                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BUDGETING SCHEDULE FOR JAIL PROJECTS (§ 53.1-82.3)

A. Any city or county or any combination of cities or counties requesting state
financial assistance pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; 53.1-80, 53.1-81 or &#xA7; 53.1-82
shall, on or before March 1 biennially in the odd-numbered years, submit to the
Governor, in a format prescribed by the Department of Corrections for such
purpose, a community-based corrections plan and specifications, including
detailed cost estimates of any facility construction. On or before July 1 in the
odd-numbered years, such localities shall also submit to the Governor, in a
format prescribed for such purpose by the Department of the Treasury, the
expected financing costs for any such facility construction in accordance with
&#xA7; 53.1-82.2. The Governor shall submit his recommendations for funding such
projects as part of the budget bill on or before December 20 of the year
immediately prior to the beginning of each regular session held in an
even-numbered year of the General Assembly. Requests for appropriations of such
funds shall be considered by the General Assembly only in even-numbered years.

B. In the event that the state share of reimbursable costs of the jail facility
is estimated to be less than or equal to $1,000,000, such localities shall be
exempt from submitting to the Governor, in a format prescribed for such purpose
by the Department of the Treasury, the expected financing costs for any such
facility construction in accordance with subsection A above, unless such
localities seek reimbursement of financial costs associated with such facility
construction.

HISTORY: 1993, cc. 387, 787; 1995, c. 305; 1998, cc. 498, 504; 2000, c. 1040.