                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATE REIMBURSEMENT TO LOCALITIES (§ 53.1-71.6)

A. Reimbursement to participating localities for the cost of construction shall
be made pursuant to Article 3 (&#xA7; 53.1-80 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title
53.1.

B. The manner of state payment to the localities for the care and custody costs
at the facility of persons accused or convicted of any offense against the laws
of the Commonwealth shall be as provided in the general appropriation act. Such
payments shall include only the reasonable costs of guarding and providing
necessary housing, maintenance, administrative expenses, food, clothing,
medicine and medical attention for such prisoners. However, in no event shall
the payment to the localities, when calculated on a per diem per prisoner basis,
exceed the total cost ordinarily paid by the Commonwealth to a locality for
prisoner care and custody expenses, when calculated on a per diem per prisoner
basis.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 715.