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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 83 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1981, chapter 485; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55107,"section_number":"9.1-169","catch_line":"Total amount and method of distribution of funds to counties and cities","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-169\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":55107,"section_number":"9.1-169","catch_line":"Total amount and method of distribution of funds to counties and cities","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-169\/"}],"permalink":{"id":285031,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63497,"identifier":"9.1-171","token":"9.1\/1\/8\/9.1-171","url":"\/9.1-171\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-171\/","token":"9.1\/1\/8\/9.1-171","dublin_core":{"Title":"Distribution of discretionary fund","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-171","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In the case of a city with a population of more than 200,000 receiving per capita aid for law<\/span> enforcement in accordance with \u00a7 9.1-169<\/a> of less than sixty-five percent of the average per capita aid to law<\/span> enforcement received by all other cities with a population of more than 200,000 under such provisions, exclusive of amounts payable by reason of this section, the discretionary fund established by \u00a7 9.1-169<\/a> shall first be used to pay such city an aggregate sum so as to make its per capita receipts for law<\/span> enforcement under \u00a7 9.1-169<\/a> equal to sixty-five percent of the average per capita aid for law<\/span> enforcement disbursed to all other cities with a population of more than 200,000. The remainder, if any, shall be distributed per capita among (i) cities with populations under 200,000, (ii) eligible counties, and (iii) towns having police departments<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISTRIBUTION OF DISCRETIONARY FUND (\u00a7 9.1-171)\n\nIn the case of a city with a population of more than 200,000 receiving per\ncapita aid for law enforcement in accordance with \u00a7 9.1-169 of less than\nsixty-five percent of the average per capita aid to law enforcement received by\nall other cities with a population of more than 200,000 under such provisions,\nexclusive of amounts payable by reason of this section, the discretionary fund\nestablished by \u00a7 9.1-169 shall first be used to pay such city an aggregate sum\nso as to make its per capita receipts for law enforcement under \u00a7 9.1-169 equal\nto sixty-five percent of the average per capita aid for law enforcement\ndisbursed to all other cities with a population of more than 200,000. The\nremainder, if any, shall be distributed per capita among (i) cities with\npopulations under 200,000, (ii) eligible counties, and (iii) towns having police\ndepartments.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 83, \u00a7 14.1-84.6; 1981, c. 485; 1998, c. 872, \u00a7 9-183.18;\n2001, 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}}