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2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 1 - Department and State Board of Juvenile Justice › § 66-4. State Board of Juvenile Justice

There shall be a State Board of Juvenile Justice, consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor, two of whom shall be experienced educators. In making appointments, the Governor shall endeavor to select appointees of such qualifications and experience that the membership of the Board shall include persons suitably qualified to consider and act upon the various problems that may come before the Board. The appointments shall be subject to confirmation by the General Assembly if in session and, if not, then at its next succeeding session.
1989, c. 733; 1996, c. 503; 2013, cc. 37, 232.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 1 - Department and State Board of Juvenile Justice › § 66-5. Term of office of members; suspension or removal

The members of the Board shall be appointed initially as follows: three members for a term of two years each and four members for a term of four years each. Thereafter, the appointment of such members or their successors shall be for terms of four years, except that an appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term. No person shall be eligible to serve for or during more than two successive four-year terms. However, any person appointed to fill a vacancy may be eligible for two additional successive terms after the term of the vacancy for which he was appointed has expired. Members of the Board may be suspended or removed by the Governor at his pleasure.
1989, c. 733.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 1 - Department and State Board of Juvenile Justice › § 66-7. Compensation and expenses

The members of the Board shall receive no salaries. They shall be paid their necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in attendance at meetings, or while otherwise engaged in the discharge of their duties, and the sum of fifty dollars a day for each day or portion thereof in which they are engaged in the performance of their duties.
1989, c. 733.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 1 - Department and State Board of Juvenile Justice › § 66-10. Powers and duties of Board

The Board shall have the following powers and duties:
1. To establish and monitor policies for the programs and facilities for which the Department is responsible under this law.
2. To ensure the development of a long-range youth services policy.
3. To monitor the activities of the Department and its effectiveness in implementing the policies developed by the Board.
4. To advise the Governor and Director on matters relating to youth services.
5. To promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title and other laws of the Commonwealth.
6. To ensure the development of programs to educate citizens and elicit public support for the activities of the Department.
7. To establish length-of-stay guidelines for juveniles indeterminately committed to the Department and to make such guidelines available for public comment.
8. To adopt all necessary regulations for the management and operation of the schools in the Department except that the regulations adopted hereunder shall not conflict with regulations relating to security of the institutions in which the juveniles are committed.
9. To establish compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service, and advanced training standards, as well as the time required for completion of such training, for persons employed as juvenile correctional officers employed at a juvenile correctional facility as defined in § 66-25.3. For such juvenile correctional officers who may have contact with pregnant inmates, such standards shall include training on the general care of pregnant women, the impact of restraints on pregnant inmates and fetuses, the impact of being placed in restrictive housing or solitary confinement on pregnant inmates, and the impact of body cavity searches on pregnant inmates.
1989, c. 733; 1990, c. 679; 1996, cc. 755, 914; 2012, cc. 164, 456, 803, 835; 2019, c. 366; 2020, c. 526.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 1 - Department and State Board of Juvenile Justice › § 66-10.01. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail

Whenever in this title the Board or the Department is required to send any mail or notice by certified mail and such mail or notice is sent certified mail, return receipt requested, then any subsequent, identical mail or notice that is sent by the Board or the Department may be sent by regular mail.
2011, c. 566.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 1 - Department and State Board of Juvenile Justice › § 66-10.1. Board to establish regulations regarding human research

The Board shall promulgate regulations pursuant to the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.) to effectuate the provisions of Chapter 5.1 (§ 32.1-162.16 et seq.) of Title 32.1 for human research, as defined in § 32.1-162.16, to be conducted or authorized by the Department. The regulations shall require the human research committee to submit to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Director or his designee at least annually a report on human research projects reviewed and approved by the committee and shall require the committee to report any significant deviations from the proposals as approved.
1992, c. 603.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 1 - Department and State Board of Juvenile Justice › § 66-10.2. Board to establish regulations regarding youth detained in juvenile correctional facilities pursuant to contracts with the federal government

