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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68224</law_id><section_number>53.1-109.1</section_number><catch_line>Handling of funds for regional jail or jail farm; county or city treasurer or director of finance as fiscal agent</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Local Correctional Facilities</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Regional Jails and Jail Farms</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any regional jail or jail farm constituted pursuant to the provisions of this article may appoint as its fiscal agent the treasurer of a county or city which is a member of the <span class="dictionary">board</span> of the jail or jail farm, or in a member <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> where there is no treasurer, the <span class="dictionary">director</span> of finance. No treasurer or <span class="dictionary">director</span> of finance shall be appointed fiscal agent without their concurrence. In the event such treasurer or <span class="dictionary">director</span> of finance is appointed, all disbursements on behalf of the jail or jail farm shall be by warrant signed by the chairman of the <span class="dictionary">board</span> of the jail or jail farm or his designee and countersigned by such treasurer or <span class="dictionary">director</span> of finance as fiscal agent. For his services as fiscal agent, a treasurer or <span class="dictionary">director</span> of finance thus appointed may be paid such salary supplement and reimbursed such expenses as may be agreed upon by the <span class="dictionary">board</span> of the jail or jail farm and the treasurer or <span class="dictionary">director</span> of finance. Such salary supplement and expenses shall be borne exclusively by the regional jail or jail farm and not by the Compensation <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.</p></section></text><history>1996, c. 623.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
