Chief Patron: Hanger
Staffing for the Commonwealth Competition Council

Item 283 #1s

Language
Page 208, line 23, strike "$5,551,734" and insert "$5,801,734".
Page 208, line 23, strike "$5,586,983" and insert "$5,836,983".
Page 208, line 27, following "Virginia" insert "and Title 2.2, Chapter 26, Article 8, Code of Virginia".
Page 209, following line 9, insert:
"D.1. The Department of Planning and Budget shall provide staffing and operational support for the Commonwealth Competition Council.  Other state agencies and institutions of the Commonwealth shall assist the Commonwealth Competition Council in its work, upon request of the chairman of the Council.
2. There is hereby created on the books of the Comptroller a special, nonreverting fund known as the "Commonwealth Competition Council Savings Recovery Fund." The special fund appropriation in this item provides $250,000 each year from the Fund to cover the costs of the staffing and operational support that the Department of Planning and Budget provides to the council.
3. Prior to April 1 of each year, the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget shall notify the Auditor of Public Accounts of any savings recommendations put forth by the Commonwealth Competition Council in which the savings are likely to be realized in the current fiscal year or in the fiscal year beginning on the next July 1 after such notification.  The Auditor of Public Accounts shall audit the implementation of such savings recommendations and shall certify to the state Comptroller by June 1 each year the total of any savings realized by state agencies or institutions as a result of the recommendations of the Commonwealth Competition Council. By July 1 of each year, the State Comptroller shall transfer 10 percent of such certified savings to the Commonwealth Competition Council Savings Recovery Fund for support of the Council's operations.  If such savings have since accrued to the benefit of the general fund of the Commonwealth, either by subsequent budgetary action or by reversion, at the time of such certification by the Auditor of Public Accounts, the State Comptroller shall transfer the equivalent of 10 percent of the affected certified savings from the general fund to the Commonwealth Competition Council Savings Recovery Fund.  The total amount transferred to the Commonwealth Competition Council Savings Recovery Fund in accordance with the above provisions shall not exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year.".

Explanation
(This amendment is one of two that transfer staffing of the Commonwealth Competition Council to the Department of Planning and Budget. The companion amendment is drawn to item 62.)