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Budget Amendments - HB1600 (Floor Approved)

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Debt for State Share of Regional and Local Jail Projects (language only)

Item 264 #1h

Item 264 #1h

Finance
Treasury Board

Language

Page 323, after line 13, insert:

"3.a. Funding is included in this item for the Commonwealth's reimbursement of a portion of the approved capital costs as determined by the State Board of Local and Regional Jails and other interest costs as provided in § 53.1-80 through 53.1-82.2, Code of Virginia, for the following:

                                                

Project

Preliminarily Approved Capital Costs

Chesapeake Correctional Center

$437,603

Chesterfield County Jail - Resubmittal

$340,320

Montgomery County Jail

$221,051

New River Valley Regional Jail

$144,022

New River Valley Regional Jail - Resubmittal

$321,177

Norfolk City Jail

$843,243

Piedmont Regional Jail

$411,855

Pittsylvania County Jail

$15,076,753

Portsmouth City Jail

$26,420,944

Prince William-Manassas Regional ADC

$541,250

Total Preliminarily Approved Capital Costs

$44,758,218

b. The Commonwealth's share of the total construction cost of the projects listed in the table in paragraph C.3.a. shall not exceed the amount listed for each project.

i. Reimbursement of the Commonwealth's portion of the construction costs for projects with a total project cost less than $12,000,000 shall be subject to the approval of the Department of Corrections of the final expenditures.

ii. Reimbursement of the Commonwealth's portion of the construction costs for projects with a total project cost equal to or exceeding $12,000,000 shall first undergo a cost and design review by the Department of General Services (DGS) in accordance with Item 385 of this act. The cost target set by DGS shall include all capital project related costs, to include acquisition, soft costs, construction, and furniture, fixtures, and equipment. Upon completion of the cost review, DGS shall inform the Department of Planning and Budget, Department of Corrections, and the Chairs of the House Appropriation and Senate and Finance and Appropriations Committees the outcome of its review, upon which, the maximum of the state's reimbursement share shall be set as the lesser of the cost review target set by DGS, or the amount set forth in the above table. Reimbursement of the Commonwealth's portion of the construction costs of these projects shall then be subject to the approval of the Department of Corrections.

c. Notwithstanding any other approval provisions in § 53.1-80, Code of Virginia, these projects are hereby authorized for reimbursement in accordance with the provisions of C.3 a. and b. of this item.

d. This paragraph shall constitute the authority for the Virginia Public Building Authority to issue bonds for the foregoing projects pursuant to § 2.2-2261 of the Code of Virginia."



Explanation

(This language amendment adds 10 local and regional jails projects as eligible to receive reimbursement for the state's 25 percent share as obligated by § 53.1-80 through 53.1-82.2, Code of Virginia. Specifically, these projects would be eligible to receive up to the amounts listed and representative of the state's share, subject to the Department of Corrections' approval of the final expenditures, and for those projects with a total cost exceeding $12,000,000, to a cost review performed by the Department of General Services. Repayment of these amounts would be supported by Virginia Public Bond Authority bonds herein allocated for these purposes.)