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Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-83.1 (2026)

How state appropriations for operating costs of local correctional facilities determined

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The Governor'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 § 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.

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

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Cited in 1 case, 1992–1992 · leading case: McCoy v. Chesapeake Corr. Ctr., 788 F. Supp. 890 (E.D. Va. 1992).
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McCoy v. Chesapeake Corr. Ctr., 788 F. Supp. 890 (E.D. Va. 1992). · cites it 2× “Va.Code Ann. §§ 53.1-83.1 through 53.1-85 (1991).”
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