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a COJmnlOIllW€:a!t;h ft..,Uy,,, ...rl the total cost of the expense saJlaries re(IU€~stled, and itemizing each item of eXlpeIlse every such officer shall concurrently file a ofthe county or city." The Compensation reView ofbudgets. bUl1g€:ts, Compensation Board tmlding auor()ved the State appropriations Prl)C€!SS. Figure 6. constitu~ January ofeach year, the Board sends COllstitllti()mU officer a budget listing employees in the office Non-ller'SOJl1lliel items officers fill in their requested am.ounts In addition, '('or,,,,·,.,,,,,, that each office indicate, through prie~Clenllle!auTn... lr!r,,,,rl measures, "'r>1f"rifu for that office over the past evaluating the nfl,,,,,,,,',,, bll1dl~et re(IU€~st. workload ofVirginia requires that the Board by March 1. No later than days Assernb.Ly aClJCiur:ns, the Board is required to provide both the and the COIlstlitutiOJI1a1 officers estimates of the offices' budgets for next fiscal year. The holds a number of hearings around the State to requests and objections ofrepresentatives ofthe local governments or the constitutional offices. The Board approves a final budget by May 1. current provisions of statute, the constitutional the local gO~7ernmLents have the right to appeal the budgets established Board. first level the Compensation Board. This appeal is essentially a request for the recomndE~rthe budget allocations. 30 days no1;lhc::atlOn of the approved budget. The local two members co~equallywith the Compensation Board of request. local government or constitutional officer and cannot resolve their disagreement through administrative means, the second appeal to the circuit court. A three-member panel of circuit court judges appointed by the Chief Justice Supreme Court presides over the appeal. Ifthe panel rules favor ofthe COIlstJltutlO:nal otlice,r or the local government, the Compensation is by statute to provide the additional funding, if available, or the additional the General Assembly at the next legislative seSSlO:n. Compensation Board is responsible .l;!;li:penolttire reimbursements are ocuo......"'o, eXlpeIlses, and
Page 3 and 4: REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND
Page 5: Preface State funding for constitut
Page 8 and 9: e local governments' relative abili
Page 10 and 11: the constitutional offispecific eva
Page 12 and 13: current process, some changes in sy
Page 15: Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION 1
Page 18 and 19: ROLES OF THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERN
Page 20 and 21: missioner of revenue, treasurer, an
Page 22 and 23: STUDY APPROACH JLARC staff develope
Page 24 and 25: differences in the ability of local
Page 26 and 27: cost responsibility for each catego
Page 28 and 29: Exhibit 1 Workload Factors Used in
Page 30 and 31: account for regional differences in
Page 32 and 33: Recommendation (3). The General Ass
Page 34 and 35: Recommendation (5). The General Ass
Page 36 and 37: cost re~;ponsJlbiJjty State should
Page 38 and 39: Exhibit 3, a "yes" has been placed
Page 40 and 41: For some other service categories,
Page 42 and 43: A variety of other revenue sources
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Page 46 and 47: greater or equal to 1.0 can raise m
Page 48 and 49: are divided evenly between the Stat
Page 52 and 53: commissions, however, are used to f
Page 54 and 55: office, State funds one hundred per
Page 56 and 57: _...' , correspondence, vouch@ ers,
Page 59 and 60: Appendix A Study Mandate (Language
Page 61 and 62: Appendix B (Continued) Cost-of-Comp
Page 63 and 64: Appendix B (Continued) • Total Pe
Page 65 and 66: Appendix B (Continued) State and Lo
Page 67 and 68: Appendix B (Continued) • Office S
Page 69 and 70: Appendix C (Continued) COST RESPONS
Page 76 and 77: Locality Wythe York Alexandria Bedf
Page 78 and 79: To show how some of the choices can
Page 80: CJ') *"" State and Local Support fo
Page 83 and 84: State and Local Support for Local T
Page 85 and 86: SUMMARY OF CHOICES FOR EXAMPLE 2
Page 87 and 88: State 1l"'V'Oll'n..... u 2
Page 89 and 90: State and Local SunDort Commissione
Page 91 and 92: State and Local Support for Local D
Page 93 and 94: J. T. SHROPSHIRE CHAIRMAN BRUCE W.
Page 95 and 96: a s t e staff t the conclusion that
Page 97 and 98: DISAGREES that the services provide
Page 99 and 100: A second factor that makes these st
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Workload standards should accomplis
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This recommendation has, for all in
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that found in state agencies. Reque
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The Compensation Board AGREES with
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these offices. There will, also, be
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a methodology Compensation Board, a
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COll1dl11ct;ed "".>.LIeu v"''''''''
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their courts excess of the levels s
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each entitlement would be calculate
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JLARC Staff RESEARCH STAFF Director
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