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1997 SESSION
973214801Be 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 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 receipt by the Director of the complete final
order from the clerk of the committing court.