CODE OF VIRGINIA

BUDGETING SCHEDULE FOR JAIL PROJECTS (§ 53.1-82.3)

A. Any city or county or any combination of cities or counties requesting state
financial assistance pursuant to §§ 53.1-80, 53.1-81 or § 53.1-82 shall, on
or before March 1 biennially in the odd-numbered years, submit to the Governor,
in a format prescribed by the Department of Corrections for such purpose, a
community-based corrections plan and specifications, including detailed cost
estimates of any facility construction. On or before July 1 in the odd-numbered
years, such localities shall also submit to the Governor, in a format prescribed
for such purpose by the Department of the Treasury, the expected financing costs
for any such facility construction in accordance with § 53.1-82.2. The Governor
shall submit his recommendations for funding such projects as part of the budget
bill on or before December 20 of the year immediately prior to the beginning of
each regular session held in an even-numbered year of the General Assembly.
Requests for appropriations of such funds shall be considered by the General
Assembly only in even-numbered years.

B. In the event that the state share of reimbursable costs of the jail facility
is estimated to be less than or equal to $ 1,000,000, such localities shall be
exempt from submitting to the Governor, in a format prescribed for such purpose
by the Department of the Treasury, the expected financing costs for any such
facility construction in accordance with subsection A above, unless such
localities seek reimbursement of financial costs associated with such facility
construction.

HISTORY: 1993, cc. 387, 787; 1995, c. 305; 1998, cc. 498, 504; 2000, c. 1040.