Authority: §§ 16.1-278.8, 16.1-285.1, 66-13, 66-16, 66-18, 66-19 and 66-22, Code of Virginia.

A. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall retain all funds paid for the support of children committed to the department to be used for the security, care and treatment of said children.

B. The Department of Juvenile Justice may transfer operating appropriations and positions among and between the state juvenile correctional centers in order to manage the state-responsible juvenile offender population in the most effective manner possible.

C. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall provide a report on its plans for utilization of the state's juvenile correctional centers, including any projected alternative programs for housing juvenile offenders committed to the department. Such report shall first be based upon funding and staffing levels included in this act, and may include alternative plans based upon requests for additional resources in subsequent biennia. The Director of the Department shall provide the report to the Governor and to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees no later than October 1, 2004.

D.1.  As part of its plan for the utilization of the juvenile correctional centers, the department may mothball Barrett Juvenile Correctional Center and expand the use of Culpeper Juvenile Correctional Center.  The department shall apply funds and positions formerly allocated to Barrett Juvenile Correctional Center to the increased utilization of Culpeper Juvenile Correctional Center.  Included in this appropriation is an additional $1,147,230 in the second year from the general fund to cover a portion of the costs of expanding the number of beds utilized at the Culpeper Juvenile Correctional Center. 

2. In implementing the plan for the utilization of the juvenile correctional centers, the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Correctional Education shall coordinate with the Secretary of Public Safety and the Secretary of Administration and shall seek the assistance of the Department of Human Resource Management in addressing issues related to the state work force affected by the implementation of this plan. The Secretary of Public Safety shall report to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees by June 1, 2005, on the status of the plan.

E.  Included in this appropriation is $1,000,000 in the second year from nongeneral funds to be used to furnish and equip the housing units at the Culpeper Juvenile Correctional Center that are needed to be opened to implement the approved portions of the reorganization plan.