CHAPTER 403

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 63-119, 68-145 and 68-188, as amended,
of the Code of Virginia, relating to the determination of amount of
public assistance which certain persons may receive. rH 84]

Approved March 30, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 63-119, 63-145 and 63-183, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, be amended and reenacted as follows:

8 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
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 * eighty-five dollars earned per month by a person
receiving aid to the blind or eligible to receive such aid plus one-nalf of
earned income in excess of eighty-five dollars per month shall not be con-
sidered 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 reason-
able 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.

§ 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 * eighty-five dollars earned per month by a
person receiving aid to the blind or eligible to receive such aid plus one-
half of earned income in excess of eighty-five dollars per month shall not
be considered in determining the amount of aid that any person may
receive under this chapter. It shall be sufficient, when added to all other
income and support of such child, to provide such child 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.

§ 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 conditions exist-
ing in each case, and in accordance with the rules and regulations made
by the Commission, except that in making such determination the first *
eighty-five dollars per month of earned income plus one-half of earned
income wm excess of eighty-five dollars per month shall be disregarded.
The determination of need shall also be in accordance with rules and regu-
lations 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 adequat
housing cannot be secured by all local recipients of assistance under th:
chapter within such limits as may be established on a State-wide basis b
rule and regulation of the Commission, the said Commission may estal
lish a higher amount or limit for rent and other housing cost for use i
determining assistance payments in such county or city, and that par
of any assistance grant which is the equivalent of the allowance for ren
and other housing cost in excess of the State-wide maximum allowance
may be paid from local funds without State reimbursement.