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Priority funding shall be given to multijurisdictional initiatives. No such reimbursement for costs of construction shall be made, however, unless the plans and specifications, including the need for additional personnel therefor, have been submitted to the Governor and the construction has been approved by him. Such reimbursement shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of funds appropriated to the Department. 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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 698<\/a> and 840<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2000, chapters 562<\/a> and 601<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84418,"section_number":"16.1-318","catch_line":"Powers of commission generally; supervision by Director of Department of Juvenile Justice","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-318\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":161113,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60781,"identifier":"16.1-309.5","token":"16.1\/11\/12.1\/16.1-309.5","url":"\/16.1-309.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-309.5\/","token":"16.1\/11\/12.1\/16.1-309.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Construction, etc., of detention homes and other facilities; reimbursement in part by Commonwealth","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-309.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commonwealth shall reimburse any county, city or any combination thereof for one-half the cost of construction, enlargement, renovation, purchase or rental of a detention home<\/span> or other facilities the plans and specifications of which were approved by the Board and the Governor in accordance with the provisions of subsection C of this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The construction, renovation, purchase, rental, maintenance and operation of a detention home<\/span> or other facilities established by a county, city or any combination thereof and the necessary expenses incurred in operating such facilities shall be the responsibility of the county, city or any combination thereof. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Board shall promulgate regulations to include criteria to serve as guidelines in evaluating requests for such reimbursements and to ensure the geographically equitable distribution<\/span> of state funds provided for such purpose. Priority funding shall be given to multijurisdictional initiatives. No such reimbursement for costs of construction shall be made, however, unless the plans and specifications, including the need for additional personnel therefor, have been submitted to the Governor and the construction has been approved by him. Such reimbursement shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of funds appropriated to the Department<\/span>. In the event that a county or city requests and receives financial assistance from other public fund sources outside the provisions of this law<\/span>, the total financial assistance and reimbursement shall not exceed the total construction cost of the project exclusive of land and site improvement costs, and such funds shall not be considered state funds. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONSTRUCTION, ETC., OF DETENTION HOMES AND OTHER FACILITIES; REIMBURSEMENT IN\nPART BY COMMONWEALTH (\u00a7 16.1-309.5)\n\nA. The Commonwealth shall reimburse any county, city or any combination thereof\nfor one-half the cost of construction, enlargement, renovation, purchase or\nrental of a detention home or other facilities the plans and specifications of\nwhich were approved by the Board and the Governor in accordance with the\nprovisions of subsection C of this section.\n\nB. The construction, renovation, purchase, rental, maintenance and operation of\na detention home or other facilities established by a county, city or any\ncombination thereof and the necessary expenses incurred in operating such\nfacilities shall be the responsibility of the county, city or any combination\nthereof.\n\nC. The Board shall promulgate regulations to include criteria to serve as\nguidelines in evaluating requests for such reimbursements and to ensure the\ngeographically equitable distribution of state funds provided for such purpose.\nPriority funding shall be given to multijurisdictional initiatives. No such\nreimbursement for costs of construction shall be made, however, unless the plans\nand specifications, including the need for additional personnel therefor, have\nbeen submitted to the Governor and the construction has been approved by him.\nSuch reimbursement shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of funds\nappropriated to the Department. In the event that a county or city requests and\nreceives financial assistance from other public fund sources outside the\nprovisions of this law, the total financial assistance and reimbursement shall\nnot exceed the total construction cost of the project exclusive of land and site\nimprovement costs, and such funds shall not be considered state funds.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, cc. 698, 840; 2000, cc. 562, 601.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}