The Board, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, shall promulgate regulations governing the housing of youth who are detained in a juvenile correctional facility pursuant to a contract with the federal government and not committed to such juvenile correctional facility by a court of the Commonwealth. Such regulations shall establish:
1. Standards that (i) govern the use of physical force, mechanical restraints, and spit guards and (ii) avoid the use of isolation;
2. Staff training requirements regarding cognitive behavioral interventions, trauma-informed care, cultural background implications, de-escalation techniques, and the use of physical and mechanical restraints;
3. Requirements for an appropriate number of bilingual staff and culturally relevant programs;
4. Methods to ensure that such youth detained understand their rights and responsibilities;
5. Standards to ensure the provision of necessary physical and mental health care;
6. A requirement that any contract entered into by a juvenile correctional facility with the federal government to house youth provide staff of the Department with the same level of access to such youth that the Department would ordinarily have regarding any other youth committed to such facility; and
7. Standards for recordkeeping, including extended recordkeeping requirements for records and video footage related to reported incidents.
2020, c. 599.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 1 - Department and State Board of Juvenile Justice › § 66-10.3. Guidelines and policies and procedures for sharing information derived from juvenile records

A. The Department shall develop and biennially update a model memorandum of understanding setting forth the respective roles and responsibilities of the Department, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department of Social Services, the court service units, the local departments of social services, and the community services boards or behavioral health authorities regarding the sharing of information derived from juvenile records for purposes of identifying and serving juveniles who may be receiving or who have received treatment, services, or care from the local agencies, the Department, or the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.
B. In developing and updating the model memorandum of understanding, the Department shall consult with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department of Criminal Justice Services, the Department of Social Services, the Office of Children's Services, and representatives selected by the Department from the court service units, local departments of social services, community services boards or behavioral health authorities, youth and family organizations, and such other stakeholders as the Department shall deem appropriate from across the Commonwealth.
C. The model memorandum of understanding shall contain provisions regarding the manner in which a juvenile who may be receiving or who has received treatment, services, or care from such agency or department is identified by the agency or department and how such identification is shared among the agencies and departments, including the point at which a juvenile is identified by the agencies or departments that are providing or have provided treatment, services, or care to such juvenile; the manner in which past agency or department involvement is identified and shared, including when informed consent from a juvenile or guardian is appropriate and necessary; and the person at each agency or department responsible for identifying any potential juvenile and serving as a contact for information-sharing requests.
D. The Department shall distribute the model memorandum of understanding to each court services unit, community services board or behavioral health authority, and local department of social services.
2022, cc. 63, 64.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 1 - Department and State Board of Juvenile Justice › § 66-12. Definitions

Unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, as used in this title:
"Board" or "State Board" means the Board of Juvenile Justice;
"Child" means any natural person under eighteen years of age;
"Department" means the Department of Juvenile Justice;
"Director" means the Director of Juvenile Justice.
1989, c. 733.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-13. Authority of Department as to juveniles committed to it; establishment of facilities; arrangements for temporary care

A. The Department is authorized and empowered to receive juveniles committed to it by the courts of the Commonwealth. The Department shall establish, staff and maintain facilities for the rehabilitation, education, training and confinement of such juveniles. The Department may make arrangements with satisfactory persons, institutions or agencies, or with cities or counties maintaining places of detention for juveniles, for the temporary care of such juveniles.
B. The Department may by mutual agreement with a locality or localities and, pursuant to standards promulgated pursuant to § 16.1-309.9, establish detention homes for use by a locality or localities for pre-trial and post-dispositional detention pursuant to §§ 16.1-248.1 and 16.1-284.1. The Department may collect by mutual agreement with a locality or localities and from any locality of this Commonwealth from which a juvenile is placed in such a detention home, the reasonable cost of maintaining such juvenile in such facility and a portion of the cost of construction of such facility. Such agreements shall be subject to approval by the General Assembly in the general appropriation act.
C. The Department shall collect data pertaining to the demographic characteristics of juveniles incarcerated in state juvenile correctional institutions, including, but not limited to, the race or ethnicity, age, and gender of such persons, and the types of and extent to which health-related problems are prevalent among such persons. Beginning July 1, 1997, such data shall be collected, tabulated quarterly, and reported by the Director to the Governor and the General Assembly at each regular session of the General Assembly thereafter.
Code 1950, §§ 53-324, 53-330, 63-291, 63-366, 63-367, 63-368, 63-369, 63.1-239, 63.1-245; 1950, p. 33; 1954, c. 262; 1956, cc. 127, 287; 1962, c. 437; 1968, c. 578; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1975, c. 178; 1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-237; 1989, c. 733; 1991, c. 534; 1996, cc. 755, 914; 1997, c. 894; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2022, cc. 414, 415.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-13.1. Division of Education; employment of Superintendent; powers and duties

A. To assist in the performance of the duties imposed by § 66-13 the Department shall develop and maintain a Division of Education (Division), which shall be composed of all the educational facilities of all institutions operated by the Department. The Division shall be designated as a local education agency (LEA) but shall not be eligible to receive state funds appropriated for direct aid to public education.
B. The Department shall employ a Superintendent of the Division, who shall meet the minimum standards for division superintendents set by the Board of Education. The Superintendent shall supervise the administration of the Division. The Department shall employ teachers and place them in appropriate schools. Other powers and duties of the Superintendent shall be fixed by the Board of Education in accordance with law.
C. When the Department employs a teacher licensed by the Board of Education to provide instruction in the schools of the juvenile correctional centers, the Department of Human Resource Management shall establish salary schedules for the teachers which endeavor to be competitive with those in effect for the school division in which the correctional center is located.
2012, cc. 803, 835.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-14. Allowance for maintenance of children placed by Commonwealth in private homes, etc.

For the maintenance of each child committed to the custody of the Department pursuant to subdivision A 14 of § 16.1-278.8 and placed in a private home or in a facility other than one operated by the Commonwealth, there shall be paid a per diem allowance which shall be established by the Department from funds appropriated to the Department for this purpose. The cost of such care shall not exceed that amount which would be incurred if the services required by the child were provided in a juvenile facility operated by the Department.
No child shall be placed outside the Commonwealth without first complying with the appropriate provisions of Chapters 10 (§ 63.2-1000 et seq.) and 11 (§ 63.2-1100 et seq.) of Title 63.2 or with regulations of the State Board of Social Services relating to resident children placed out of the Commonwealth.
Code 1950, §§ 53-325, 63-293, 63.1-240; 1952, c. 644; 1962, c. 437; 1968, c. 578; 1970, c. 326; 1974, cc. 44, 45, 476; 1978, c. 309; 1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-239; 1989, c. 733; 1992, cc. 837, 880; 1993, cc. 232, 283; 1996, cc. 587, 597.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-15. Schedules of per diem cost of maintenance in detention homes; reimbursements of cities and counties

The Department shall establish schedules setting forth the per diem cost to each locality for maintaining a child in a detention home. In accordance with the schedule, the Department, in addition to all other reimbursements on account of such detention homes, shall reimburse each city or county for the cost of maintaining in such homes any children committed to the Department. The Department shall review annually and adjust, if justified, the per diem it pays to localities for the care of state wards.
Code 1950, §§ 53-326, 63.1-241, 63-293.1; 1954, c. 582; 1968, c. 578; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-240; 1989, cc. 683, 733.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-16. Acceptance and expenditure of certain funds for children committed to Department

The Department is authorized to accept and expend for the benefit of any child committed to it, or for reimbursement purposes, any funds made available from any source, solely for the current maintenance and support of any such child, whether such funds be provided by the child's parents, or other person, or by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Railroad Retirement Act, the old age and survivor's insurance provisions of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, or from any other source. In no event shall the sums so accepted exceed an amount in excess of the cost to the Department of supporting the child.
Code 1950, §§ 53-327, 63.1-242, 63-293.2; 1956, c. 400; 1968, c. 578; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-241; 1989, c. 733.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-17. Disposition of property left by child

If any child, having been in the custody of the Department by virtue of § 16.1-278.8, upon being released or having escaped therefrom leaves any personal property valued at less than $100 in the custody of the Department for six months after his release or escape, the Director may sell such personal property at public sale or otherwise dispose of the property. The proceeds of such sale shall be kept for one year from the date of the child's attaining the age of majority. Thereafter, any unclaimed proceeds shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Literary Fund.
Code 1950, §§ 16.1-178.1, 53-327.1; 1956, c. 555; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1977, c. 559; 1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-242; 1989, c. 733; 1991, c. 534.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-18. Examination and placing of such children

The Department shall make a careful physical and mental examination of every child committed to it by the courts, investigate the personal and family history of the child and his environment, and place such children at such facilities as are available. Any children committed to the Department and afterwards found to be eligible for commitment by proper proceedings to any state hospital or admission to a training center for individuals with intellectual disability shall take precedence as to admission over all others and shall in all cases be received into the state hospital or training center within 45 days.
Code 1950, §§ 53-328, 63-292, 63.1-243; 1956, c. 127; 1968, c. 578; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-243; 1989, c. 733; 2012, cc. 476, 507.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-19. Behavioral services unit; director and personnel; examination of children

