§ 53.1-87. Cost of maintenance of jails; payment by localities of respectiveshares of costs; judicial resolution of disagreements.
A. In any instance in which a local correctional facility of a county, cityor town is designated by the Board as the place where prisoners committed bythe courts or other authorities of any other county, city or town shall beconfined, any capital outlay expenses incurred for necessary repairs,improvements or additions to such facility, and all costs of maintenance ofthe facility chargeable to the localities, shall be borne ratably by theseveral counties, cities or towns using it.
B. The share of each respective county, city or town involved in such costsshall be such proportion of the total cost of such repairs, improvements,additions and other such costs as the total aggregate number of days spent inlocal correctional facilities by prisoners committed by the courts or otherauthorities of such county, city or town, for the five-year period nextpreceding the year in which such repairs, improvements or additions arebegun, or other costs incurred, bears to the total aggregate number of daysspent in local correctional facilities by the prisoners committed by thecourts or other authorities of both or all of the counties, cities and townsusing the facility to which such repairs, improvements or additions are madeor in which such other costs are incurred. The amount to be paid by eachcounty, city or town involved shall be determined by the Board on the basisherein set forth.
C. The Board shall furnish a statement of the several shares of the cost sodetermined to the governing body of each county, city and town involved, andthe respective shares shall be paid within thirty days from the date uponwhich such statement is furnished. If the costs of any such repairs,improvements or additions will not exceed $2000 they may be authorized by thegoverning body of the county, city or town to whose correctional facilitysuch repairs, improvements or additions are to be made. If the costs willexceed $2000, such repairs, improvements or additions shall be recommended bythe Board and agreed on in advance by the governing bodies of both or all ofthe counties, cities and towns involved.
In case of disagreement, the matter of the extent of the repairs,improvements or additions and the proportionate cost to the respectivelocalities involved shall be determined by the circuit court of the localitywhich owns or maintains the correctional institution proposed to be repaired,improved or added to, upon the petition of the Board.
(Code 1950, § 53-136; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636.)
§ 53.1-87. Cost of maintenance of jails; payment by localities of respectiveshares of costs; judicial resolution of disagreements.
A. In any instance in which a local correctional facility of a county, cityor town is designated by the Board as the place where prisoners committed bythe courts or other authorities of any other county, city or town shall beconfined, any capital outlay expenses incurred for necessary repairs,improvements or additions to such facility, and all costs of maintenance ofthe facility chargeable to the localities, shall be borne ratably by theseveral counties, cities or towns using it.
B. The share of each respective county, city or town involved in such costsshall be such proportion of the total cost of such repairs, improvements,additions and other such costs as the total aggregate number of days spent inlocal correctional facilities by prisoners committed by the courts or otherauthorities of such county, city or town, for the five-year period nextpreceding the year in which such repairs, improvements or additions arebegun, or other costs incurred, bears to the total aggregate number of daysspent in local correctional facilities by the prisoners committed by thecourts or other authorities of both or all of the counties, cities and townsusing the facility to which such repairs, improvements or additions are madeor in which such other costs are incurred. The amount to be paid by eachcounty, city or town involved shall be determined by the Board on the basisherein set forth.
C. The Board shall furnish a statement of the several shares of the cost sodetermined to the governing body of each county, city and town involved, andthe respective shares shall be paid within thirty days from the date uponwhich such statement is furnished. If the costs of any such repairs,improvements or additions will not exceed $2000 they may be authorized by thegoverning body of the county, city or town to whose correctional facilitysuch repairs, improvements or additions are to be made. If the costs willexceed $2000, such repairs, improvements or additions shall be recommended bythe Board and agreed on in advance by the governing bodies of both or all ofthe counties, cities and towns involved.
In case of disagreement, the matter of the extent of the repairs,improvements or additions and the proportionate cost to the respectivelocalities involved shall be determined by the circuit court of the localitywhich owns or maintains the correctional institution proposed to be repaired,improved or added to, upon the petition of the Board.
(Code 1950, § 53-136; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636.)
§ 53.1-87. Cost of maintenance of jails; payment by localities of respectiveshares of costs; judicial resolution of disagreements.
A. In any instance in which a local correctional facility of a county, cityor town is designated by the Board as the place where prisoners committed bythe courts or other authorities of any other county, city or town shall beconfined, any capital outlay expenses incurred for necessary repairs,improvements or additions to such facility, and all costs of maintenance ofthe facility chargeable to the localities, shall be borne ratably by theseveral counties, cities or towns using it.
B. The share of each respective county, city or town involved in such costsshall be such proportion of the total cost of such repairs, improvements,additions and other such costs as the total aggregate number of days spent inlocal correctional facilities by prisoners committed by the courts or otherauthorities of such county, city or town, for the five-year period nextpreceding the year in which such repairs, improvements or additions arebegun, or other costs incurred, bears to the total aggregate number of daysspent in local correctional facilities by the prisoners committed by thecourts or other authorities of both or all of the counties, cities and townsusing the facility to which such repairs, improvements or additions are madeor in which such other costs are incurred. The amount to be paid by eachcounty, city or town involved shall be determined by the Board on the basisherein set forth.
C. The Board shall furnish a statement of the several shares of the cost sodetermined to the governing body of each county, city and town involved, andthe respective shares shall be paid within thirty days from the date uponwhich such statement is furnished. If the costs of any such repairs,improvements or additions will not exceed $2000 they may be authorized by thegoverning body of the county, city or town to whose correctional facilitysuch repairs, improvements or additions are to be made. If the costs willexceed $2000, such repairs, improvements or additions shall be recommended bythe Board and agreed on in advance by the governing bodies of both or all ofthe counties, cities and towns involved.
In case of disagreement, the matter of the extent of the repairs,improvements or additions and the proportionate cost to the respectivelocalities involved shall be determined by the circuit court of the localitywhich owns or maintains the correctional institution proposed to be repaired,improved or added to, upon the petition of the Board.
(Code 1950, § 53-136; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636.)
