A. 1. The Central Capital Planning Fund, the State Agency Capital Account, and the Public Educational Institution Capital Account established pursuant to § 2.2-1520 shall be used to fund capital outlay projects included in the six-year capital outlay plan enacted into law. 2. In …

A. There is hereby established a special, nonreverting fund in the state treasury to be known as the Central Capital Planning Fund, hereafter referred to as the Fund. The Fund shall include such moneys as may be appropriated by the General Assembly from time to time and designate…

A. There is hereby created a Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (the Department), which shall be headed by a Director appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure. The Director shall also serve as a special assistant to the Governor for small, women-owned, …

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Certification" means the process by which (i) a business is determined to be a small, women-owned, or minority-owned business or (ii) an employment services organization, for the purpose of reporting small…

A. The Department shall have the following powers and duties: 1. Coordinate as consistent with prevailing law the plans, programs, and operations of the state government that affect or may contribute to the establishment, preservation, and strengthening of small, women-owned, and…

A. The Department shall establish and administer a pilot program whereby established businesses, or subject matter experts in relevant industry sectors, act as mentors for start-up women-owned and minority-owned businesses. In establishing the program, the Department may include …

As deemed necessary or appropriate to better fulfill the duties of the Department, the Director may: 1. With the participation of other state departments and agencies, develop comprehensive plans and specific program goals for small, women-owned, and minority-owned business progr…

The Department may establish a nonstock corporation under Chapter 10 (§ 13.1-801 et seq.) of Title 13.1 as an instrumentality to assist the Department in providing support to the small business segment of the economy of the Commonwealth. The Department may do all things necessary…

A. The Interdepartmental Board established by the Director shall be composed of heads of the several departments and agencies of state government, or their respective designees, whose functions affect small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses. The participating department…

For purposes of compliance with § 2.2-4310, a public institution of higher education that meets the conditions prescribed in subsection A of § 23.1-1002 may procure goods, services, and construction from vendors identified by such public institutions of higher education as small,…

The Director shall, from time to time, submit directly or through an assistant to the Governor his recommendations for legislation or other action as he deems desirable to promote the purposes of this chapter. The Director shall report, on or before November 1 of each year, to th…

A. As used in this section: "Authority" means the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority. "Eligible investor" means an individual subject to the tax imposed by § 58.1-320 or a special purpose entity established for the purpose of making investments for an individual. "Eligib…

A. As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Business Permitting Center" or "Center" means the business registration and permitting center established by this section and located in and under the administrative control of the Department. "Comprehe…