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1997 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 53.1-182.1 and 53.1-183 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 53.1-182.1. Mandated services; optional programs.
Any city, county or combination thereof which elects or is required to
establish a community corrections program pursuant to this article shall
provide to the judicial system the following programs and services: community
service; public inebriate diversion; home incarceration with or
without electronic monitoring; electronic monitoring; probation supervision;
and substance abuse assessment, testing and treatment. Additional programs,
facilities and services, including, but not limited to, jail farms, pre-release
facilities and, work release facilities, and public
inebriate diversion programs, may be established by the city, county or
combination thereof.
§ 53.1-183. Community criminal justice boards.
Each county or city or combination thereof developing and establishing a
community corrections program pursuant to the provisions of this article shall
establish a community criminal justice board. Each county and city
participating in a community corrections 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, the local governing body of each
participating city or county shall agree upon those appointments, and,
unless otherwise agreed upon, each participating city or county shall
have an equal number of appointments. Boards shall be limited to fifteen
members, except in cases of multijurisdictional boards which shall be limited
to twenty members. Each board shall include the following: 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 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 community-based corrections program; a local educator; and a
community services board administrator.