§ 9.1-174. Establishment of a community-based probation services agency.
To facilitate local involvement and flexibility in responding to the problemof crime in their communities and to permit a locally designedcommunity-based probation services agency that will fit its needs, any city,county or combination thereof may, and any city, county or combinationthereof that is required by § 53.1-82.1 to file a community-based correctionsplan shall establish a system of community-based services pursuant to thisarticle. This system is to provide alternatives for (i) offenders who areconvicted and sentenced pursuant to § 19.2-303.3 and who are consideredsuitable candidates for probation services that require less thanincarceration in a local correctional facility and (ii) defendants who areprovided a deferred proceeding and placed on probation services. Suchservices may be provided by qualified public agencies or by qualified privateagencies pursuant to appropriate contracts.
(Code 1950, § 53-128.17; 1980, c. 300; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-181; 1983, c.344; 1992, c. 196; 1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 1995, cc. 502, 574; 1999,c. 372; 2000, c. 1040; 2001, c. 844; 2006, c. 883; 2007, c. 133.)
§ 9.1-174. Establishment of a community-based probation services agency.
To facilitate local involvement and flexibility in responding to the problemof crime in their communities and to permit a locally designedcommunity-based probation services agency that will fit its needs, any city,county or combination thereof may, and any city, county or combinationthereof that is required by § 53.1-82.1 to file a community-based correctionsplan shall establish a system of community-based services pursuant to thisarticle. This system is to provide alternatives for (i) offenders who areconvicted and sentenced pursuant to § 19.2-303.3 and who are consideredsuitable candidates for probation services that require less thanincarceration in a local correctional facility and (ii) defendants who areprovided a deferred proceeding and placed on probation services. Suchservices may be provided by qualified public agencies or by qualified privateagencies pursuant to appropriate contracts.
(Code 1950, § 53-128.17; 1980, c. 300; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-181; 1983, c.344; 1992, c. 196; 1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 1995, cc. 502, 574; 1999,c. 372; 2000, c. 1040; 2001, c. 844; 2006, c. 883; 2007, c. 133.)
§ 9.1-174. Establishment of a community-based probation services agency.
To facilitate local involvement and flexibility in responding to the problemof crime in their communities and to permit a locally designedcommunity-based probation services agency that will fit its needs, any city,county or combination thereof may, and any city, county or combinationthereof that is required by § 53.1-82.1 to file a community-based correctionsplan shall establish a system of community-based services pursuant to thisarticle. This system is to provide alternatives for (i) offenders who areconvicted and sentenced pursuant to § 19.2-303.3 and who are consideredsuitable candidates for probation services that require less thanincarceration in a local correctional facility and (ii) defendants who areprovided a deferred proceeding and placed on probation services. Suchservices may be provided by qualified public agencies or by qualified privateagencies pursuant to appropriate contracts.
(Code 1950, § 53-128.17; 1980, c. 300; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-181; 1983, c.344; 1992, c. 196; 1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 1995, cc. 502, 574; 1999,c. 372; 2000, c. 1040; 2001, c. 844; 2006, c. 883; 2007, c. 133.)
