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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67013</law_id><section_number>9.1-178</section_number><catch_line>Community criminal justice boards</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-152.5</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="9.1">Commonwealth Public Safety</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Department of Criminal Justice Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Comprehensive Community Corrections Act for Local-Responsible Offenders</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each county or city or combination thereof developing and establishing a local <span class="dictionary">pretrial services</span> or a community-based <span class="dictionary">probation</span> services agency pursuant to this article shall establish a community criminal justice <span class="dictionary">board</span>. Each county and city participating in local <span class="dictionary">pretrial services</span> or local community-based <span class="dictionary">probation</span> services shall be represented on the community criminal justice <span class="dictionary">board</span>. In the event that one county or city appropriates funds to these services as part of a multijurisdictional effort, any other participating county or city shall be considered to be participating if such locality appropriates funds to these services. Appointments to the <span class="dictionary">board</span> shall be made by each local governing body. In cases of multijurisdictional participation, unless otherwise agreed upon, each participating city or county shall have an equal number of appointments. <span class="dictionary">Boards</span> shall be composed of the number of members established by a resolution or <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> of each participating <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. <a id="paragraph-242897" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-178/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">board</span> shall include, at a minimum, the following members: a person appointed by each governing body to represent the governing body; a <span class="dictionary">judge</span> of the general district <span class="dictionary">court</span>; a <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> <span class="dictionary">judge</span>; a juvenile and domestic relations district <span class="dictionary">court</span> <span class="dictionary">judge</span>; a chief <span class="dictionary">magistrate</span>; one chief of <span class="dictionary">police</span> or the sheriff in a <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> not served by a <span class="dictionary">police</span> <span class="dictionary">department</span> to represent <span class="dictionary">law</span> enforcement; an attorney for the Commonwealth; a <span class="dictionary">public defender</span> or an attorney who is experienced in the defense of criminal matters; a sheriff or the regional jail administrator responsible for jails serving those <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> involved in local <span class="dictionary">pretrial services</span> and community-based <span class="dictionary">probation</span> services; a local educator; and a <span class="dictionary">community services</span> <span class="dictionary">board</span> administrator. Any officer of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> appointed to a community criminal justice <span class="dictionary">board</span> pursuant to this subsection may designate a member of his staff approved by the governing body to represent him at meetings of the <span class="dictionary">board</span>. <a id="paragraph-242898" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-178/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-128.19; 1980, c. 300; 1982, c. 636, &#xA7; 53.1-183; 1983, c. 344; 1988, c. 557; 1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 1995, cc. 502, 574, 768; 1996, c. 342; 1997, c. 339; 2000, c. 1040; 2001, c. 593; 2001, c. 844; 2002, c. 491; 2004, c. 395; 2007, c. 133.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
