Examining Constitutional Offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia

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Examining Constitutional Officesin the
Commonwealth of Virginia
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Study Partners

• With assistance from
• The Department of Planning and Budget
• Virginia Information Technologies Agency
• Interested Stakeholders

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Reason for New Perspective

• The funding, staffing and duties of
  Constitutional Officers has been widely studied.
• However, the existing body of work pays scant
  attention to
• Activity audits
• Duplication of services between local offices and
  local and state functions
• Decision matrix development for outside-the-box
  thinking on reform.

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Studies on Constitutional Officers

• Funding of Constitutional Officers House
  Document 81 1990
• Statewide Staffing Standards for the Funding of
  Financial Officers House Document No. 75 1990
• Federal Inmate Overhead Recovery Methodology
  Options 2005
• Jail Funding in Virginia 2005
• FY 09 Fines and Fees Report 2009
• Operational and Capital Funding for District and
  Circuit Courts 2009
• Constitutional Officers Budgets and Salaries2010

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Offices Overview

• Commissioner of Revenue
• Attorney for the Commonwealth
• Clerk of Court
• Sheriff
• Treasurer
• 15.2-1601. Requirements for officers.
• The officers required by 15.2-1600 are subject
  to the residency, qualification for office,
  bonding, dual-office-holding requirements and
  prohibitions provided for in Chapter 15 of this
  title.

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Study Areas

• Past Efforts of Reform
• JLARC
• DPB / Executive Commissions
• Define what was missing
• Service Delivery
• Overlap with local services.
• Overlap with State Services.

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Study Areas - continued

• Historical Funding Methods and Metrics
• Pre-Compensation Board
• Compensation Board
• Revised Compensation Board
• Compensation Board Process
• Current System
• Historical State Funding Levels
• 20 year analysis

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Study Areas - continued

• Financial
• State and local funding.
• Competition for service delivery.
• Fee for service.

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Study Areas - continued

• Avenues of Reform
• All Offices Reviewed.
• Realignment / Combination.
• Structural
• Local / State
• Mandatory
• Optional

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Questions and Comments?