To assist in the performance of the duties imposed by § 66-18, the Department shall maintain a behavioral services unit and employ as director thereof a clinically competent person. The Department shall also employ such other medical, technical and clinical personnel skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of physical diseases or mental illnesses of children as may be desirable for the operation of such unit. The personnel of the unit, when visiting the various facilities maintained by the Department for the care of children committed to the Department, shall conduct a thorough examination of each child at such facilities not theretofore examined by the unit, and other children at the facilities for whom such examination is indicated. Such examination shall be for the purpose of determining, diagnosing and treating physical and learning ailments or impairments and mental illnesses with a view to improving the general functioning of such children and hastening their rehabilitation.
Code 1950, §§ 53-329, 63.1-244, 63-381, 63-384; 1954, c. 681; 1966, c. 354; 1968, c. 578; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-244; 1989, c. 733; 2012, cc. 476, 507.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-20. Observation and treatment of children with mental illness or developmental disabilities

After commitment of any child to the Department, if the Department finds, as a result of psychiatric examinations and case study, that such child has mental illness or a developmental disability, it shall be the duty of the Department to obtain treatment for the child's mental condition. If the Department determines that transfer to a state hospital, training center, or other appropriate treatment facility is required to further diagnose or treat the child's mental condition, the proceedings shall be in accordance with the provisions of § 37.2-806 or §§ 16.1-341 through 16.1-345, except that provisions requiring consent of the child's parent or guardian for treatment shall not apply in such cases. No child transferred to a state hospital pursuant to this section or the provisions of Title 37.2 shall, however, be held or cared for in any maximum security unit where adults determined to be criminally insane reside and such child shall be kept separate and apart from such adults.
Code 1950, § 53-329.1; 1977, c. 559; 1978, c. 739; 1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-245; 1989, c. 733; 1990, c. 975; 2012, cc. 476, 507; 2017, c. 458.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-21. Superintendents and agents of facilities to have powers of sheriff

The superintendents of the facilities established by the Department pursuant to § 66-13 and their authorized agents shall have the powers of a sheriff for the purpose of preserving order at their facilities and for the conveyance of children committed to their care to and from such facilities.
Code 1950, §§ 53-332, 63-371, 63.1-247; 1968, c. 578; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-246; 1989, c. 733.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-22. Daily and additional allowance to children

The Director may allow every child in any facility established by the Department a daily allowance in an amount established by the Board. Additional allowance may be made by the Director to provide necessary funds for incidental needs for required activities in schools, foster care and other special placements for other special activities that such children would normally be engaged in resulting from their placement. The allowance so made may be drawn upon by the child for such purposes as may be authorized by the regulations of the Board.
Code 1950, §§ 53-333, 63.1-248, 63-369.1; 1958, c. 366; 1960, c. 395; 1968, c. 578; 1970, c. 327; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1975, c. 638; 1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-247; 1989, c. 733.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-22.1. Establishment of stores in juvenile correctional facilities

The Director is hereby authorized to provide for the establishment and operation of stores or commissaries in state juvenile correctional facilities to deal in such articles as he deems proper. The profits from the operation of such stores shall be used for educational, recreational, or other purposes beneficial to the juveniles committed to the Department as may be prescribed by the Director.
1997, c. 195.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-23. Authority of superintendents with regard to application for operator's licenses and employment certificates

The superintendents of facilities established by the Department shall have the authority, commensurate with that of a parent in like cases, to give consent for those children placed in their respective facilities to (i) application for a motor vehicle operator's license and (ii) issuance of an employment certificate.
Code 1950, § 53-334; 1977, c. 643; 1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-248; 1989, c. 733; 2012, cc. 164, 456.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-25. Collection of information concerning religious preferences by correctional facilities

A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any correctional facility established pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 11 (§ 16.1-226 et seq.) of Title 16.1 may collect and disseminate information concerning the religious preferences and affiliations of persons committed to its custody. No person shall be required to indicate his religious preference or affiliation, and no dissemination of the information shall be made except to categories of persons designated by the person who has given his consent to such dissemination.
B. No consent given pursuant to this section shall be construed to allow any correctional facility established pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 11 (§ 16.1-226 et seq.) of Title 16.1 to disseminate to federal government authorities information concerning the religious preferences and affiliations of persons committed to its custody for the purpose of compiling a list, registry, or database of individuals based on religious affiliation, national origin, or ethnicity, unless such dissemination is specifically required by state or federal law.
Code 1950, § 53-19.15:1; 1977, c. 506; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-250; 1989, c. 733; 2019, c. 774.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-25.1. Work programs

A. The Director or his designee may enter into an agreement with a public or private entity for the operation of a work program for juveniles committed to the Department.
B. The primary purpose of such work program shall be the training of such juveniles, not the production of goods or the rendering of service by juveniles committed to the Department. Such work programs also shall not interfere with or impact a juvenile's education program where the goal is achieving a high school diploma or its equivalent. The Board shall promulgate regulations governing the form and review process for proposed agreements.
C. Articles produced or manufactured and services provided by juveniles participating in such a work program may be purchased by any county, by any district of any county, city, or town and by any nonprofit organization, including volunteer emergency medical services agencies, fire departments, sheltered workshops and community service organizations. Such articles and services may also be bought, sold or acquired by exchange on the open market through the participating public or private entity.
D. Revenues received from the sale of articles, as provided in subsection C, shall be deposited into a special fund established in the state treasury. Such funds shall be expended to support work programs for juveniles committed to the Department.
1993, cc. 460, 487; 1997, c. 639; 2011, c. 551; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2015, cc. 502, 503.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-25.1:1. Juvenile academic and career training

The Director or his designee shall assess, in accordance with criteria established pursuant to § 66-25.1:3, whether a juvenile committed to the Department is an appropriate candidate for participation in a work release program, apprenticeship program, job enterprise program, or any other work experience opportunity located at or through the juvenile correctional center where the juvenile is placed.
2005, c. 648.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-25.1:2. Career training and technical education programs

A. With such funds as are made available for this purpose, the Department shall provide juveniles committed to the Department with opportunities to work and to participate in career training or technical education programs operated by the Department.
B. The Department may develop appropriate interagency linkages with state and local agencies, public and private institutions of education and of higher education, labor and industry councils, the business community, rehabilitative services providers, and employment and guidance services to assist juveniles in acquiring necessary work habits, developing marketable skills, and identifying career goals through a broad range of career opportunities and mentoring and apprenticeship programs. In providing career-related programs, training, and services, the Department may consult and cooperate with the Virginia Employment Commission and the Department of Labor and Industry. Work training opportunities may include business, industrial, agricultural, highway maintenance and construction, and work release programs as hereafter specified in this article. In addition, juveniles may be employed to improve, repair, work on, or cultivate public property or buildings.
2005, c. 648; 2012, cc. 803, 835.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-25.1:4. Work release furlough

The Director may, subject to rules and regulations prescribed by the Board, extend the limits of confinement of any offender participating in a work release program that is subject to the Director's authority to permit the offender a furlough for the purpose of visiting his home or family. Such furlough shall be for a period to be prescribed by the Director, not to exceed three days.
In the event that the juvenile is committed to the Department as a serious offender pursuant to § 16.1-285.1, the juvenile shall not be approved for a furlough for the purpose of visiting his home or family without written approval of the committing court.
Any offender who, without proper authority or without just cause, fails to remain within the limits of confinement set by the Director hereunder, or fails to return within the time prescribed to the place designated by the Director in granting such authority, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and shall be ineligible for further participation in a work release program during his current term of confinement. In the event such offender leaves the Commonwealth, the offender may be found guilty of an escape as provided in § 18.2-477.
2005, c. 648.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-25.2. Notice to be given prior to release of serious offenders

Prior to the release of any juvenile committed pursuant to § 16.1-285.1, the Department shall have notice of the release delivered by first-class mail to the court which committed the juvenile, to the last known address of any victim of the offense for which the juvenile was committed if such victim has submitted a written request for notification to the Department, and to the sheriff, chief of police, and attorney for the Commonwealth of the jurisdiction (i) in which the offense occurred, (ii) in which the juvenile resided prior to commitment, and (iii) if different from (i) and (ii), in which the juvenile intends to reside subsequent to being released.
1994, cc. 859, 949.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2 - Care of Children Committed to Department › § 66-25.2:1. Director; notice to school superintendent prior to release of certain offenders

The Director or designee shall notify the school division superintendent in the jurisdiction in which the juvenile will be enrolled upon release from a juvenile correctional center if the Director reasonably believes that the juvenile poses any credible danger of serious bodily injury or death to one or more students, school personnel, or others on school property. Such information shall include the nature of the danger. The information provided to a school division superintendent pursuant to this section may be disclosed only as provided in § 16.1-305.2.
2009, c. 276.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2.1 - Juvenile Corrections Private Management Act › § 66-25.3. Definitions

As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise or it is otherwise provided:
"Correctional services" means the following functions, services and activities when provided within a juvenile correctional facility or otherwise:
1. Operation of facilities, including management, custody of juveniles and provision of security;
2. Food services, commissary, medical services, transportation, sanitation or other ancillary services;
3. Development and implementation assistance for classification, management information systems or other information systems or services;
4. Education, training and employment programs;
5. Recreational, religious and other activities; and
6. Counseling, special treatment programs, or other programs for special needs.
"Juvenile correction facility" or "center" or "facility" means any institution operated by or under the authority of the Department and shall include, whether obtained by purchase, lease, lease/purchase, construction, reconstruction, restoration, improvement, alteration, repair or other means, any physical betterment or improvement related to the housing of juveniles or any preliminary plans, studies or surveys relative thereto; land or rights to land; and any furnishings, machines, vehicles, apparatus, or equipment for use in connection with any juvenile correctional facility.
"Contractor" means any entity entering into or offering or proposing to enter into a contractual agreement to provide any juvenile correctional facility for or correctional services to juveniles under the custody of the Commonwealth.
1996, cc. 795, 942.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2.1 - Juvenile Corrections Private Management Act › § 66-25.5. Powers and duties not delegable to contractor

No contract for juvenile correctional services shall authorize, allow, or imply a delegation of authority or responsibility of the Director to a contractor for any of the following:
1. Developing and implementing procedures for calculating release and parole eligibility dates for committed juveniles;
2. Approving juveniles for furlough and work release;
3. Approving the type of work juveniles may perform and the wages which may be given the juveniles engaging in such work;
4. Classifying a committed juvenile or placing a committed juvenile in less restrictive custody or more restrictive custody;
5. Transferring a committed juvenile; however, the contractor may make written recommendations regarding the transfer of a committed juvenile;
6. Formulating rules of behavior for committed juveniles, violations of which may subject committed juveniles to sanctions; however, the contractor may propose such rules to the Director for his review and adoption, rejection, or modification as otherwise provided by law or regulation; and
7. Disciplining committed juveniles in any manner which requires a discretionary application of rules of behavior for committed juveniles or a discretionary imposition of a sanction for violations of such rules.
1996, cc. 795, 942.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2.1 - Juvenile Corrections Private Management Act › § 66-25.6. Board shall promulgate regulations; local school board exemption

A. The Board shall make, adopt and promulgate regulations governing the following aspects of private management and operation of juvenile correctional facilities:
1. Contingency plans for state operation of a contractor-operated facility in the event of a termination of the contract;
2. Use of physical force and mechanical restraint by the contractors' security personnel;
3. Methods of monitoring a contractor-operated facility by the Department or the Board;
4. Public access to a contractor-operated facility; and
5. Such other regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
B. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require local school boards to provide educational services to juveniles while committed to a state juvenile correctional facility.
1996, cc. 795, 942.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 2.1 - Juvenile Corrections Private Management Act › § 66-25.7. Fixed-price or not-to-exceed-price design-build-operate and related contracts authorized

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, but in accordance with the procedures consistent with those described in the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.) for procurement of nonprofessional services through competitive negotiation, the Director may enter into design-build-operate contracts for juvenile correctional facilities on a fixed-price or not-to-exceed-price basis, including related leases, lease/purchase contracts, agreements relating to the sale of securities to finance such facilities, and similar financing agreements and agreements for correctional services. For the purposes of this section, "design-build-operate contract" means a contract between the Commonwealth and another party in which the party contracting with the Commonwealth agrees to (i) design, build and operate the juvenile correctional facility or (ii) design and build the juvenile correctional facility where the facility is to be operated by a third party.
The Director shall maintain adequate records to allow post-project evaluation.
1996, cc. 795, 942.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 3 - Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act › § 66-26. Delinquency prevention and youth development programs; agents

