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Home » US Law » 2022 Code of Virginia » Title 16.1 - Courts Not of Record » Chapter 11 - Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts » Article 13. Facilities for Detention and Other Residential Care

§ 16.1-315. Joint or regional citizen detention commissions authorized

The governing bodies of three or more counties, cities or towns (hereinafter referred to as “political subdivisions”) may, by concurrent ordinances or resolutions, provide for the establishment of a joint or regional citizen juvenile detention home, group home or other residential care facility commission. Such commission shall be a public body corporate, with such powers […]

§ 16.1-316. Number and terms of members; admission of additional local governing bodies

A juvenile detention home, group home or other residential care facility commission shall consist of not less than three members and shall be comprised of at least one member from each participating political subdivision. In addition, the participating political subdivisions may provide for the appointment of an alternate for each principal member of such a […]

§ 16.1-317. Quorum; chairman; rules of procedure; compensation

The appointive members of the commission shall constitute the commission, and the powers of the commission shall be vested in and exercised by the members in office from time to time. Neither the chief judge nor any judge of the juvenile and domestic relations district court shall be a member of the commission. A majority […]

§ 16.1-319. Acquisition of property by commission

The commission shall have the right to acquire by eminent domain any real property, including fixtures and improvements, which it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this article, after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the property described therein is in the public interest and necessary […]

§ 16.1-321. Appropriations by political subdivisions; issuance of bonds

The political subdivisions for which the commission is created are authorized to make appropriations to the commission from available funds for the construction, improvement, maintenance and operation of any juvenile detention facility operated or proposed to be operated by the commission; and subject to other applicable provisions of law may issue general obligation bonds and […]

§ 16.1-322. Record of commission; reports

The commission shall keep and preserve complete records of its administrative operations and transactions, which records shall be open to inspection by the participating political subdivisions at all times. It shall make reports to such subdivisions annually, and at such other times as they may require. Code 1950, § 16.1-202.9; 1977, c. 559.