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_ 623 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 469. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 6. The Director of the University of Virginia Medical Center; 7. The Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia College Savings Plan; 8. The Executive Director of the Virginia Port Authority; and 9. The Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority. Q. Out of the amounts included in this item, amounts estimated at $1,015,507 $902,706 the first year and $3,336,858 $3,069,713 the second year from the general fund is available for transfer to state agencies and institutions of higher education to fund the increases in the Virginia minimum wage scheduled for January 1, 2025 and January 1, 2026. R.1. Out of the appropriation for this item, $134,502,004 the first year and $273,010,223$275,290,398 the second year from the general fund is provided to increase the base salary of the following employees by three percent on June 10, 2024 and an additional three percent on June 10, 2025: a. Full-time and other classified employees of the Executive Department subject to the Virginia Personnel Act; b. Full-time employees of the Executive Department not subject to the Virginia Personnel Act, except officials elected by popular vote; c. Any official whose salary is listed in § 4-6.01 of this act, subject to the ranges specified in the agency head salary levels in § 4-6.01 c; d. Full-time staff of the Governor's Office, the Lieutenant Governor's Office, the Attorney General's Office, Cabinet Secretaries' Offices, including the Deputy Secretaries, the Virginia Liaison Office, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth's Office; e. Heads of agencies in the Legislative Department; f. Full-time employees in the Legislative Department, other than officials elected by popular vote; g. Legislative Assistants as provided for in Item 1 of this act; h. Judges and Justices in the Judicial Department; i. Heads of agencies in the Judicial Department; j. Full-time employees in the Judicial Department; k. Commissioners of the State Corporation Commission and the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission, the Chief Executive Officers of the Virginia College Savings Plan, and the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, and the Directors of the Virginia Lottery, the Virginia Retirement System,the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority, and the Opioid Abatement Authority. l. Full-time employees of the State Corporation Commission, the Virginia College Savings Plan, the Virginia Lottery, Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission, the Virginia Retirement System, the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority, and the Opioid Abatement Authority. 2.a. Employees in the Executive Department subject to the Virginia Personnel Act shall receive the salary increases authorized in this paragraph only if they attained at least a rating of "Contributor" on their latest performance evaluation. b. Salary increases authorized in this paragraph for employees in the Judicial and Legislative Departments, employees of Independent agencies, and employees of the Executive Department not subject to the Virginia Personnel Act shall be consistent with the provisions of this paragraph, as determined by the appointing or governing authority. However, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the governing authorities of those state institutions of higher education with employees not subject to the Virginia