Funding of Constitutional Officers - Virginia Joint Legislative Audit ...

current
process, some changes in system appear
appropriate time. A prepayment
system, simiilar
State Basic
tion, could nrr'\l11"110
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would rec:ei\i'e
each
State portion of approved
norcnrmo! and non-personnel costs.
To ensure local governments provide
funding for share of approved costs, a
required amount could be established.
The proposed approach would not
result in any changes in the autonomy of
the daily operations of the constitutional
offices. constitutional officer would
use the State funds at his or her discretion
for office. The
only requirements would be that funds
allocated for personnel be spent for salaries
and fringe benefit costs, and that all
expenditures
documented for
audit by State.
However, this alternative approach
would require major restructuring of the
functions performed by the State Compensation
Board. Some functions currently
performed no longer be necessary,
while new would be
required. A
these functions
is presented in IV.
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the
payment sv~>tel71
the fof/owing
of staffing
and workload data, review and approval of
non-personnel funding, periodic analysis
ofstaffing standards, annual revision ofthe
revenue capacity index, calculation of
pre-payment
expenditures
of funds for
personnel
enforcement
of required local expenditures, and
distribution of fee revenues.
The purpose of this report is to provide
the information necessary tor the
General Assembly to make decisions on
funding of constitutional officers, and to
present specific proposals for a systematic
approach to the funding process.
The funding tramework for constitutional
officers is dependent on many choices
available to the General Assemlby related
to personnel costs, cost responsibility, and
ability to pay. Among the choices are:
• staffing levels and allocations,
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salary adjustments,
cost-ot-competing T!:lt"'''1''':-
• fringe benefits,