Authority: Discretionary Inclusion.

A.1. The head of each agency in the Executive Department, except for the institutions of higher education, shall develop a plan for achieving increased productivity or budgetary savings during the 2008-2010 biennium to be submitted to the Governor no later than August 1, 2008. Such plans shall not include savings based on reductions in the nonpersonal service appropriations for transfer payments (aid to localities) subject to budget reductions in Item 475.20 of this act. The plan shall be in such form as prescribed by the Governor.

2. Upon approval of the plan by the Governor, general fund savings identified by these plans estimated at $17,500,000 the first year and $17,500,000 the second year shall be transferred to this item by the Director, Department of Planning and Budget. Any agency general fund appropriations unexpended on June 30, 2008, that state agencies identify to the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, prior to June 2, 2008, may be reappropriated to state agencies for use to offset these savings. To qualify for this purpose, such unexpended appropriations identified by state agencies must be discretionary in nature and cannot result from unexpended pass through funding to entities outside of state government, including aid to local government payments.

B. Notwithstanding Section 2.2-2813, Code of Virginia, or any other provision of law, effective July 1, 2009, executive branch agencies shall not pay per diems to citizen members of boards or commissions.  In the second year, the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, shall transfer $77,022 from agencies' general fund appropriation to this Item to reflect this purpose.

C.1 The Governor shall develop guidelines for the Executive Branch and Administrative Agencies to decrease the need for printed materials, particularly those well-suited for electronic distribution on the internet.  Beyond a limited number for senior decision makers in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of government, all annual or special reports will be made electronically available on the internet and not printed.  Within guidelines established by the Governor, there shall be business case exceptions for departments and agencies in the executive branch to request exceptions for those documents that are essential to the public and must be, given their nature and general use, made available in a printed format.  The intent of the General Assembly is, to the fullest extent possible, to make documents available to the general public on the internet and reduce the  cost associated with printing those documents.  The Governor will report to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee a plan to implement this provision within 30 days of enactment and issue guidelines for the implementation of the plan with 60 days of enactment. 

2.  General fund savings realized through reduced printing expenditures, estimated at $200,000 in the first year and $500,000 the second year shall be transferred to this item by the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget.