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2017 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 53.1-43.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 53.1-43.1. Inmate trust accounts.
In addition to any other account established to hold funds for
inmates, the Department shall establish for each inmate a personal trust
account. Unless an inmate has been sentenced to be executed, or
is serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole, or is
sentenced to a term that makes him ineligible for release, excluding the
conditional release of geriatric prisoners pursuant to § 53.1-40.01, prior to
75 years of age, 10 percent of any funds received by an inmate from any
source shall be deposited by the Department in the inmate's personal trust
account until the account has a balance of $1,000. When the inmate's personal
trust account reaches $1,000, any funds received by the inmate shall be
deposited in the inmate's other account.
An inmate may direct the Department at any time to deposit a portion or all of any funds received by him in the inmate's personal trust account. After the balance of a personal trust account has exceeded $1,000, an inmate may direct the Department to transfer funds from his personal trust account to any other account maintained for him; provided, however, that the balance of the personal trust account shall not fall below $1,000.
Funds in an inmate's personal trust account shall be paid to the inmate upon parole or final discharge.