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Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-83.1

How state appropriations for operating costs of local correctional facilities determined

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case McCoy v. Chesapeake Correctional Center (1992)

Most recently applied in McCoy v. Chesapeake Correctional Center (April 1992)

1983, c. 358; 1992, cc. 333, 573.

The Governor's proposed biennial budget bill shall include, for each fiscal year, an appropriation for operating costs for local correctional facilities. The proposed appropriation shall include:

1. An amount for compensating localities for the cost of maintaining prisoners arrested on state warrants in local jails, regional jails and jail farms, at a specified rate per prisoner day;

2. An amount for maintaining convicted state felons in local correctional facilities, at a specified rate per felon day, pursuant to § 53.1-20.1;

3. An amount to pay two-thirds of the salaries of medical and treatment personnel approved by the State Compensation Board; and

4. An amount to be set aside for unanticipated medical emergencies.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.