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2022 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Conference Report)

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Combined Reserve Fund Balance Limitation (language only)

Item 267 #1c

Item 267 #1c

Finance
Department of Accounts Transfer Payments

Language

Page 268, strike lines 46 through 50.

Page 268, after line 45, insert:

"C.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection E of § 2.2-1829 and subsection F of § 2.2-1831.3, Code of Virginia, through June 30, 2024, the combined amount in the Revenue Stabilization Fund and the Revenue Reserve Fund shall not exceed 20 percent of the Commonwealth's average annual tax revenues derived from taxes on income and retail sales as certified by the Auditor of Public Accounts for the three fiscal years immediately preceding.

2. The Secretary of Finance shall prepare a report to include recommendations for consideration of any adjustments to, or a removal of, the existing cap on the combined balance of the Revenue Stabilization Fund and the Revenue Reserve Fund, pursuant to subsection E of § 2.2-1829 and subsection F of § 2.2-1831.3, Code of Virginia, which shall be delivered to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Appropriations Committee and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee by September 1, 2022."



Explanation

(This amendment includes language allowing for the current statutory cap on the combined balance of the Rainy Day Fund and the Revenue Reserve Fund to not exceed 20% of the Commonwealth's average annual tax revenues derived from taxes on income and retail sales as certified by the Auditor of Public Accounts for the three fiscal years immediately preceding, from its current limitation of 15%, and directs the Secretary of Finance to deliver a report including recommendations on the modification to or removal of the existing statutory cap on the combined balance by September 1, 2022.)