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In cases of multijurisdictional participation, each ordinance or resolution shall identify the chosen administrator and fiscal agent as set forth in § 9.1-183. Such ordinances or resolutions shall be provided to the Director of the Department, regardless of funding source for the established programs.B\n\nAny local community-based probation services agency established pursuant to this article shall be available as a sentencing alternative for persons sentenced to incarceration in a local correctional facility or who otherwise would be sentenced to incarceration and who would have served their sentence in a local or regional correctional facility.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":217995,"text":"Any city, county, or combination thereof, which elects to, or is required to establish services shall participate in a local community-based probation services agency by ordinance or resolution of its governing authority. 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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 196 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 1992 \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 2000, chapter 1040<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 133<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54673,"section_number":"9.1-183","catch_line":"City or county to act as administrator and fiscal agent","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-183\/"}],"permalink":{"id":285085,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59499,"identifier":"9.1-181","token":"9.1\/1\/9\/9.1-181","url":"\/9.1-181\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-181\/","token":"9.1\/1\/9\/9.1-181","dublin_core":{"Title":"Eligibility to participate","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-181","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any city, county, or combination thereof, which elects to, or is required to establish services shall participate in a local community-based probation<\/span> services agency by ordinance<\/span> or resolution of its governing authority. In cases of multijurisdictional participation, each ordinance<\/span> or resolution shall identify the chosen administrator and fiscal agent as set forth in § 9.1-183<\/a>. Such ordinances<\/span> or resolutions shall be provided to the Director of the Department<\/span>, regardless of funding source for the established programs. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any local community-based probation<\/span> services agency established pursuant to this article shall be available as a sentencing alternative for persons sentenced to incarceration in a local correctional facility or who otherwise would be sentenced to incarceration and who would have served their sentence in a local or regional correctional facility. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE (\u00a7 9.1-181)\n\nA. Any city, county, or combination thereof, which elects to, or is required to\nestablish services shall participate in a local community-based probation\nservices agency by ordinance or resolution of its governing authority. In cases\nof multijurisdictional participation, each ordinance or resolution shall\nidentify the chosen administrator and fiscal agent as set forth in §\n9.1-183. Such ordinances or resolutions shall be provided to the Director of the\nDepartment, regardless of funding source for the established programs.\n\nB. Any local community-based probation services agency established pursuant to\nthis article shall be available as a sentencing alternative for persons\nsentenced to incarceration in a local correctional facility or who otherwise\nwould be sentenced to incarceration and who would have served their sentence in\na local or regional correctional facility.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 196, \u00a7 53.1-185.1; 1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 2000, c.\n1040; 2001, c. 844; 2007, c. 133.","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}}