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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 358 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. Unfortunately, the 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1992, chapters 333 and 573.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67578,"section_number":"2.2-612","catch_line":"Notification to localities of reduction or discontinuation of service","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-612\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":79007,"section_number":"53.1-20.1","catch_line":"Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-20.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":238407,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84541,"identifier":"53.1-83.1","token":"53.1\/3\/3\/53.1-83.1","url":"\/53.1-83.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-83.1\/","token":"53.1\/3\/3\/53.1-83.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"How state appropriations for operating costs of local correctional facilities determined","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-83.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> 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; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> An amount for maintaining convicted state felons in local correctional facilities, at a specified rate per felon day, pursuant to § 53.1-20.1<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> An amount to pay two-thirds of the salaries of medical and treatment personnel approved by the State Compensation Board<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> An amount to be set aside for unanticipated medical emergencies. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW STATE APPROPRIATIONS FOR OPERATING COSTS OF LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES\nDETERMINED (\u00a7 53.1-83.1)\n\nThe Governor’s proposed biennial budget bill shall include, for each\nfiscal year, an appropriation for operating costs for local correctional\nfacilities. The proposed appropriation shall include:\n\n1. An amount for compensating localities for the cost of maintaining prisoners\narrested on state warrants in local jails, regional jails and jail farms, at a\nspecified rate per prisoner day;\n\n2. An amount for maintaining convicted state felons in local correctional\nfacilities, at a specified rate per felon day, pursuant to § 53.1-20.1;\n\n3. An amount to pay two-thirds of the salaries of medical and treatment\npersonnel approved by the State Compensation Board; and\n\n4. An amount to be set aside for unanticipated medical emergencies.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 358; 1992, cc. 333, 573.","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}}