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2001 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 53.1-183 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 53.1-183. Community criminal justice boards.
Each county or city or combination thereof developing and establishing a local
pretrial services or a community-based probation program pursuant to the
provisions of this article shall establish a community criminal justice board.
Each county and city participating in a local pretrial or community-based
probation program shall be represented on the community criminal justice board.
In the event that one county or city appropriates funds to the program as part
of a multijurisdictional effort, any other participating county or city shall
be considered to be participating in a program if such locality appropriates
funds to the program. Appointments to the board shall be made by each local
governing body. In cases of multijurisdictional participation, unless otherwise
agreed upon, each participating city or county shall have an equal number of
appointments. Boards shall be composed of the number of members established by
resolution or ordinance of each participating jurisdiction. Each board shall
include, at a minimum, the following mandatory members: a member person from
each governing body or a city or county manager, county administrator or executive,
or assistant or deputy appointed by the each governing body to represent
the governing body:; a judge of the general district court; a circuit court
judge; a juvenile and domestic relations district court judge; a chief magistrate; one chief of police or
the sheriff in a jurisdiction not served by a police department to represent law enforcement; an attorney
for the Commonwealth; a public defender, and/or an attorney who is experienced
in the defense of criminal matters; a sheriff or the regional jail
administrator responsible for jails serving those jurisdictions involved in the
local pretrial services and community-based probation program; a local
educator; and a community services board administrator.