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2024 Special Session I

Budget Bill - HB6001 (Introduced)

Lines of Credit

Item 3-2.03

Item 3-2.03

§ 3-2.03 LINES OF CREDIT


a. The State Comptroller shall provide lines of credit to the following agencies, not to exceed the amounts shown:


Administration of Health Insurance, Health Benefits Services

$75,000,000

Administration of Health Insurance, Line of Duty Act

$10,000,000

Department of Accounts, for the Payroll Service Bureau

$400,000

Department of Accounts, Transfer Payments

$5,250,000

Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority

$80,000,000

Department of Corrections, for Virginia Correctional Enterprises

$1,000,000

Department of Corrections, for Federal Grant Processing

$1,000,000

Department of Emergency Management, for Hazardous Material Incident Response

$150,000

Department of Emergency Management, for Federal Grant Processing

$500,000

Department of Emergency Management, for Next Generation 911 service

$15,000,000

Department of Environmental Quality

$5,000,000

Department of Human Resource Management, for the Workers' Compensation Self Insurance Trust Fund

$10,000,000

Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services

$30,000,000

Department of Medical Assistance Services, for the Virginia Health Care Fund

$12,000,000

Department of Motor Vehicles

$30,600,000

Department of the Treasury, for the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund

$5,000,000

Department of the Treasury, for the State Insurance Reserve Trust Fund

$25,000,000

Virginia Lottery

$56,000,000

Virginia Information Technologies Agency

$165,000,000

Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation

$3,000,000

Department of Historic Resources

$600,000

Department of Fire Programs

$30,000,000

Compensation Board

$8,000,000

Department of Conservation and Recreation

$4,000,000

Department of Military Affairs, for State Active Duty

$5,000,000

Department of Military Affairs, for Federal Cooperative Agreements

 

$30,000,000

Virginia Parole Board

$50,000

Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council

$200,000

Department of State Police, for the Internet Crimes Against Children Grant

$3,700,000

Department of State Police, for Federal Grant Processing

$1,500,000

  

Department of Social Services, for timing issues related to the receipt of federal grants and other payments

$17,000,000

Virginia Employment Commission

$30,000,000


b. The State Comptroller shall execute an agreement with each agency documenting the procedures for the line of credit, including, but not limited to, applicable interest and the method for the drawdown of funds. The provisions of § 4-3.02 b of this act shall not apply to these lines of credit.


c. The State Comptroller, in conjunction with the Departments of General Services and Planning and Budget, shall establish guidelines for agencies and institutions to utilize a line of credit to support fixed and one-time costs associated with implementation of office space consolidation, relocation and/or office space co-location strategies, where such line of credit shall be repaid by the agency or institution based on the cost savings and efficiencies realized by the agency or institution resulting from the consolidation and/or relocation. In such cases the terms of office space consolidation or co-location strategies shall be approved by the Secretary of Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of Finance, as demonstrating cost benefit to the Commonwealth. In no case shall the advances to an agency or institution exceed $1,000,000 nor the repayment begin more than one year following the implementation or extend beyond a repayment period of seven years.


d. The State Comptroller is hereby authorized to provide lines of credit of up to $2,500,000 to the Department of Motor Vehicles and up to $2,500,000 to the Department of State Police to be repaid from revenues provided under the federal government's establishment of Uniform Carrier Registration.


e. The Virginia Lottery is hereby authorized to use its line of credit to meet cash flow needs for operations at any time during the year and to provide cash to the Virginia Lottery Fund to meet the required transfer of estimated lottery profits to the Lottery Proceeds Fund, as specified in provisions of § 3-1.01G. of this act. The Virginia Lottery shall repay the line of credit as actual cash flows become available. The Secretary of Finance is authorized to increase the line of credit to the Virginia Lottery if necessary to meet operating needs.


f. The State Comptroller is hereby authorized to provide a line of credit of up to $5,000,000 to the Department of Military Affairs to cover the actual costs of responding to State Active Duty. The line of credit will be repaid as the Department of Military Affairs is reimbursed from federal or other funds, other than Department of Military Affairs funds.


g. The Department of Conservation and Recreation may utilize the line of credit authorized in paragraph a. to continue the development of the coastal master plan, including use of a consultant to assist in the plan's development. Any funds spent from the line of credit for this purpose shall be repaid from revenues generated by the Commonwealth's participation in the sale of allowances through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and deposited to the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund pursuant to § 10.1-603.25, Code of Virginia.


h. The line of credit authorized in paragraph a. for the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, for Next Generation 911 service shall be provided to the 911 Services Board as a temporary cash flow advance. Funds received from the line of credit shall be used only to support implementation of next generation 911 service and shall be distributed in a manner consistent with § 56-484.17 (D), Code of Virginia. The request for the line of credit shall be prepared in the formats as approved by the Secretary of Finance and the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security. The Secretary of Finance and the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security shall approve drawdowns from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management's Next Generation 911 line of credit prior to the expenditure of funds.


i. The Virginia Employment Commission may use the line of credit authorized in paragraph a. with approval from the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Finance, for operational costs of the administration of Unemployment Compensation programs in times of significant increases in unemployment. For the purposes of this paragraph, significant increases in unemployment shall mean the unemployment rate is five percent or higher and is one-hundred and twenty percent of the average unemployment rate for the same 13-week period in the two previous years.