Authority: Title 9, Chapter 27, Article 4 and §§ 9-196.1 and 9-196.12.

A. The amounts for Financial Assistance to Localities for Intensified Drug Enforcement Services include $1,500,000 from nongeneral funds each year for grants to continue or establish "Weed and Seed" programs in selected localities on a competitive basis. Such new grants as may be awarded shall require local cash matching funds of 25 percent in the first grant year, 35 percent in the second grant year, and 50 percent in any subsequent grant years.

B.1. The amounts for Financial Assistance to Localities for Intensified Drug Enforcement Services include $2,700,000 the first year and $2,700,000 the second year from nongeneral funds to operate drug court programs statewide.

2. Out of these amounts, the Department is authorized to provide grants to localities that total not more than $2,600,000 each year. Priority shall be given in the following order:

a. Established drug court programs serving the Circuit Courts in Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond and Roanoke, and the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts in Fredericksburg and Richmond.

b. As matching funds to support new drug court programs that have received or are applying for federal implementation funds, including Chesterfield County and the City of Virginia Beach.

c. All localities shall seek federal funding prior to receiving funding from the Department. In the event that federal funds are not available, the Department may consider requests for state funding for drug court program planning and implementation. Any such applicant must demonstrate adherence to a process consistent with federal planning guidelines.

3. The Department, with the assistance of the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court, shall continue the study of structural, funding and service guidelines for Virginia's drug court programs as established by Senate Joint Resolution 399 (1999). This action represents the interim recommendations developed as a result of Senate Joint Resolution 399. The Department shall continue the collaborative work group established pursuant to this resolution. The Department shall provide a progress report to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees no later than October 1, 2000, and a final report no later than October 1, 2001.

4. Out of these amounts, the Department is authorized to fund two positions to provide technical and administrative support for drug court programs.

5. The Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall provide such assistance in the planning, development and implementation of drug court programs as may be required.

C. The amounts for Financial Assistance to Localities for Intensified Drug Enforcement Services include $700,000 the first year and $700,000 the second year from nongeneral funds for replacement of federal grants which are expiring as of June 30, 2000, for the provision of jail-based substance abuse treatment programs serving the cities of Norfolk, Petersburg, and Salem, the counties of Fairfax and Roanoke, and the Middle Peninsula Regional Jail. The Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services shall continue to provide matching funds in the amount of $225,000 each year from the general fund for these programs.