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2004 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - SB5001 (Committee Approved)

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Hampton Roads Regional Jail Planning Study (language only)

Item 416 #2s

Item 416 #2s

Public Safety
Community Corrections, Division of

Language
Page 319, following line 19, insert:
"4. The Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority, and its member jurisdictions, in order to proceed with the planning study for expansion of the secure detention  space at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail complex and/or within the local jurisdictions, to serve the projected requirements for the region.  Specific capital project recommendations resulting from this study shall be subject to the approval of the General Assembly prior to final approval by the Board of Corrections."


Explanation
(This amendment provides an exception to the moratorium on approval by the Board of Corrections of new jail construction projects, to permit the Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority and its member jurisdictions to initiate a planning study to determine the future needs for additional facilities to be located at the regional jail complex and/or within the local jurisdictions.)