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Such city, county, or town shall become eligible to receive funds at the beginning of the next fiscal year which commences not sooner than twelve months after the filing of this notice.B\n\nNo city, county, or town shall receive any funds in accordance with the terms of this article unless it notifies the Department prior to July 1 each year that its law-enforcement personnel, whether full-time or part-time and whether permanently or temporarily employed, have complied with the minimum training standards as provided in §§ 9.1-102 and 9.1-114, unless such personnel are exempt from the minimum training standards as provided in §§ 9.1-113 and 9.1-116 or that an effort will be made to have its law-enforcement personnel comply with such minimum training standards during the ensuing fiscal year. Any city, county, or town failing to make an effort to comply with the minimum training standards may be declared ineligible for funding in the succeeding fiscal year by the Department.C\n\nA change in the form of government from city to tier-city shall not preclude the successor tier-city which continues to provide a police department from eligibility for funds.D\n\nAny county consolidated under the provisions of Chapter 35 (§ 15.2-3500 et seq.) of Title 15.2 shall be eligible to receive financial assistance for law-enforcement expenditures subject to the provisions of this article. The consolidated county shall be eligible to receive, on behalf of the formerly incorporated towns that became shires, boroughs or special service tax districts within the consolidated county, law-enforcement assistance under the provisions of this article, provided that the consolidation agreement approved pursuant to Chapter 35 (§ 15.2-3500 et seq.) of Title 15.2 provides for the additional law-enforcement governmental services previously provided by the police department of such incorporated towns.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":244172,"text":"Any city, county, or town establishing a police department shall provide the Department written notice of its intent to seek state funds in accordance with the provisions of this article. 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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 485 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 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1982, chapter 600; in 1983, chapter 4; in 1984, chapters 695 and 779; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71162,"section_number":"15.2-3500","catch_line":"Application of article","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3500\/"},{"id":54198,"section_number":"9.1-102","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Board and the Department","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-102\/"},{"id":65278,"section_number":"9.1-113","catch_line":"Compliance with minimum training standards by certain officers; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-113\/"},{"id":85516,"section_number":"9.1-114","catch_line":"Compliance with minimum training standards by officers employed after July 1, 1971, by officers appointed under \u00a7 56-353 after July 1, 1982, and by part-time officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-114\/"},{"id":75493,"section_number":"9.1-116","catch_line":"Exemptions of certain persons from certain training requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-116\/"}],"permalink":{"id":285019,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67386,"identifier":"9.1-168","token":"9.1\/1\/8\/9.1-168","url":"\/9.1-168\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-168\/","token":"9.1\/1\/8\/9.1-168","dublin_core":{"Title":"Eligibility for funds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-168","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any city, county, or town establishing a police department<\/span> shall provide the Department written notice of its intent<\/span> to seek state funds in accordance with the provisions of this article. Such city, county, or town shall become eligible to receive funds at the beginning of the next fiscal year which commences not sooner than twelve months after the filing of this notice. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No city, county, or town shall receive any funds in accordance with the terms of this article unless it notifies the Department prior to July 1 each year that its law<\/span>-enforcement personnel, whether full-time or part-time and whether permanently or temporarily employed, have complied with the minimum training standards as provided in §§ 9.1-102<\/a> and 9.1-114<\/a>, unless such personnel are exempt from the minimum training standards as provided in §§ 9.1-113<\/a> and 9.1-116<\/a> or that an effort will be made to have its law<\/span>-enforcement personnel comply with such minimum training standards during the ensuing fiscal year. Any city, county, or town failing to make an effort to comply with the minimum training standards may be declared ineligible for funding in the succeeding fiscal year by the Department. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> A change in the form of government from city to tier-city shall not preclude the successor tier-city which continues to provide a police department<\/span> from eligibility for funds. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Any county consolidated under the provisions of Chapter 35 (§ 15.2-3500<\/a> et seq.) of Title 15.2 shall be eligible to receive financial assistance for law<\/span>-enforcement expenditures subject to the provisions of this article. The consolidated county shall be eligible to receive, on behalf of the formerly incorporated towns that became shires, boroughs or special service tax districts within the consolidated county, law<\/span>-enforcement assistance under the provisions of this article, provided that the consolidation<\/span> agreement approved pursuant to Chapter 35 (§ 15.2-3500<\/a> et seq.) of Title 15.2 provides for the additional law<\/span>-enforcement governmental services previously provided by the police department<\/span> of such incorporated towns. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS (\u00a7 9.1-168)\n\nA. Any city, county, or town establishing a police department shall provide the\nDepartment written notice of its intent to seek state funds in accordance with\nthe provisions of this article. Such city, county, or town shall become eligible\nto receive funds at the beginning of the next fiscal year which commences not\nsooner than twelve months after the filing of this notice.\n\nB. No city, county, or town shall receive any funds in accordance with the terms\nof this article unless it notifies the Department prior to July 1 each year that\nits law-enforcement personnel, whether full-time or part-time and whether\npermanently or temporarily employed, have complied with the minimum training\nstandards as provided in §§ 9.1-102 and 9.1-114, unless such personnel\nare exempt from the minimum training standards as provided in §§\n9.1-113 and 9.1-116 or that an effort will be made to have its law-enforcement\npersonnel comply with such minimum training standards during the ensuing fiscal\nyear. Any city, county, or town failing to make an effort to comply with the\nminimum training standards may be declared ineligible for funding in the\nsucceeding fiscal year by the Department.\n\nC. A change in the form of government from city to tier-city shall not preclude\nthe successor tier-city which continues to provide a police department from\neligibility for funds.\n\nD. Any county consolidated under the provisions of Chapter 35 (§ 15.2-3500\net seq.) of Title 15.2 shall be eligible to receive financial assistance for\nlaw-enforcement expenditures subject to the provisions of this article. The\nconsolidated county shall be eligible to receive, on behalf of the formerly\nincorporated towns that became shires, boroughs or special service tax districts\nwithin the consolidated county, law-enforcement assistance under the provisions\nof this article, provided that the consolidation agreement approved pursuant to\nChapter 35 (§ 15.2-3500 et seq.) of Title 15.2 provides for the additional\nlaw-enforcement governmental services previously provided by the police\ndepartment of such incorporated towns.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 485, \u00a7 14.1-84.6:1; 1982, c. 600; 1983, c. 4, \u00a7 14.1-84.6:2;\n1984, cc. 695, 779; 1998, c. 872, \u00a7\u00a7 9-183.19, 9-183.20; 2001, c. 844.","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}}