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1997 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 53.1-20.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 53.1-20.1. Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration.
Beginning July 1, 1996, If the Director is unable to accommodate in
a state correctional facility any convicted felon sentenced to the
Department for a felony committed before January 1, 1995, whose sentence totals
more than two years or who is convicted of a felony committed on or after
January 1, 1995, and who is required to serve a total period of more
than six months one year or more in a state correctional
facility, the Department of Corrections shall compensate local jails for the
cost of incarceration as provided for in the general appropriation act
beginning sixty days after the date of sentencing of such felon as
provided for in the general appropriations act. Between July 1, 1991, and July
1, 1996, the Department shall compensate local jails, as provided for in the
appropriations act, (i) for the cost of incarceration, on and after the date of
sentencing, of any felon sentenced to the Department for a felony committed
before January 1, 1995, whose sentence totals more than two years and whose
transfer to a state correctional facility is not yet required pursuant to
§ 53.1-20, (ii) for the cost of incarceration, on and after the date of
sentencing, of any felon required to serve a sentence in the Department for a
felony committed on or after January 1, 1995, whose sentence totals more than
six months and whose transfer to a state correctional facility is not yet
required pursuant to § 53.1-20, (iii) for the cost of incarceration of any
felon sentenced to the Department for a felony committed before January 1,
1995, whose sentence totals more than two years and whose transfer to a state
correctional facility is required pursuant to § 53.1-20 and who remains in
the local jail for longer than sixty days after the Director's receipt of the
complete final order sentencing such felon, and (iv) for the cost of
incarceration of any felon required to serve a sentence in the Department for a
felony committed on or after January 1, 1995, whose sentence totals more than
six months and whose transfer to a state correctional facility is required
pursuant to § 53.1-20 and who remains in the local jail for longer than
sixty days after the Director's receipt of the complete final orders sentencing
such felon on the sixty-first day following the date of
mailing by certified letter or electronic transmittal by the clerk of the
committing court to the Director of the final order.