                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT; PROVISION OF QUARTERS, UTILITIES, AND OFFICE EQUIPMENT TO
COURT SERVICE UNIT (§ 16.1-234)

The Director shall cause the Department to study the conditions existing in the
several cities and counties, to confer with the judges of the juvenile and
domestic relations district courts, the directors and boards of social services,
and other appropriate officials, as the case may be, and to plan, establish and
operate unless otherwise provided an adequate and coordinated program of
probation, parole and related services to all juvenile and domestic relations
district courts in counties or cities heretofore served by regional juvenile and
domestic relations courts, and where specialized probation, parole and related
court services were not provided as of July 1, 1973, and to counties and cities
that request a development of a court service unit with the approval of the
governing bodies after consultation with the chief juvenile and domestic
relations district court judge.
		In each county and city in which there is located an office for a state
juvenile and domestic relations district court service unit such jurisdiction
shall provide suitable quarters and utilities, including telephone service, for
such court service unit staff. Such county or city shall also provide all
necessary furniture and furnishings for the efficient operation of the unit.
When such court service unit serves counties or cities in addition to the county
or city where the office is located, the jurisdiction or jurisdictions so served
shall share proportionately, based on the population of the jurisdictions, in
the cost of the quarters and utilities, including telephone service and
necessary furniture and furnishings. All other office equipment and supplies,
including postage, shall be furnished by the Commonwealth and shall be paid out
of the appropriation for criminal charges.
		In counties and cities that provided specialized court service programs prior
to July 1, 1973, which do not request the development of a state-operated court
service unit, it shall be the duty of the Department to insure that minimum
standards established by the State Board are adhered to, to confer with the
judges of the juvenile and domestic relations district court and other
appropriate officials as the case may be, and to assist in the continued
development and extension of an adequate and coordinated program of court
services, probation, parole and detention facilities and other specialized
services and facilities to such juvenile and domestic relations district courts.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 16.1-204; 1956, c. 555; 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 1974,
c. 641; 1977, c. 559; 1979, c. 700; 2001, c. 853.