CHAPTER 608

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 68-106 and 68-109 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to certain reimbursements of localities by the State,
and purposes for which appropriations to the Department of Welfare
and Institutions may be expended. [H 487]

Approved March 81, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 63-106 and 68-109 of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 63-106. (a) The Commissioner shall monthly reimburse each
county and city to the extent of one dollar of State money for each
sixty cents of local money expended for old age assistance, aid to de-
pendent children, aid to the permanently and totally disabled, and general
relief, under the provisions of this law. Such funds as are received from
the United States and agencies thereof as grants-in-aid for the purpose of
providing, or assisting in providing, for old age assistance, aid to de-
pendent children, aid to the permanently and totally disabled, and general
relief, shall monthly be paid by the Commissioner to each county and city
as reimbursement of the federal share of such grants as have been paid by
each county and city under the provisions of this law. In any case where
there shall be a board representing two or more counties and/or cities as
provided in § 68-51, the Commissioner may monthly reimburse the locali-
ties represented by such board as they may agree. Administrative expen-
ditures incurred by the localities in connection with * old age assistance,
aid to dependent children, aid to the permanently and totally disabled, and
general relief, shall be ascertained by the State Board, and the Commis-
sioner shall monthly reimburse each county and city therefor out of State
and federal funds in an amount not less than fifty per centum nor more
than sixty-two and one-half per centum of such administrative costs.

(b) Claims for reimbursement shall be presented by the local board
to the Commissioner, and shall be itemized and verified in such manner
as the Commissioner may require. Such claim shall, upon the approval
of the Commissioner, be paid out of funds appropriated by the State and
funds received from the federal government for the purposes of this law,
to the treasurer or other fiscal officer of the county or city.

§ 63-109. Such appropriations as are made to the Department of
Welfare and Institutions by the General Assembly for carrying out the
provisions of this law relating to * public assistance and local administra-
tive reimbursements, shall be expended for the following purposes:
(1) Paying such portion of the per diem and expenses of the mem-
bers of the State Board, the expenses of the Commissioner, the salaries
and remuneration of agents and employees of the State Board and of the
Commissioner, as shall be chargeable for the administration of this law,

(2) Paying all costs and expenses incurred by the State Board and
the Commissioner in the adminstration of this law,

(3) Reimbursing the counties and cities to the extent provided
in § 63-106,

(4) Paying to the United States, for so long as such payment shall
be required, as a condition for financial participation-by the United States
in * any type of public assistance granted pursuant to provisions of
Chapters 6,7 or 9 of this title its proportionate share of the net amounts
collected by local boards from recipients and estate of recipients *.