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1996 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 45
Offered January 10, 1996
A BILL to amend and reenact § 16.1-309.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Juvenile Community Crime Control Act; funding.
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Patrons-- Goode; Delegates: Armstrong and Reynolds
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Referred to the Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 16.1-309.6 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 16.1-309.6 (Effective January 1, 1996) How state appropriations for operating costs of Juvenile Community Crime Control Act programs determined; notice of financial aid..

The Governor's proposed biennial budget shall include, for each fiscal year, an appropriation for operating costs for Juvenile Community Crime Control Act programs. The proposed appropriation shall include amounts for compensating counties, cities and combinations thereof which elect to establish a system of community-based services pursuant to this article. No Upon approval pursuant to the provisions of this article, any county, city or combination thereof approved under the provisions of this article, which utilized pre-or post-dispositional block grant services or programs in fiscal year 1995, may shall contribute less funding for the implementation of its local plan than was contributed in fiscal year 1995 , beginning in fiscal year 1996, an amount equal to the sum of its fiscal year 1995 expenditures for pre- and post-dispositional alternatives to secure detention for implementation of its local plan, which amount shall not include any amounts expended in fiscal year 1995 for secure detention.

The Department shall review annually the costs of operating services, programs and facilities pursuant to this article and recommend adjustments to maintain the Commonwealth's proportionate share. The Department shall no later than the fifteenth day following adjournment sine die of the General Assembly provide each county and city an estimate of funds appropriated pursuant to this article.