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1998 SESSION
987064304Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 53.1-106 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 53.1-106. Members of jail or jail farm board or regional jail authority; powers; payment of pro rata costs.
A. Each regional jail or jail farm shall be supervised and managed by a board
or authority to consist of at least the sheriff from
each participating political subdivision, and one representative from
each political subdivision participating therein who shall be appointed by the
local governing body thereof except as provided herein. The
sheriff and any Any member of the local governing body of each
participating political subdivision shall be eligible for appointment to the
jail or jail farm board or regional jail authority. However, when a
participating political subdivision appoints more than one representative to a
regional jail or jail farm board, the sheriff shall be appointed unless the
sheriff is the no one shall serve as a member of the board or
authority who serves as an administrator or superintendent of a
correctional facility supervised and managed by the board.
When a political subdivision appoints only one representative to the
regional jail or jail farm board or other correctional authority, and no
political subdivision appoints a sheriff to the board, a sheriff of one of the
participating subdivisions shall be appointed by majority vote of the sheriffs
of the participating subdivisions as a member of the board with all powers of a
board member. The sheriff so appointed shall serve for four years or until a
participating subdivision selects a sheriff as its board member, whichever
shall occur first.
Political subdivisions may appoint alternate Alternate
members of may be appointed to the board. Such
alternate members shall be selected in the same manner as regular members,
except that a sheriff may appoint his own alternate. The term of each alternate
shall be determined by the sheriff or the political subdivision, whichever
appointed the alternate. If a regular member is not present at a meeting of the
board, the alternate for that member shall have all the voting and other rights
of a regular member and shall be counted for purposes of determining a quorum
at any meeting.
B. The board shall have the power to:
1. Establish rules and regulations governing the operation of the jail or jail farm not inconsistent with standards of the State Board of Corrections;
2. Purchase land for the jail or jail farm for joint ownership by the participating political subdivisions with the approval of the local governing bodies;
3. Provide for all necessary stock, equipment and structures for the jail or jail farm within the budget approved therefor by the participating political subdivisions; and
4. Appoint a superintendent of such jail or jail farm and necessary jail officers therefor who shall serve at the pleasure of the board.
The political subdivisions establishing a regional jail or jail farm shall pay their pro rata costs for land, stock, equipment and structures.