CHAPTER 530

An Act to amend and reenact § 68-106, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to reimbursement by the State to localities for
certamn expenditures relating to assistance, aid, relief and welfare.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 63-106, 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, medical as-
sistance for the aged, aid to dependent children, 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 assistance, medical assistance for
the aged, aid to dependent children, aid to the permanently and totally
disabled, 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 reimburse the localities represented by such board as they
may agree. Administrative expenditures incurred by the localities in con-
nection with old age assistance, medical assistance for the aged, aid to
dependent children, aid to the permanently and totally disabled, * general
relief, child welfare and other related services, 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.

(a-1) The Commissioner also shall reimburse monthly, to the extent
of funds available for such purpose, each county and city out of State and
federal funds, to the extent provided in the last sentence of the preceding
paragraph, for monthly rental charges for office space provided the de-
partment of public welfare in publicly owned buildings, for charges which
are based on the cost of initial construction or purchase of a building or a
reasonable amount for depreciation of such building, and/or the cost of
repairs and alterutions to either a privately or publicly owned building,
provided, however, that no monthly rental charge shall exceed a reasonable
amount as determined by the Commissioner.

(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.