Authority: Discretionary Inclusion

A. To accomplish savings estimated at $87,297,805 the second year, the Department of Planning and Budget is hereby authorized to reduce the general fund appropriation for operating expenses of each agency in the Executive Department, as contained in Part 1 of this act; by a maximum of three percent (3%) the second year. In the case of agencies with 25 or fewer employees, the savings may be different than the cited percentage for an individual agency, provided that the combined savings for all agencies shall be equal to the cited percentage. The savings resulting from such withheld appropriations shall be transferred to this item.

B. In implementing reductions contained in this item, the amounts appropriated in Items 156, 157, 158 and 159 of this act for the Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled at Hampton and the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at Staunton shall not be reduced.