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No treasurer or director of finance shall be appointed fiscal agent without their concurrence. In the event such treasurer or director of finance is appointed, all disbursements on behalf of the jail or jail farm shall be by warrant signed by the chairman of the board of the jail or jail farm or his designee and countersigned by such treasurer or director of finance as fiscal agent. For his services as fiscal agent, a treasurer or director of finance thus appointed may be paid such salary supplement and reimbursed such expenses as may be agreed upon by the board of the jail or jail farm and the treasurer or director of finance. 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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 623<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":238633,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68224,"identifier":"53.1-109.1","token":"53.1\/3\/5\/53.1-109.1","url":"\/53.1-109.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-109.1\/","token":"53.1\/3\/5\/53.1-109.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Handling of funds for regional jail or jail farm; county or city treasurer or director of finance as fiscal agent","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-109.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any regional jail or jail farm constituted pursuant to the provisions of this article may appoint as its fiscal agent the treasurer of a county or city which is a member of the board<\/span> of the jail or jail farm, or in a member jurisdiction<\/span> where there is no treasurer, the director<\/span> of finance. No treasurer or director<\/span> of finance shall be appointed fiscal agent without their concurrence. In the event such treasurer or director<\/span> of finance is appointed, all disbursements on behalf of the jail or jail farm shall be by warrant signed by the chairman of the board<\/span> of the jail or jail farm or his designee and countersigned by such treasurer or director<\/span> of finance as fiscal agent. For his services as fiscal agent, a treasurer or director<\/span> of finance thus appointed may be paid such salary supplement and reimbursed such expenses as may be agreed upon by the board<\/span> of the jail or jail farm and the treasurer or director<\/span> of finance. Such salary supplement and expenses shall be borne exclusively by the regional jail or jail farm and not by the Compensation Board<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHANDLING OF FUNDS FOR REGIONAL JAIL OR JAIL FARM; COUNTY OR CITY TREASURER OR\nDIRECTOR OF FINANCE AS FISCAL AGENT (\u00a7 53.1-109.1)\n\nAny regional jail or jail farm constituted pursuant to the provisions of this\narticle may appoint as its fiscal agent the treasurer of a county or city which\nis a member of the board of the jail or jail farm, or in a member jurisdiction\nwhere there is no treasurer, the director of finance. No treasurer or director\nof finance shall be appointed fiscal agent without their concurrence. In the\nevent such treasurer or director of finance is appointed, all disbursements on\nbehalf of the jail or jail farm shall be by warrant signed by the chairman of\nthe board of the jail or jail farm or his designee and countersigned by such\ntreasurer or director of finance as fiscal agent. For his services as fiscal\nagent, a treasurer or director of finance thus appointed may be paid such salary\nsupplement and reimbursed such expenses as may be agreed upon by the board of\nthe jail or jail farm and the treasurer or director of finance. Such salary\nsupplement and expenses shall be borne exclusively by the regional jail or jail\nfarm and not by the Compensation Board.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 623.","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}}