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2009 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 53.1-131.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 53.1-131.3. Payment of costs associated with prisoner keep.
Any sheriff or jail superintendent may establish a program to
charge inmates a reasonable fee, not to exceed $1 $5 per day, to
defray the costs associated with the prisoners' keep. The Board shall develop a
model plan and adopt regulations for such program, and shall provide
assistance, if requested, to the sheriff or jail superintendent in the
implementation of such program. Such funds shall be retained in the locality
where the funds were collected and shall be used for general jail purposes;
however, in the event the jail is a regional jail, funds collected from any
such fee shall be credited to the participating locality whose inmate was
charged the fee. Any person jailed for an offense they are later
acquitted for shall be refunded any such fees paid during their incarceration.