The Director shall develop and supervise delinquency prevention and youth development programs in order that better services and coordination of services are provided to children. The Director shall have the authority to appoint necessary agents for the carrying out of these programs as may be needed. To this end the Director shall cooperate with state and local authorities in establishing and maintaining suitable delinquency prevention and youth development programs.
Code 1950, § 53-19.22:1; 1974, c. 496; 1979, c. 700; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-251; 1989, c. 733.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 3 - Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act › § 66-27. Authority of Director to make grants to localities

The Director is authorized to make grants to counties and cities pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to promote efficiency and economy in the delivery of youth services and to provide support to localities seeking to respond positively to the growing rate of juvenile delinquency.
Code 1950, § 53-335; 1979, c. 698; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-252; 1989, c. 733.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 3 - Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act › § 66-28. Policies

The Board shall prescribe policies governing applications for grants pursuant to this chapter and standards for the operation of programs developed and implemented under the grants. The Department shall cooperate with and seek the assistance of representatives of county and city governing bodies, private nonprofit youth service agencies, and private citizens having expertise in the development and any subsequent revisions of the standards required by this section. The Department shall establish and make available to localities a list of best practice program models that are likely to qualify for grants pursuant to this chapter, such as programs offering (i) mentorships, (ii) community service opportunities, (iii) trauma-informed behavioral and mental health services, (iv) career planning and training, (v) employment opportunities, (vi) non-academic supports in a public or private school, or (vii) after-school or summer programs.
Code 1950, § 53-336; 1979, c. 698; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-253; 1989, c. 733; 2000, c. 277; 2022, c. 522.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 3 - Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act › § 66-29. Ordinances to be enacted by participating localities; applications by localities for grants

Prior to applying to the Director for a grant pursuant to this chapter, each governing body of a county or city which is to participate in the grant shall enact an appropriate ordinance or resolution which provides for the creation of a youth services citizen board pursuant to § 66-34.
Any county or city or combination thereof may apply to the Director for a grant pursuant to this chapter. The Director shall provide consultation and technical assistance, if requested, to localities in the development of applications for such grants. The Director shall approve or disapprove applicants for grants.
Code 1950, § 53-337; 1979, c. 698; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-254; 1989, c. 733; 2000, c. 277.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 3 - Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act › § 66-30. Renewal of grants; suspension for failure to comply with standards; notice and hearing

Grants approved by the Director pursuant to § 66-29 shall be renewed subject to approval by the Director of an annual plan update for youth services submitted by the participating counties or cities.
If the Director determines that a program operating under an approved grant is not in compliance with minimum standards promulgated by the Board, he may suspend all or any portion of the grant until the required standards of operation are met.
Code 1950, § 53-338; 1979, c. 698; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-255; 1989, c. 733; 1990, c. 679; 2000, c. 277.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 3 - Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act › § 66-31. Funding; records to be kept by localities; use of funds

A. Grants made to a county or city or combination thereof pursuant to this chapter shall be of an amount up to seventy-five percent of the total program budget for the proposed program for salaries and all other operating expenses including the lease of facilities, subject to funds provided by the General Assembly.
B. Each county and city receiving moneys under this chapter shall keep records of receipts and disbursements thereof which records shall be open for audit and evaluation by the appropriate state authorities.
C. Participating counties and cities may not use funds provided under this chapter to decrease those funds allocated by the governing body for existing citizen boards as provided for in § 66-34 hereof with the exception of those programs being funded by federal grant moneys.
Code 1950, § 53-339; 1979, c. 698; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-256; 1989, c. 733.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 3 - Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act › § 66-32. Withdrawal from program

Any participating county or city may, at the beginning of any calendar quarter, by ordinance or resolution of its governing authority, notify the Director of its intention to withdraw from the grant program. Such withdrawal shall be effective the last day of the quarter in which such notice is given.
Code 1950, § 53-340; 1979, c. 698; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-257; 1989, c. 733.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 3 - Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act › § 66-33. Unexpended funds

In any case in which any portion of state funds obtained through a grant authorized pursuant to this chapter remains unencumbered or unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, such funds shall be returned by the locality to the State Treasurer, who shall deposit such moneys in the state general fund.
Code 1950, § 53-341; 1979, c. 698; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-258; 1989, c. 733.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 3 - Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act › § 66-34. Youth services citizen boards; appointment and qualifications of members

