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1999 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1450 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Croshaw
Virginia Beach Drug Court

Item 453 #3h

Item 453 #3h

First Year - FY1999 Second Year - FY2000
Public Safety
Criminal Justice Services, Department of FY1999 $250,000 FY2000 $0 GF

Language
Page 344, line 29, strike "$24,756,856" and insert "$25,006,856".
Page 345, after line 10, insert:
"C.  The amounts for Financial Assistance to Localities for Intensified Drug Enforcement Services include $250,000 from the general fund in the first year to establish a demonstration Drug Court Program in the Virginia Beach General District Court."


Explanation
(This amendment provides general funds to develop a pilot project in a General District Court. While there are Drug Court Programs operating in several Circuit Courts, there are no similar programs operating in District Courts in the Commonwealth. This amendment will establish a demonstration Drug Court Program in the Virginia Beach General District Court to provide judicially supervised intensive substance abuse treatment to misdemeanants.)