435#1g (DMV) Provide funding for Real ID program. SB30 - Member Request

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2006 Session

Budget Amendments - SB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Governor Kaine
Provide funding for Real ID program

Item 435 #1g

Item 435 #1g	First Year - FY2007	Second Year - FY2008
Transportation
Motor Vehicles, Department of	FY2007 $10,000,000	FY2008 $10,400,000	NGF

Language
Page 370, line 29, strike "$59,578,911" and insert "$69,578,911".
Page 370, line 29, strike "$63,949,007" and insert "$74,349,007".
Page 372, after line 3, insert:
"D. Included in the appropriation for this item is $10,000,000 the first year and $10,400,000 the second year to be used to implement federal Real ID requirements and other improvements in information technology needed to enhance the security of the issuance of drivers' licenses. The source of this appropriation is the increased revenues dedicated to transportation during the 2006 Session of the General Assembly and deposited into the Commonwealth Transportation Fund."

Explanation
(This amendment provides additional funds to support information technology needs in the agency. It is part of the Governor's transportation initiative.)

Item 435

Item 435	First Year - FY2007	Second Year - FY2008
Administrative and Support Services (69900)	$59,578,911	$63,949,007
General Management and Direction (69901)	FY2007 $28,570,066	FY2008 $28,570,066
Information Technology Services (69902)	FY2007 $26,056,266	FY2008 $30,426,362
Facilities and Grounds Management Services (69915)	FY2007 $4,952,579	FY2008 $4,952,579
Fund Sources:
Commonwealth Transportation	FY2007 $54,918,611	FY2008 $56,312,007
Trust and Agency	FY2007 $3,200,000	FY2008 $6,400,000
Federal Trust	FY2007 $1,460,300	FY2008 $1,237,000

Authority: Title 46.2, Chapters 1 and 2, and § 46.2-697.1; Title 58.1, Chapters 17, 21, and 24, Code of Virginia.

A. The Department of Transportation shall reimburse the Department of Motor Vehicles for the operating costs of the Fuels Tax Evasion Program.

B. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall retain $3,200,000 in the first year and $6,400,000 in the second year from the Department of Motor Vehicles' Uninsured Motorists Fund to effect its information technology initiatives and implementation of the federal Real ID Act. These amounts shall be from the share that would otherwise have been transferred to the State Corporation Commission pursuant to § 46.2-710, Code of Virginia.

C.1. In addition to all other fees required by law, there is imposed a one-dollar annual fee on the registration by the Department of Motor Vehicles of each pickup or panel truck and each motor vehicle, to be charged and collected at the time of registration under subdivisions A1 through A12 of § 46.2-694, Code of Virginia.

2. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall cause appropriate language and symbols calling attention to the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement in 2007 to be placed on all standard license plates issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. In each fiscal year, the funds collected from the one-dollar annual registration fee pursuant to paragraph C.1 of this Item shall be applied first to cover the costs of the Department of Motor Vehicles in administering the commemorative license program. The next $3,000,000 in funds collected under the provisions of paragraph C.1 of this Item shall be paid to the Virginia 400th Anniversary Fund to support educational programs sponsored or approved by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, community programs, facility operations and other activities related to the planning, promotion and commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Jamestown and Virginia in 2007. Any funds in excess of $3,000,000 but not greater than $6,000,000 collected under the provisions of paragraph C.1 of this Item shall be paid as follows: i) one-third of the excess amount shall be deposited to the Virginia 400th Anniversary Fund to be used for the same purposes specified above for the Fund, and (ii) one-third of the excess amount shall be deposited to the special fund of the Department of Motor Vehicles to assist with the costs of implementing Chapter 817 and Chapter 819 as enacted by the 2003 Session of the General Assembly, and (iii) one-third shall be deposited to a special fund of the Virginia Tourism Authority to advertise and market the Jamestown 2007 Commemoration. Any funds in excess of $6,000,000 collected under the provisions of paragraph C.1. of this Item shall be deposited to the Virginia Land Conservation Fund to be distributed pursuant to § 10.1-1020, Code of Virginia, and the provisions of Item 359, paragraph F, of this act.

3. The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation shall prepare an operating plan for the use of any monies paid into the Virginia 400th Anniversary Fund pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs C.1 and C.2 of this Item and receive the Governor's approval of such operating plan prior to the allotment of such monies for expenditure.

4. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the provisions of this Item to support the special license plate program and other activities in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement and Virginia not be continued past December 31, 2007.

5. Effective January 1, 2008, funds collected under the provisions of paragraph C.1 of this Item shall be used to support the information technology initiatives of the Department of Motor Vehicles and implementation of the federal Real ID Act in the Commonwealth. Any funds in excess of $6,000,000 collected under the provisions of paragraph C.1. of this Item shall be deposited to the Virginia Land Conservation Fund to be distributed pursuant to § 10.1-1020, Code of Virginia, and the provisions of Item 359, paragraph F, of this act.