Item 471 | First Year - FY2027 | Second Year - FY2028 |
|---|---|---|
| Payments for Special or Unanticipated Expenditures (75800) | $1,300,000 | $1,300,000 |
| Miscellaneous Contingency Reserve Account (75801) | FY2027 $1,300,000 | FY2028 $1,300,000 |
| Fund Sources: | ||
| General | FY2027 $1,300,000 | FY2028 $1,300,000 |
Authority: Discretionary Inclusion.
A. The Governor is hereby authorized to allocate sums from this appropriation, in addition to an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 from the unappropriated balance derived by subtracting the general fund appropriations from the projected general fund revenues in this act, to provide for supplemental funds pursuant to paragraph D hereof. Transfers from this Item shall be made only when (1) sufficient funds are not available within the agency's appropriation and (2) additional funds must be provided prior to the end of the next General Assembly Session.
B.1. The Governor is authorized to allocate from the unappropriated general fund balance in this act such amounts as are necessary to provide for unbudgeted cost increases to state agencies incurred as a result of actions to enhance homeland security, combat terrorism, and to provide for costs associated with the payment of a salary supplement for state classified employees ordered to active duty as part of a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Virginia National Guard. Any salary supplement provided to state classified employees ordered to active duty, shall apply only to employees who would otherwise earn less in salary and other cash allowances while on active duty as compared to their base salary as a state classified employee. Guidelines for such payments shall be developed by the Department of Human Resource Management in conjunction with the Departments of Accounts and Planning and Budget.
2. The Governor shall submit a report within thirty days to the Chairmen of House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees which itemizes any disbursements made from this Item for such costs.
3. The governing authority of the agencies listed in this subparagraph may, at its discretion and from existing appropriations, provide such payments to their employees ordered to active duty as part of a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Virginia National Guard, as are necessary to provide comparable pay supplements to its employees.
a. Agencies in the Legislative and Judicial Departments;
b. The State Corporation Commission, the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission, the Virginia Retirement System, the Virginia Lottery, and the Virginia College Savings Plan;
c. The Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Law; and
d. State-supported institutions of higher education.
C. The Governor is authorized to expend from the unappropriated general fund balance in this act such amounts as are necessary, up to $5,000,000, to provide for indemnity payments to growers, producers, and owners for losses sustained as a result of an infectious disease outbreak or natural disaster in livestock and poultry populations in the Commonwealth. Such payments shall be made in accordance with guidelines established by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. In developing the guidelines to allocate payments, the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall consult the representatives of the affected industries.
D. Out of the appropriation for this item is included $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the second year from the general fund to be used by the Governor as he may determine to be needed for the following purposes:
1. To address the six conditions listed in § 4-1.03 c 5 of this act.
2. To provide for unbudgeted and unavoidable increases in costs to state agencies for essential commodities, services, and training which cannot be absorbed within agency appropriations including unbudgeted benefits associated with Workforce Transition Act requirements.
3. To secure federal funds in the event that additional matching funds are needed for Virginia to participate in the federal Superfund program.
4. To provide a payment of up to $100,000 to the Military Order of the Purple Heart, for the continued operation of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, provided that at least half of other states have made similar grants.
5. In addition, if the amounts appropriated in this Item are insufficient to meet the unanticipated events enumerated, the Governor may utilize up to $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the second year from the general fund amounts appropriated for the Commonwealth's Opportunity Fund for the unanticipated purposes set forth in paragraph D.1. through paragraph D.4. of this Item.
6. In addition, to provide for payment of monetary rewards to persons who have disclosed information of wrongdoing or abuse under the Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Protection Act.
7. The Department of Planning and Budget shall submit a quarterly report of any disbursements made from, commitments made against, and requests made for such sums authorized for allocation pursuant to this paragraph to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees. This report shall identify each of the conditions specified in this paragraph for which the transfer is made.
E. Included in this appropriation is $300,000 the first year and $300,000 the second year from the general fund to pay for private legal services and the general fund share of unbudgeted costs for enforcement of the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. Transfers for private legal services shall be made by the Director, Department of Planning and Budget upon prior written authorization of the Governor or the Attorney General, pursuant to § 2.2-510, Code of Virginia or Item 50, Paragraph D of this act. Transfers for enforcement of the Master Settlement Agreement shall be made by the Director, Department of Planning and Budget at the request of the Attorney General, pursuant to Item 50, Paragraph B of this act.
F. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 58.1-608.3B.(v), Code of Virginia, any municipality which has issued bonds on or after July 1, 2001, but before July 1, 2006, to pay the cost, or portion thereof, of any public facility pursuant to § 58.1-608.3, Code of Virginia, shall be entitled to all sales tax revenues generated by transactions taking place in such public facility.
G. Any amounts appropriated in this item that remain unspent at the end of any fiscal year shall be reappropriated in the next fiscal year.
H.1. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Mass Violence Care Fund (the Fund). The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All moneys accruing to the Fund, including funds appropriated for such purpose and any gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds received on its behalf, shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used for the purpose of supporting out-of-pocket health expenses for victims of mass violence.
2. Amounts in the Mass Violence Care Fund shall not be transferred or expended unless and until the General Assembly has adopted a structure for administering the Fund.
I.1. All agencies with previously authorized American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) projects that have dollars remaining unexpended as of June 30, 2026, shall provide a report to the State Comptroller and the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, detailing the agency's plan and timeline to ensure that all obligated funds are expended prior to the federal expenditure deadline. The reports shall be due by August 15, 2026, and be in a format determined by the State Comptroller and the Director, Department of Planning and Budget.
2. If the State Comptroller and the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, determine that one or more ARPA SLFRF projects will not fully expend such funds by the federal expenditure deadline, the Governor may reallocate the expected unexpended funds to one or more previously authorized ARPA SLFRF projects, up to an amount allowed under federal guidelines.
3. The Director, Department of Planning and Budget, shall report any amounts to be reallocated from such ARPA SLFRF projects to the Chairs of the House Appropriations Committee and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee 14 days before implementing the transfer of such funds.
J. From such general fund revenues as are collected for fiscal year 2026 in excess of the official fiscal year 2026 revenue estimate included in the final 2024-2026 biennial appropriation act adopted in the 2026 General Assembly Session, the first $1,109,976,618, or portion thereof, that is not required to meet a Constitutionally-mandated deposit to the Revenue Stabilization Fund, and prior to calculating the Revenue Reserve Fund and the Water Quality Improvement Fund Part A deposits, shall be reserved by the Comptroller in the Committed Fund Balance for the purpose of funding the projects authorized in Item C-29 of this act with general fund dollars in lieu of bond proceeds.