                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HOW STATE APPROPRIATIONS FOR OPERATING COSTS OF LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
DETERMINED (§ 53.1-83.1)

The Governor&#8217;s proposed biennial budget bill shall include, for each
fiscal year, an appropriation for operating costs for local correctional
facilities. The proposed appropriation shall include:

1. An amount for compensating localities for the cost of maintaining prisoners
arrested on state warrants in local jails, regional jails and jail farms, at a
specified rate per prisoner day;

2. An amount for maintaining convicted state felons in local correctional
facilities, at a specified rate per felon day, pursuant to &#xA7; 53.1-20.1;

3. An amount to pay two-thirds of the salaries of medical and treatment
personnel approved by the State Compensation Board; and

4. An amount to be set aside for unanticipated medical emergencies.

HISTORY: 1983, c. 358; 1992, cc. 333, 573.