CHAP. 93.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 30 of Chapter 379 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1938, approved March 31, 1938, short title of which is Virginia
Public Assistance Act of 1938, relating to financial aid to dependent childrén
in certain cases. [H 143]

Approved February 29, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section thirty of chapter three hundred seventy-nine of the
Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred thirty-eight, approved March
thirty-one, nineteen hundred thirty-eight, be amended and re-enacted, as
follows:

Section 30. Decision of local board.—(a) Upon completion of the
investigation, the local board shall determine whether the child is eligible
for aid under the provisions of this act, and, if eligible, the amount of
such aid and the date upon which such aid shall begin. If the local board
approves the payment of aid, such aid shall thereupon, until changed,
modified or revoked, be paid as hereinafter provided.

(b) The amount of aid which any dependent child shall receive
shall be determined with due regard to the property and income of such
child and any support which he may or should receive from other sources,
including assistance from persons legally responsible for his support, the
necessary expenditures of or for such child and the conditions existing
in each case, and in accordance with rules and regulations made by the
State board and shall be sufficient, when added to all other income and
support of such child, to provide such child with a reasonable subsistence.

(c) If the local board finds that the child is not entitled to aid under
this act it shall deny the application.

(d) As soon as the local board makes its decision, it shall notify
in writing the person having custody of the child of its decision in the
matter.

(e) The local board shall preserve, for such length of time as the
State board may prescribe, a record of the decision of the local board and
all supporting documents and records, including the findings and recom-
mendations of the local superintendent. The State board may by rule or
regulation require that the local board transmit to the commissioner, im-
mediately upon its decision in any case, a record of the decision and a
duplicate or copy of all such supporting documents and records, including
the findings and recommendations of the local superintendent.