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TITLE 2.2. MISCELLANEOUS - ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT.Agency reporting requirements. Eliminates the following obsolete or duplicative agency reports: the Annual Report of the Council on Human Rights, the Use of Earnings of Industrial Schools and Workshop Report by the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, the Virginia Parks Standards by the Secretary of Natural Resources, the Chesapeake Bay Resources Report by the Department of Environmental Quality, 2001 Health Insurance Accounts Report by the Department of Human Resource Management, the Public School Teacher Compensation Report by the Director of the Department of Human Resource Management, the Intermediate Sanction Juvenile Boot Camp Annual Evaluation by the Department of Juvenile Justice, Receipts and Expenditures Report to the General Assembly by the State Forester, the Gross Amount Received from the Sale of Special Use Permits Duplicate Report by the State Forester, Unfunded Scholarship Annual Report by Institutions of Higher Learning, Issue of Bulletins and Quarterly Reports by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the Managed Care Health Insurance Plan Certification of Quality Report by the Virginia Department of Health. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Operations, Practices, Duties, and Funding of the Commonwealth's Agencies, Boards, Commissions, Councils, and Other Governmental Entities pursuant to HJR 159 (2002). HB 14; CH. 58. Capitol Square Preservation Act of 2003. Makes several changes to the Capitol Square Preservation Act of 2003 including (i) increasing the total principal amount of bonds that may be issued for the projects from $118,570,000 to $130,978,000 (and increasing the cost of specific projects by an equal amount); (ii) increasing the estimated cost of fixtures and furnishings for the Capitol Building from $5,972,000 to $13,825,000 (such amount is to be funded through private donations or other similar means of fundraising) and expanding the items to be funded thereby; (iii) authorizing the Governor to implement his plan to complete the renovations of the Old Finance Building and Washington Building projects; and (iv) requiring the Governor to prepare and present a plan to the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and Rules Committees and House Appropriations and Rules Committees on or before December 1, 2004, for the demolition of derelict buildings and development of office and parking facilities on state-owned property bounded by 8th, 9th, and Broad Streets in the City of Richmond. HB 105; CH. 897. Department of General Services; statewide translation contracts. Requires the Department of General Services, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, to establish a statewide contract for telephonic language interpretation services and other interpretation and translation services to Virginia's limited English-speaking residents, if it determines that such a contract is cost-effective. HB 302; CH. 129. Secretary of Health and Human Services; development of health-related database. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a reference database of statewide health-related data elements. In order to develop the reference database, each agency within the Health and Human Resources Secretariat shall submit to the Secretary (i) a list of the names and a general narrative description of its existing automated systems containing statewide health-related data; (ii) the hardware and software platforms upon which each identified system is running; and (iii) a data dictionary describing the data fields comprising the system, which data dictionary shall include a narrative description of each data field. The Secretary shall ensure that each agency within the Secretariat uses the database information to the greatest extent possible to improve the overall efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the services rendered by such agencies. SB 565; CH. 708. Virginia-North Carolina Interstate High-Speed Rail Compact. Establishes a Virginia-North Carolina Interstate High-Speed Rail Compact to study, develop, and promote a plan for the design, construction, financing, and operation of interstate high-speed rail service through and between points in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of North Carolina and adjacent states; to coordinate efforts to establish high-speed rail service at the federal, state, and local governmental levels; to advocate for federal funding to support the establishment of high-speed interstate rail service within and through Virginia and North Carolina and to receive federal funds made available for rail development; and to provide funding and resources to the Virginia-North Carolina High-Speed Rail Compact Commission from funds that are or may become available and are appropriated for that purpose. SB 126; CH. 662.
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