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_ 554 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 401. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 C. Included within this appropriation is $570,901 the first year and $570,901 the second year from the general fund that shall only be used for costs associated with transforming the agency's information systems to conform with standards of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. D. Out of this appropriation, $281,240 the first year and $281,240 the second year from the general fund is included for the financing costs of purchasing vehicles through the state's master equipment lease purchase program. It is the intent that the Department of Emergency Management establish a schedule for replacing emergency response vehicles using the master equipment lease purchase program. E. Included in this appropriation is $90,000 in the first year and $90,000 in the second year from the general fund to support regional satellite communications used by the agency in the event of an emergency. F. Included in this appropriation is $42,000 the first year and $42,000 the second year from the general fund to replace radios for regional coordinators, hazardous materials officers, disaster response and recovery officers, and other regional staff. The radios shall be inter- operable with the State Agencies Radio System (STARS), and shall be acquired through the master equipment lease program. 402. A. All funds transferred to the Department of Emergency Management pursuant to the Governor's authority under § 44-146.28, Code of Virginia, shall be deposited into a special fund account to be used only for Disaster Recovery. B. Included in the Federal Trust appropriation are amounts estimated at $34,592 the first year and $34,592 the second year, to pay for statewide indirect cost recoveries of this agency. Actual recoveries of statewide indirect costs up to the level of these estimates shall be exempt from payment into the general fund, as provided by § 4-2.03 of this act. Amounts recovered in excess of these estimates shall be deposited to the general fund. 403. Information Systems Management and Direction (71100) $2,755,882 $2,755,882 Geographic Information Access Services (71105) $2,755,882 $2,755,882 Fund Sources: Dedicated Special Revenue $2,755,882 $2,755,882 Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 20.1, Code of Virginia. A.1. All state and nonstate agencies receiving an appropriation in Part 1 shall comply with the guidelines and related procedures issued by Department of Emergency Management for effective management of geographic information systems in the Commonwealth. 2. All state and nonstate agencies identified in paragraph A.1. that have a geographic information system, shall assist the department by providing any requested information on the systems including current and planned expenditures and activities, and acquired resources. 3. The State Corporation Commission, the Virginia Employment Commission, the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, and other nongeneral fund agencies are encouraged to use their own fund sources for the acquisition of hardware and development of data for the spatial data library in the Virginia Geographic Information Network. B. The Department of Emergency Management, through its Geographic Information Network Division (VGIN), or its counterpart, shall acquire on a four-year cycle high-resolution digital orthophotography of the land base of Virginia pursuant to VGIN's Virginia Base Mapping Program (VBMP) and digital road centerline files. VGIN shall administer the maintenance of the VBMP and appropriate addressing and standardized attribution in collaboration with local governments. All digital orthophotography, Digital Terrain Models and ancillary data produced by the VBMP, but not including digital road centerline files, shall be the property of the Commonwealth of Virginia and administered by VGIN. The VGIN, or its counterpart, will be responsible for protecting the data through appropriate license agreements and establishing appropriate terms, conditions, charges and any limitations on use of the data. VGIN will license the data at no charge (other than media / transfer costs) to Virginia governmental entities or their agents. Such data shall not be subject to release by such entities