CHAPTER 440

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 68-185, 68-136, 68-157, 63-158, 68-199,
68-200 and 68-212 of the Code of Virginia, relating to welfare gen-
erally and to power of Board of Welfare and Institutions, sometimes
called State Board, and of Virginia Commission for Visually Handt-
capped; to require local boards or departments of public welfare to
make certain assistance payments and to make such payments directly,
and to action of Comptroller to withhold certain funds from certain
local counties and cities on whose account assistance payments have
been made by the State Board.

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Approved March 31, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 63-135, 63-136, 63-157, 63-158, 63-199, 63-200 and 63-212
of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 63-135. If any county or city, through its appropriate authorities
or officers, shall fail or refuse to provide for the payment of assistance
in such county or city in accordance with the provisions of this chapter,
the State Board shall through appropriate proceedings require such
authorities and officers to exercise the powers conferred and perform the
duties imposed by this chapter. This section shall not apply when the
budget of the local board or department of public welfare has been
approved by the Commissioner under § 68-69 and adopted by the local
governing body. The foregoing provisions shall be null and void if the
application thereof would in any manner interfere with the State-wide
operation of a public assistance program or the receipt of grants from
the federal government.

§ 68-136. For so long as such failure or refusal shall continue the
State Board shall authorize and direct the Commissioner, under rules
and regulations of the State Board, to provide for the payment of assist-
ance in such county or city out of funds appropriated for the purpose
of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. In such event the Com-
missioner shall at the end of each month file with the State Comptroller
and with the board of supervisors, council or other governing body of
such county or city a statement showing all disbursements and expendi-
tures made for and on behalf of such county or city, and the Comptroller
shall from time to time as such funds become available deduct from funds
appropriated by the State, in excess of requirements of the Constitution
of Virginia, for distribution to such county or city, such amount or
amounts as shall be required to reimburse the State for expenditures
incurred under the provisions of this section. All such funds so deducted
and transferred are hereby appropriated for the purposes set forth in
§ 63-109 and the first paragraph of § 63-110 and shall be expended and
disbursed as provided in § 68-111. This section shall not apply when the
budget of the local board or department of public welfare has been approved
by the Commissioner under § 63-69 and adopted by the local governing
body. The foregoing provisions shall be null and void if the application
thereof would in any manner interfere with the State-wide operation of a
public assistance program or the receipt of grants from the federal govern-
ment.

§ 63-157. If any county or city, through its appropriate authorities
or officers, shall fail or refuse to provide for the payment of aid to
dependent children in such county or city in accordance with provisions
of this chapter, the State Board shall through appropriate proceedings
require such authorities and officers to exercise the powers conferred and
perform the duties imposed by this chapter. This section shall not apply
when the budget of the local board or department of public welfare has
been approved by the Commissioner under § 68-69 and adopted by the
local governing body. The foregoing provisions shall be null and void if
the application thereof would in any manner interfere with the State-wide
operation of a public assistance program or the receipt of grants from
the federal government.

§ 63-158. For so long as such failure or refusal shall continue the
State Board shall authorize and direct the Commissioner, under rules
and regulations of the State Board, to provide for the payment of aid to
dependent children in such county or city out of funds appropriated for
the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. In such event
the Commissioner shall at the end of each month file with the State Comp-
troller and with the board of supervisors, council or other governing body
of such county or city a statement showing all disbursements and expendi-
tures made for and on behalf of such county or city, and the Comptroller
shall from time to time as such funds become available deduct from funds
appropriated by the State, in excess of requirements of the Constitution
of Virginia, for distributiton to such county or city, such amount or
amounts as shall be required to reimburse the State for expenditures
incurred under the provisions of this section. All such funds so deducted
and transferred are hereby appropriated for the purposes set forth in
§ 63-109 and the first paragraph of § 63-110 and shall be expended and
disbursed as provided in § 68-111. This section shall not apply when the
budget of the local board or department of public welfare has been
approved by the Commissioner under § 63-69 and adopted by the local
governing body. The foregoing provisions shall be null and void if the
application thereof would in any manner interfere with the State-wide
operation of a public assistance program or the receipt of grants from the
federal government.

§ 63-199. If any county or city, through its appropriate authorities
or officers, shall fail or refuse to provide for the payment of aid to the
blind in such county or city in accordance with the provisions of this
law, the Commission shall through appropriate proceedings require such
authorities and officers to exercise the powers conferred and perform the
duties imposed by this law. This section shall not apply when the budget
of the local board or department of public welfare has been approved by
the Commission under § 68-69 and adopted by the local governing body.
The foregoing provisions shall be null and void if the application thereof
would in any manner interfere with the State-wide operation of a public
assistance program or the receipt of grants from the federal government.

§ 68-200. For so long as such failure or refusal shall continue the
Commission shall authorize and direct the secretary, under rules and
regulations of the Commission, to provide for the payment of aid to the
blind in such county or city out of funds appropriated for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of this chapter. In such event the secretary
shall at the end of each month file with the State Comptroller and with
the board of supervisors, council or other governing body of such county
or city a statement showing all disbursements and expenditures made
for and on behalf of such county or city, and the Comptroller shall from
time to time as such funds become available deduct from funds appro-
priated by the State, in excess of requirements of the Constitution of
Virginia, for distribution to such county or city, such amount or amounts
as shall be required to reimburse the State for expenditures incurred
under the provisions of this section. All such funds so deducted and
transferred are hereby appropriated for the purpose set forth in sub-
section (a) of § 63-108 and shall be expended and disbursed as provided
in § 63-108. This section shall not apply when the budget of the local
board or department of public welfare has been approved by the
Commission under § 68-69 and adopted by the local governing body. The
foregoing provisions shall be null and void if the application thereof would
in any manner interfere with the State-wide operation of a public assist-
ance program or the receipt of grants from the federal government.

§ 63-212. The State Board may, by rule or regulation, authorize the
local superintendent to provide immediate and temporary relief to persons
pending action of the local boards. Such superintendent shall have no
power, under such authority, to exceed the funds available to his depart-
ment or local board when the budget therefor has been approved by the
Commissioner under § 68-69.