CHAPTER 599

An Act to amend and reenact § 68-107, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to reembursement by the State to localities for certain expend-
atures in connection with aid to the blind.

[H 493)
Approved April 5, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 68-107, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 63-107. (a) The secretary 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 aid to the blind under the provisions of this 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
aid to the blind shall monthly be paid by the secretary 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 § 68-51, the Commissioner may monthly reimburse
the localities represented by such board as they may agree. Administrative
expenditures incurred by the localities in connection with aid to the blind
shall be ascertained by the State Board and the secretary 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 secretary 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 department of public welfare in publicly owned butld-
ings, for charges which are based on the cost of initial construction or pur-
chase of a building or a reasonable amount for depreciation of such building,
and/or the cost of repairs and alterations to either a privately or publicly
owned building, provided, however, that no monthly rental charge shall
exceed a reasonable amount as determined by the secretary.

(b) Claims for reimbursement shall be presented by the local board
to the secretary and shall be itemized and verified in such manner as the
secretary may require. Such claims shall, upon the approval of the secre-
tary, 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.