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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Lingamfelter
Savings from Decreased Printing Costs

Item 473 #1h

Item 473 #1h

First Year - FY2011 Second Year - FY2012
Central Appropriations
Central Appropriations FY2011 ($750,000) FY2012 ($750,000) GF

Language
Page 336, line 22, strike "($266,987)" and insert "($1,016,987)".
Page 336, line 22, strike "($266,987)" and insert "($1,016,987)".
Page 336, after line 41, insert:
"C.1 The Governor shall continue to work with the Executive Branch and Administrative Agencies to decrease the need for printed materials, particularly those well-suited for electronic distribution on the internet.  
2.  The Director of the Department of Planning and Budget shall withhold  and transfer to this item  amounts estimated at $750,000 in the first year and $750,000 the second year as a result of savings from the reduction in expenditures for printing."


Explanation
(This amendment assumes savings of $1.5 million over the biennium from reduced expenditures for printing reports throughout state government. A companion amendment within the Virginia Tourism Corporation redirects the $1.5 million savings to fund efforts to support event planning for the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War which will promote tourism to the Commonwealth.)