Bill Text: VA HB2115 | 2017 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: General Assembly; Department of Planning and Budget to prepare fiscal impact statements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-08 - Left in Appropriations [HB2115 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2017-HB2115-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 2115 Offered January 11, 2017 Prefiled January 10, 2017 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 30-19.1:13, relating to fiscal impact statements; bills affecting revenue or establishing state programs or initiatives. ---------- Patron-- Keam ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 30-19.1:13 as follows:

§30-19.1:13. Fiscal impact statements; bills affecting revenue or establishing state programs or initiatives.

A. The Department of Planning and Budget shall prepare a fiscal impact statement for any bill, except the Budget Bill and debt bills, that increases or decreases the total revenue available for appropriation or that establishes a new state program or initiative requiring an appropriation. The fiscal impact shall include analysis of the (i) fiscal impact estimates, (ii) impact on any state entity affected by the revenue increase or decrease or charged with administering the new program or initiative, and (iii) potential costs to citizens in terms of increased taxes.

B. The Department of Planning and Budget shall forward copies of such fiscal impact statement to the Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate for transmittal to each patron of the legislation, the chairman of each committee of the General Assembly to consider the legislation, and the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Appropriations.

C. Each fiscal impact statement shall be reviewed by the appropriate staff of the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Appropriations prior to being heard by the standing committee to consider the legislation. The review shall state whether the staff person concurs with the finding of the fiscal impact statement and suggest necessary modifications, if any. The review of the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Appropriations staff shall be attached to the fiscal impact statement.