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_ 631 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 471. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 benefits provided in § 2.2-1210 of the Code of Virginia for state employees. Such assessment shall also examine (i) the number of exempt individuals that would receive expanded family and medical leave benefits; (ii) the budgetary impact and salary impact associated with providing each type of benefit to each class of employee described in clause (i); and (iii) the budgetary impact on state direct aid to public education. The Commission shall submit the updated study to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations on or before December 1, 2024. 3. "Exempt individuals" for the purpose of this paragraph means a state employee, the treasurer, commissioner of the revenue, attorney for the Commonwealth, clerk of a circuit court, sheriff of any county or city, regional jail superintendent or regional jail officer, or local director of finance, or deputy or employee of any such officer, or an employee of a local school division. 4."State employee" means all persons employed by the Commonwealth or a public institution of higher education to provide services, including both salaried and wage employees, whether employed full time or part time. L. Out of the amounts in this item, $10,000,000 the first year from the general fund shall be provided to establish the Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank to finance climate initiatives. Up to $2,000,000 of these amounts may be used for administration. M. Out of this appropriation, the Governor is authorized to expend additional amounts as necessary to support costs associated with the Presidential Debate hosted by Virginia State University in October 2024. N.1. Included in this Item is $1,312,898 the second year from the general fund to support the transition offices established as a result of the 2025 elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General. Out of this amount, $1,149,898 shall be transferred, based on actual expenses, to the Department of General Services and $163,000 to the Division of Executive Administrative Services for the provision of facilities, equipment, services, and supplies required to support the transition activity. 2. The Commonwealth's financial support for the transition is to be allocated as follows: Office of the Governor: $1,194,410 Office of the Lieutenant Governor: $69,327 Office of the Attorney General: $49,161 O. Included in this Item is $652,484 the second year from the general fund to be transferred, based on actual expenditures, to the Department of General Services to support anticipated costs for the inauguration in January 2026. P. On or before June 30, 2025, the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, shall authorize the reversion to the general fund of $994,429 from the surplus balances of this program. 472. Disaster Planning and Operations (72200) 1. Agencies must ensure compliance with all use, documentation, and reporting requirements established in state and federal guidelines and laws for the use of revenues from the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). 2.a. Any previously authorized ARPA SLFRF capital project which has dollars remaining unobligated on December 1, 2024, as reported by the Department of Accounts, and which has been assigned a capital project code in the Cardinal Financial System as of March 1, 2024, shall return such unobligated funds to the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (12110). For any previously authorized ARPA SLFRF project which does not have a capital project code in the Cardinal Financial System, any dollars remaining unobligated in such projects as of October 31, 2024, as reported by the Department of Accounts, shall be returned to the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (12110). b. From the amounts returned to the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund, up to I VETO ITEM 471.L. ON PAGE 631 /s/ Glenn Youngkin 5-2-25