Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 15, Code of Virginia.

A. The Department of Planning and Budget shall be responsible for continued development and coordination of an integrated, systematic policy analysis, planning, budgeting, performance measurement and evaluation process within state government.

B. The Department of Planning and Budget shall be responsible for the continued development and coordination of a review process for strategic plans and performance measures of the state agencies. The review process shall assess on a periodic basis the structure and content of the plans and performance measures, and the processes used to develop and implement the plans and measures with the goal of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of state government operations.

C.1. Notwithstanding § 2.2-1508, Code of Virginia, or any other provisions of law, on or before December 20, the Department of Planning and Budget shall deliver to the presiding officer of each house of the General Assembly a copy of the budget document containing the explanation of the Governor's budget recommendations. This copy may be in electronic format.

2. The Department of Planning and Budget shall include in the budget document the amount of projected spending and projected net tax-supported state debt for each year of the biennium on a per capita basis. For this purpose, "spending" is defined as total appropriations from all funds for the cited fiscal years as shown in the Budget Bill. The most current population estimates from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Services shall be used to make the calculations.

D. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, any school division may request the Department of Planning and Budget to assist in the coordination of a school efficiency review for the division. Such assistance shall be at the discretion of the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget. Each participating school division shall pay 100 percent of the cost of the review.

E. The Department of Planning and Budget shall provide a time and date stamp on all fiscal impact statements on bills to be considered by the General Assembly and posted on the Legislative Information System. If a fiscal impact statement is revised the new version shall clearly indicate as such. Each fiscal impact statement shall include a descriptive total of the general fund and nongeneral fund amounts of all paragraphs contained in the fiscal impact statement which describe how the costs were calculated.  This descriptive total may be included in a final paragraph or table labeled with the discrete cost items by fund source and totaled.