53.1-95.19 - State reimbursement.
§ 53.1-95.19. State reimbursement.
An authority created pursuant to this article shall be eligible to receivestate reimbursement for jail construction and operation in accordance withthe provisions of Article 3 (§ 53.1-80 et seq.) of this chapter. Statereimbursement for the cost of the project shall be made to the authority andshall be determined as if each participating political subdivision in theauthority had contributed its pro rata share of such cost. However, when anauthority created pursuant to this article enters into an agreement with oneor more political subdivisions not participating in the authority for thepurpose of construction and operating a jail, that share of the statereimbursement due to any political subdivision not participating in theauthority shall be made directly to such political subdivision in accordancewith the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter. The Commonwealth shall fundthe positions of superintendent, correctional officers, and two-thirds of thesalaries of required medical or treatment personnel on a basis approved bythe State Compensation Board. Such salaries shall be paid in the mannerprovided in § 15.2-1609.2, and such section shall be applicable mutatismutandis to such superintendent.
The superintendent of the correctional facility shall report on the first dayof each month to the Director of the State Department of Corrections to givethe record of each prisoner received during the preceding month on blankforms to be furnished by the Director, to state whether the offense for eachprisoner is for violation of state law or of city or town ordinance. Thereport shall be signed by both the superintendent and chairman of theauthority. Either signer found guilty of willfully falsifying theinformation contained in such report shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
If any superintendent fails to send such report within five days after thedate when the report is to be forwarded, the Director shall notify thesuperintendent of such failure. If the superintendent fails to make thereport within ten days from that date, then the Director shall cause thereport to be prepared from the books of the superintendent and shall certifythe cost thereof to the Comptroller. The Comptroller shall issue his warranton the Treasurer for that amount, deducting the same from any funds that maybe due the superintendent by the Commonwealth.
(1990, c. 837.)