A. Each county and city participating in a program funded by an approved grant shall be represented on a youth services citizen board (the board). The board shall be appointed by the county or city governing body or combination thereof. The board may be composed of (i) representative elected officials, representatives of public and private agencies serving youths, representatives of local law enforcement, and citizens not employed by government or service agencies, including one representative of the faith community and one representative of the business community, or (ii) the community policy and management team established pursuant to § 2.2-5204 or a similar entity, as approved by the Department, provided that such board or entity (a) includes, for the purposes of this section, at least one representative of the faith community who is not employed by a government or service agency, one representative of the business community who is not employed by a government or service agency, and one representative of local law enforcement and (b) complies with any other requirements imposed by the Department. No board member may have an interest in any organization or program that receives grant funds pursuant to this chapter.
B. The board shall actively participate with community representatives in the formulation of a comprehensive plan for the development, coordination, and evaluation of the youth services program and shall make formal recommendations to the governing authority or authorities at least annually concerning the comprehensive plan and its implementation during the ensuing year.
C. The board may establish a youth advisory team for the purposes of consultation and advice regarding the youth services program. If the board establishes a youth advisory team, the board (i) shall consult with and consider the recommendations of the youth advisory team prior to making recommendations to the local governing body pursuant to subsection B and (ii) may apply to the Department for additional funding to support the youth advisory team.
Code 1950, § 53-342; 1979, c. 698; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-259; 1989, c. 733; 2000, c. 277; 2022, c. 522.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 66 - Juvenile Justice › Chapter 3 - Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act › § 66-35. Responsibilities of local programs

It shall be the responsibility of the local programs to:
1. Prepare and update pursuant to Department guidelines a comprehensive plan based on an objective assessment of the community's youth development and delinquency prevention needs and resources;
2. Assist the locality in establishing and modifying programs and services to youth pursuant to § 16.1-309.3 on the basis of an objective assessment of the community's needs and resources;
3. Collaborate with public and private entities to identify gaps in program services and identify potential funding sources to assist in developing programs to respond to identified gaps; and
4. Provide assistance to other community agencies and organizations, including the community policy and management team established pursuant to § 2.2-5204, in establishing and modifying programs and services to youth.
Code 1950, § 53-343; 1979, c. 698; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-260; 1989, c. 733; 1992, cc. 837, 880; 1993, cc. 232, 283; 2000, c. 277; 2022, c. 522.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › RCW Dispositions › 1.08 STATUTE LAW COMMITTEE (CODE REVISER)

Sections
1.08.100 Data processing services to be provided — Legislative information system — Personnel — Contracts.
[1969 ex.s. c 212 § 5.]
Repealed by 1986 c 61 § 13, effective July 1, 1986.
1.08.130 Gender neutral language-Code improvement.
[2007 c 218 § 97.]
Decodified pursuant to 2021 c 65 § 2.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › RCW Dispositions › 1.12 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

Sections
1.12.030 Common law not superseded.
[1897 c 17 § 1; Code 1881 § 1; 1877 p 3 § 1; 1862 p 83 § 1; RRS § 143.]
Now codified as RCW 4.04.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 1 - General Provisions › RCW Dispositions › 1.30 LAW REVISION COMMISSION

Sections
1.30.010 Legislative declaration.
[1982 c 183 § 1.]
Repealed by 1995 c 269 § 101, effective July 1, 1995.
1.30.020 Commission created — Membership.
[1982 c 183 § 2.]
Repealed by 1995 c 269 § 101, effective July 1, 1995.
1.30.030 Members' terms — Expiration — Vacancies.
[1982 c 183 § 3.]
Repealed by 1995 c 269 § 101, effective July 1, 1995.
1.30.040 Duties of commission.
[1987 c 505 § 2; 1982 c 183 § 4.]
Repealed by 1995 c 269 § 101, effective July 1, 1995.
1.30.050 Chairman — Adoption of rules.
[1982 c 183 § 5.]
Repealed by 1995 c 269 § 101, effective July 1, 1995.
1.30.060 Coordination of commission activities.
[1982 c 183 § 9.]
Repealed by 1995 c 269 § 101, effective July 1, 1995.