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2002 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Conference Report)

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Consolidation of DBA

Item 108 #6c

Item 108 #6c

First Year - FY2003 Second Year - FY2004
Commerce And Trade
Business Assistance, Department of FY2003 $0 FY2004 ($350,000) GF

Language
Page 70, line 34, strike "$22,096,056" and insert "$21,746,056".
Page 71, after line 46, insert:
"F.  The Secretary of Commerce and Trade shall develop a plan for consolidating the Department of Business Assistance into an appropriate agency within the Commerce and Trade Secretariat.  Agencies that the Secretary shall consider consolidating the Department of Business Assistance into shall include, but not be limited to, the Virginia Economic Development Partnership and the Department of Minority Business Enterprises.  As part of this plan, the Secretary shall develop a process to transfer the  workforce-related service activities at the Department of Business Assistance to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.  Savings estimated at $350,000 the second year are anticipated from the consolidation.  The Secretary of Commerce and Trade shall report to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees by November 1, 2002, with a plan for completing the consolidation."


Explanation
(This amendment directs the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to develop a plan for consolidating the workforce services activities of the Department of Business Assistance within an existing agency in the Commerce and Trade Secretariat and combining the small business activities of the secretariat into a single agency.)