10102725D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That § 53.1-131.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §53.1-131.3. Payment of costs associated with prisoners' keep. Any sheriff or jail superintendent may establish a program to
charge inmates a reasonable fee, not to exceed $3 per day, to defray the costs
associated with the prisoners' keep. The Board shall develop a model plan and
adopt regulations for such program, and shall provide assistance, if requested,
to the sheriff or jail superintendent in the implementation of such program.
Such funds shall be retained in the locality where the funds were collected and
shall be used for general jail purposes; however, in the event the jail is a
regional jail, funds collected from any such fee shall be |