CHAPTER 876

An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-201 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to construction, maintenance and operation of detention factlities for
juventles.

[H 284]

Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 16.1-201 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 16.1-201. The responsibility for the construction, maintenance and
operation of a detention home established by a city or county or any com-
bination thereof and the necessary expenses incurred in maintaining and
operating such detention home shall be a charge upon the county or city,
or any combination thereof, as the case may be, and the county boards of
supervisors or the city councils or other governing bodies shall make
provision therefor. The Commonwealth shall reimburse the city or county,
or any combination thereof, as the case may be, * one-half of the cost of
construction of a detention home hereafter constructed by, or whose fa-
cilities will be available, upon a basis approved by the Board, for use by,
three or more counties or cities or any combination thereof, and two-thirds
of the salaries of officers and employees engaged in the operation and
maintenance of detention homes; and it shall further reimburse the city
or county, or any combination thereof, for the entire reasonable cost of
food and of the clothing, medicines, lights, water, heat, disinfectants, beds
and bedding, and other necessary equipment and supplies required for the
care of children held in detention homes awaiting hearing or disposition
under the juvenile laws of this State. Provided, however, that no such
reimbursement for costs of construction shall be had unless the construc-
tion of such detention home has been approved by the Governor and plans
and specifications therefor have been submitted to and approved by him;
nor shall any such reimbursement exceed * fifty thousand dollars for any
one such home. Provided, further, that equipment may be purchased only
after approval is first obtained in writing from the Department, or it is
required by appropriate authority for safety or health. Such reimburse-
ments shall be paid in monthly installments by the State Treasurer out of
funds appropriated in the general appropriation act for criminal costs.