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Should an unexpended balance of state funds exist at the end of the apportionment year, the unencumbered funds in such balance may be reverted to the local treasury and subsequently shall be expended for operating expenses of local correctional facilities. In the case of regional correctional facilities, the unexpended balance of state funds shall be apportioned by the regional facility’s governing body to the participating localities based on the number of prisoner days of persons confined in the facility from each jurisdiction.\n\t\tEach locality shall keep records of receipts and disbursements of state funds received pursuant to \u00a7 53.1-85. 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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 636 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 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60462,"section_number":"53.1-84","catch_line":"State funds available to local correctional facilities for operating costs","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-84\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":65680,"section_number":"53.1-85","catch_line":"Time and manner of payment","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-85\/"}],"permalink":{"id":238419,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86228,"identifier":"53.1-86","token":"53.1\/3\/3\/53.1-86","url":"\/53.1-86\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-86\/","token":"53.1\/3\/3\/53.1-86","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitation on use of state funds; records of receipts and disbursements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-86","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No locality receiving state funds under \u00a7 53.1-85<\/a> shall use such funds for any purpose other than for paying expenses incurred as the result of the confinement of persons in local correctional facilities. The Department<\/span> shall require a locality to return any portion of state funds expended in violation of this provision to the state treasury. Should an unexpended balance of state funds exist at the end of the apportionment year, the unencumbered funds in such balance may be reverted to the local treasury and subsequently shall be expended for operating expenses of local correctional facilities. In the case of regional correctional facilities, the unexpended balance of state funds shall be apportioned by the regional facility’s governing body to the participating localities based on the number of prisoner days of persons confined in the facility from each jurisdiction<\/span>.\n\t\tEach locality shall keep records of receipts and disbursements of state funds received pursuant to \u00a7 53.1-85<\/a>. Such records shall be open for evaluation by the Department<\/span> and audit by the Auditor of Public Accounts.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATION ON USE OF STATE FUNDS; RECORDS OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS (\u00a7\n53.1-86)\n\nNo locality receiving state funds under \u00a7 53.1-85 shall use such funds for any\npurpose other than for paying expenses incurred as the result of the confinement\nof persons in local correctional facilities. The Department shall require a\nlocality to return any portion of state funds expended in violation of this\nprovision to the state treasury. Should an unexpended balance of state funds\nexist at the end of the apportionment year, the unencumbered funds in such\nbalance may be reverted to the local treasury and subsequently shall be expended\nfor operating expenses of local correctional facilities. In the case of regional\ncorrectional facilities, the unexpended balance of state funds shall be\napportioned by the regional facility’s governing body to the participating\nlocalities based on the number of prisoner days of persons confined in the\nfacility from each jurisdiction.\n\t\tEach locality shall keep records of receipts and disbursements of state funds\nreceived pursuant to \u00a7 53.1-85. Such records shall be open for evaluation by\nthe Department and audit by the Auditor of Public Accounts.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 636.","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}}