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The Department shall establish, staff and maintain facilities for the rehabilitation, education, training and confinement of such juveniles. The Department may make arrangements with satisfactory persons, institutions or agencies, or with cities or counties maintaining places of detention for juveniles, for the temporary care of such juveniles.B\n\nThe Department may by mutual agreement with a locality or localities and, pursuant to standards promulgated pursuant to § 16.1-309.9, establish detention homes for use by a locality or localities for pre-trial and post-dispositional detention pursuant to §§ 16.1-248.1 and 16.1-284.1. The Department may collect by mutual agreement with a locality or localities and from any locality of this Commonwealth from which a juvenile is placed in such a detention home, the reasonable cost of maintaining such juvenile in such facility and a portion of the cost of construction of such facility. Such agreements shall be subject to approval by the General Assembly in the general appropriation act.C\n\nThe Department shall collect data pertaining to the demographic characteristics of juveniles incarcerated in state juvenile correctional institutions, including, but not limited to, the race or ethnicity, age, and gender of such persons, and the types of and extent to which health-related problems are prevalent among such persons. Beginning July 1, 1997, such data shall be collected, tabulated quarterly, and reported by the Director to the Governor and the General Assembly at each regular session of the General Assembly thereafter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":246562,"text":"The Department is authorized and empowered to receive juveniles committed to it by the courts of the Commonwealth. The Department shall establish, staff and maintain facilities for the rehabilitation, education, training and confinement of such juveniles. The Department may make arrangements with satisfactory persons, institutions or agencies, or with cities or counties maintaining places of detention for juveniles, for the temporary care of such juveniles.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":246563,"text":"The Department may by mutual agreement with a locality or localities and, pursuant to standards promulgated pursuant to § 16.1-309.9, establish detention homes for use by a locality or localities for pre-trial and post-dispositional detention pursuant to §§ 16.1-248.1 and 16.1-284.1. The Department may collect by mutual agreement with a locality or localities and from any locality of this Commonwealth from which a juvenile is placed in such a detention home, the reasonable cost of maintaining such juvenile in such facility and a portion of the cost of construction of such facility. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 14 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 262; in 1956, chapters 127 and 287; in 1962, chapter 437; in 1968, chapter 578; in 1974, chapters 44 and 45; in 1975, chapter 178; in 1981, chapter 487; in 1982, chapter 636; in 1989, chapter 733; in 1991, chapter 534; in 1996, chapters 755<\/a> and 914<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 894<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a>; in 2022, chapters 414<\/a> and 415<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55961,"section_number":"66-13.1","catch_line":"Division of Education; employment of Superintendent; powers and duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/66-13.1\/"},{"id":84862,"section_number":"66-21","catch_line":"Superintendents and agents of facilities to have powers of sheriff","order_by":null,"url":"\/66-21\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66525,"section_number":"16.1-248.1","catch_line":"Criteria for detention or shelter care","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-248.1\/"},{"id":54157,"section_number":"16.1-284.1","catch_line":"Placement in secure local facility","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-284.1\/"},{"id":71211,"section_number":"16.1-309.9","catch_line":"Establishment of standards; determination of compliance","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-309.9\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276873,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68101,"identifier":"66-13","token":"66\/2\/66-13","url":"\/66-13\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/66-13\/","token":"66\/2\/66-13","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority of Department as to juveniles committed to it; establishment of facilities; arrangements for temporary care","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 66-13","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department<\/span> is authorized and empowered to receive juveniles committed to it by the courts<\/span> of the Commonwealth. The Department<\/span> shall establish, staff and maintain facilities for the rehabilitation, education, training and confinement of such juveniles. The Department<\/span> may make arrangements with satisfactory persons, institutions or agencies, or with cities or counties maintaining places of detention for juveniles, for the temporary care of such juveniles. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department<\/span> may by mutual agreement with a locality or localities and, pursuant to standards promulgated pursuant to § 16.1-309.9<\/a>, establish detention homes for use by a locality or localities for pre-trial<\/span><\/span> and post-dispositional detention pursuant to §§ 16.1-248.1<\/a> and 16.1-284.1<\/a>. The Department<\/span> may collect by mutual agreement with a locality or localities and from any locality of this Commonwealth from which a juvenile is placed in such a detention home, the reasonable cost of maintaining such juvenile in such facility and a portion of the cost of construction of such facility. Such agreements shall be subject to approval by the General Assembly in the general appropriation act. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall collect data pertaining to the demographic characteristics of juveniles incarcerated in state juvenile correctional institutions, including, but not limited to, the race or ethnicity, age, and gender of such persons, and the types of and extent to which health-related problems are prevalent among such persons. Beginning July 1, 1997, such data shall be collected, tabulated quarterly, and reported by the Director<\/span> to the Governor and the General Assembly at each regular session of the General Assembly thereafter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT AS TO JUVENILES COMMITTED TO IT; ESTABLISHMENT OF\nFACILITIES; ARRANGEMENTS FOR TEMPORARY CARE (\u00a7 66-13)\n\nA. The Department is authorized and empowered to receive juveniles committed to\nit by the courts of the Commonwealth. The Department shall establish, staff and\nmaintain facilities for the rehabilitation, education, training and confinement\nof such juveniles. The Department may make arrangements with satisfactory\npersons, institutions or agencies, or with cities or counties maintaining places\nof detention for juveniles, for the temporary care of such juveniles.\n\nB. The Department may by mutual agreement with a locality or localities and,\npursuant to standards promulgated pursuant to § 16.1-309.9, establish\ndetention homes for use by a locality or localities for pre-trial and\npost-dispositional detention pursuant to §§ 16.1-248.1 and 16.1-284.1.\nThe Department may collect by mutual agreement with a locality or localities and\nfrom any locality of this Commonwealth from which a juvenile is placed in such a\ndetention home, the reasonable cost of maintaining such juvenile in such\nfacility and a portion of the cost of construction of such facility. Such\nagreements shall be subject to approval by the General Assembly in the general\nappropriation act.\n\nC. The Department shall collect data pertaining to the demographic\ncharacteristics of juveniles incarcerated in state juvenile correctional\ninstitutions, including, but not limited to, the race or ethnicity, age, and\ngender of such persons, and the types of and extent to which health-related\nproblems are prevalent among such persons. Beginning July 1, 1997, such data\nshall be collected, tabulated quarterly, and reported by the Director to the\nGovernor and the General Assembly at each regular session of the General\nAssembly thereafter.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 53-324, 53-330, 63-291, 63-366, 63-367, 63-368, 63-369,\n63.1-239, 63.1-245; 1950, p. 33; 1954, c. 262; 1956, cc. 127, 287; 1962, c. 437;\n1968, c. 578; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1975, c. 178; 1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636, \u00a7\n53.1-237; 1989, c. 733; 1991, c. 534; 1996, cc. 755, 914; 1997, c. 894; 2012,\ncc. 803, 835; 2022, cc. 414, 415.","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}}