CHAPTER 519

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 638-106, 68-119, 63-145, 68-188 and 68-209,
all as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the reimbursement
of localities by the State for old age assistance, aid to dependent
children, aid to the blind, aid to the disabled and general relief, and to
the determination of the amount of relief in such case. CH 672]

Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 68-106, 63-119, 63-145, 63-183 and 68-209, all as amended, 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 dependent chil-
dren, aid to the permanently and totally disabled, and general relief, under
the provisions of law, except as otherwise provided by 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 assist-
ance, aid to dependent children, aid to the permanently and totally dis-
abled, 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 § 63-51, the Commissioner may monthly reim-
burse the localities represented by such board as they may agree. Adminis-
trative expenditures incurred by the localities in connection with old age
assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the permanently and to
disabled, and general relief, shall be ascertained by the State Board, and the
Commissioner 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.

§ 63-119. The amount of assistance which any person shall receive
as aid to the permanently and totally disabled or the amount of assistance
which any person shall receive under provisions of this chapter shall be
determined with due regard to the property and income of the person and
any support which he may or should receive from other sources, including
assistance from persons legally responsible for his support, the necessary
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expenditures of the individual and the conditions existing in each case,
and in accordance with rules and regulations made by the State Board,
except that the first fifty dollars earned per month by a person receiving
aid to the blind or eligible to receive such aid shall not be considered in
determining the amount of assistance that any person may receive under
this chapter. It shall be sufficient, when added to all other income and
support of the recipient, to provide such person with a reasonable sub-
sistence.

In the event there is any county or city in which reasonably adequate
housing cannot be secured by all local recipients of assistance under this
chapter within such limits as may be established on a state-wide basis by
rule and regulation of the State Board, the said Board may establish a
higher amount or limit for rent and other housing cost for use in deter-
mining assistance payments in such county or city, and that part of any
assistance grant which is the equivalent of the allowance for rent and other

mg cost in excess of the state-wide maximum allowance may be paid
from local funds without state reimbursement.

§ 63-145. 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, except that the first fifty dollars earned per month by a person
receiving aid to the blind or eligible to receive such aid shall not be con-
sidered in determining the amount of aid that any person may receive
under this chapter. It shall be sufficient, when added to all other income
aaa support of such child, to provide such child with a reasonable sub-
sistence.

In the event there is any county or city in which reasonably adequate
housing cannot be secured by all local recipients of assistance under this
chapter within such limits as may be established on a state-wide basis by
rule and regulation of the State Board, the said Board may establish a
higher amount or limit for rent and other housing cost for use in determin-
ing assistance payments in such county or city, and that part of any assist-
ance grant which is the equivalent of the allowance for rent and other
housing cost in excess of the state-wide maximum allowance may be paid
from local funds without state reimbursement.

§ 63-183. The amount of aid which any blind person shall receive
shall be determined with due regard to the property and income of the blind
person 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 the individual and the conditions existing in
each case, and in accordance with the rules and regulations made by the
Commission, except that in making such determination the first fifty dol-
lars per month of earned income shall be disregarded. The determination of
need shall also be in accordance with rules and regulations made by the
Commission and shall be sufficient, when added to all other income and
support of the recipient to provide such blind person with a reasonable
subsistence.

In the event there is any county or city in which reasonably adequate
housing cannot be secured by all local recipients of assistance under this
chapter within such limits as may be established on a state-wide basis by
rule and regulation of the Commission, the said Commission may estab-
lish a higher amount or limit for rent and other housing cost for use in de-
termining assistance payments in such county or city, and that part of any
assistance grant which is the equivalent of the allowance for rent and other
housing cost in excess of the state-wide maximum allowance may be paid
from local funds without state reimbursement.

§ 63-209. The amount of general relief which any person shall
receive shall be determined with due regard to the property and income of
the person and any support which he may or should receive from other
sources, including assistance from persons legally responsible for his sup-
port, the necessary expenditures of the individual and the conditions exist-
ing in each case, and in accordance with rules and regulations made by the
State Board, except that the first fifty dollars earned per month by a person
receiving aid to the blind or eligible to receive such aid shall not be con-
sidered in determining the amount of relief that any person may receive
under this chapter. It shall be sufficient, when added to all other income
and support of the recipient, to provide such person with a reasonable
subsistence.

In the event there is any county or city in which reasonably adequate
housing cannot be secured by all local recipients of assistance under this
chapter within such limits as may be established on a state-wide basis by
rule and regulation of the State Board, the said Board may establish a
higher amount or limit for rent and other housing cost for use in deter-
mining assistance payments in such county or city, and that part of any
assistance grant which is the equivalent of the allowance for rent and other
housing cost in excess of the state-wide maximum allowance may be paid
from local funds without state reimbursement.