Authority: Discretionary Inclusion

A. Appropriation reductions in this Item reflect amounts and specified in Section 4-1.08 of this act which shall apply notwithstanding any language and amounts to the contrary within other Items of this act. The amounts for Savings From Management Actions are from reduction strategies listed in the Governor's 2008-2010 Budget Reduction Plan submitted in Part D of the 2009 Budget Document and Section 4-1.08 of this act and approved by the 2009 Session of the General Assembly. The amounts for Savings From Management Actions in the FY 2010 Reduction Plan are from reduction strategies contained in the Governor's FY 2010 Reduction Plan, which was issued in September 2009, and listed in Section 4-1.08 of this act.

B. This appropriation also reflects savings resulting from information technology and telecommunications operating efficiencies achieved by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency through renegotiated service rates and reduced overhead costs for services provided to customers. The Department of Planning and Budget is hereby authorized to reduce the general fund appropriation of each agency and institution in the Executive Department, as contained in Part 1 of this act, by an amount determined by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to be each agency's share of savings. The general fund amount, estimated at $1,298,465 the second year, shall be transferred to this Item. The nongeneral fund amount, estimated at $506,445 the second year, shall be transferred to the general fund by the State Comptroller pursuant to the provisions of § 3-1.01 of this act. The Department of Planning and Budget shall provide to the State Comptroller the agency-specific detail necessary to effect these transfers.