Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 11, Articles 4 and 6; § 58.1-3403, Code of Virginia.

A.1. Statewide Building Management includes an internal service fund. The amounts for this service area shall be paid solely from revenues derived for services. The estimated cost is $7,132,931 the first year and $7,239,493 the second year.

2. Also in Statewide Building Management is an internal service fund supported from revenues derived from rental charges assessed to occupants for seat-of-government buildings controlled, maintained and operated by the Department of General Services, excluding the building occupants that currently have maintenance service agreements with the department. The estimated cost for this service area is $26,845,376 $30,408,000 the first year and $27,959,505 $30,408,000 the second year for facilities at the seat of government, and a sum sufficient for maintenance and operation of such other state-owned facilities as the Governor or department may direct, as otherwise provided by law.

3. Further, out of the estimated cost for this service area, amounts estimated at $1,640,000 the first year and $1,640,000 the second year shall be paid for Payment in Lieu of Taxes. In addition to the amounts for the sum sufficient, the following sums, estimated at the amounts shown for this purpose, are included in the appropriations for the agencies identified:

B.1. Statewide Engineering and Architectural Services include an internal service fund to support the Bureau of Capital Outlay Management. This internal service fund shall consist of the fees imposed upon state agencies and institutions of higher education for the review of architectural, mechanical, and life safety plans of capital outlay projects. The estimated total amount to be collected by this fund is a sum sufficient estimated at $3,350,000 in the first year and $3,500,000 in the second year.

2. Under the internal service fund, the Department of General Services shall review 85 percent of all capital outlay projects within 14 calendar days, 95 percent within 21 calendar days, and 100 percent within 28 days of submission. The Department of General Services also shall work with its client agencies and institutions to develop estimated budgetary standards for the hours and associated costs of review that will be required for different project types.

3. In administering this internal service fund, the Department of General Services may dedicate a full-time position to conduct fire and life safety code reviews for any institution of higher education that generates a high volume of capital outlay projects on a routine basis. This dedicated reviewer shall report to the Director, Bureau of Capital Outlay Management but may be located at the institution of higher education. The cost of the dedicated reviewer shall be borne by the higher education institution.

C. Interest on the employee vehicle parking fund authorized by § 4-6.04 c of this act shall be added to the fund as earned.

D. Included in this Item is $311,004 the first year and $311,004 the second year from the general fund to maintain and oversee the Facility Inventory Condition and Assessment system.  The general fund dollars are to be supplemented by fees assessed to state agencies and institutions of higher education.  The Department of General Services, in conjunction with the Department of Planning and Budget, shall develop guidelines for these fees.

E. The Department of General Services shall, in conjunction with affected agencies, develop, implement, and administer a consolidated mail function to process inbound and outbound mail for agencies located in the Richmond metropolitan area.  The consolidated mail function shall include the establishment of a centralized mail receiving and outbound processing location or locations, and the enhancement of mail security capabilities within these location(s).

F. All new and renovated state-owned facilities, if the renovations are in excess of 50 percent of the structure's assessed value, that are over 5,000 gross square feet shall be designed and constructed consistent with energy performance standards at least as stringent as the U.S. Green Building Councils LEED rating system or the Green Globes rating system.