PRIORITIES In light of the large number of projects authorized in recent years, revenue challenges, and the desire for the Commonwealth to not exceed its debt capacity, agency requests for general fund-related projects only in the following categories will be considered: Projects that address an immediate safety, health, regulatory, or environmental concern; Equipment for projects previously approved for construction; Supplemental funding for projects previously approved for construction; Projects for which preplanning or detailed planning was authorized prior to 2016 and are expected to be completed and reviewed by the Bureau of Capital Outlay Management (BCOM) by November, 2017; and Renovation of existing buildings to remedy serious programmatic or building deficiencies. . In the bond legislation enacted in 2016 (Chapters 759 and 769, 2016 Acts of Assembly), numerous capital projects were authorized to proceed to the detailed planning state, effective July 1, 2017. Those provisions also state that agencies are not to submit planning documents for those projects to the Governor prior to July 1, 2018, in preparation for the submission to the 2019 Session. Accordingly, no requests for construction funding for any projects listed in Enactment Clause 4 of Chapters 759 and 769 will be considered. In addition, none of the projects newly authorized for planning in the 2017 Appropriation Act (Chapter 836) will be considered for construction funding in this year’s submission. GENERAL PROCESS Almost all projects approved for funding from general fund-related sources will be placed in a funding pool. Other projects, i.e. those funded from nongeneral funds, institutional debt (9(d) bonds), or nongeneral fund-related state debt (9(c) bonds), will be set out as stand-alone projects in the budget bill and resulting Appropriation Act. Pool projects Sections 2.2-1519 and 2.2-1520 of the Code of Virginia establish capital project pools and set out the procedures for implementing the pool process. The Appropriation Act or separate bond legislation will establish the total appropriation available for all projects in the pool. The Act or separate bond legislation will also list the projects to be funded from that appropriation, but will not list amounts for the individual projects.
PRIORITIES In light of the large number of projects authorized in recent years, revenue challenges, and the desire for the Commonwealth to not exceed its debt capacity, agency requests for general fund-related projects only in the following categories will be considered: Projects that address an immediate safety, health, regulatory, or environmental concern; Equipment for projects previously approved for construction; Supplemental funding for projects previously approved for construction; Projects for which preplanning or detailed planning was authorized prior to 2016 and are expected to be completed and reviewed by the Bureau of Capital Outlay Management (BCOM) by November, 2017; and Renovation of existing buildings to remedy serious programmatic or building deficiencies. . In the bond legislation enacted in 2016 (Chapters 759 and 769, 2016 Acts of Assembly), numerous capital projects were authorized to proceed to the detailed planning state, effective July 1, 2017. Those provisions also state that agencies are not to submit planning documents for those projects to the Governor prior to July 1, 2018, in preparation for the submission to the 2019 Session. Accordingly, no requests for construction funding for any projects listed in Enactment Clause 4 of Chapters 759 and 769 will be considered. In addition, none of the projects newly authorized for planning in the 2017 Appropriation Act (Chapter 836) will be considered for construction funding in this year’s submission. GENERAL PROCESS Almost all projects approved for funding from general fund-related sources will be placed in a funding pool. Other projects, i.e. those funded from nongeneral funds, institutional debt (9(d) bonds), or nongeneral fund-related state debt (9(c) bonds), will be set out as stand-alone projects in the budget bill and resulting Appropriation Act. Pool projects Sections 2.2-1519 and 2.2-1520 of the Code of Virginia establish capital project pools and set out the procedures for implementing the pool process. The Appropriation Act or separate bond legislation will establish the total appropriation available for all projects in the pool. The Act or separate bond legislation will also list the projects to be funded from that appropriation, but will not list amounts for the individual projects.
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