                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT; PROVISION OF QUARTERS, UTILITIES, AND OFFICE EQUIPMENT TO
COURT SERVICE UNIT (§ 16.1-234)

The Director shall cause the Department to study the conditions existing in the
several cities and counties, to confer with the judges of the juvenile and
domestic relations district courts, the directors and boards of social services,
and other appropriate officials, as the case may be, and to plan, establish and
operate unless otherwise provided an adequate and coordinated program of
probation, parole and related services to all juvenile and domestic relations
district courts in counties or cities heretofore served by regional juvenile and
domestic relations courts, and where specialized probation, parole and related
court services were not provided as of July 1, 1973, and to counties and cities
that request a development of a court service unit with the approval of the
governing bodies after consultation with the chief juvenile and domestic
relations district court judge.

In each county and city in which there is located an office for a state juvenile
and domestic relations district court service unit such jurisdiction shall
provide suitable quarters and utilities, including telephone service, for such
court service unit staff. Such county or city shall also provide all necessary
furniture and furnishings for the efficient operation of the unit. When such
court service unit serves counties or cities in addition to the county or city
where the office is located, the jurisdiction or jurisdictions so served shall
share proportionately, based on the population of the jurisdictions, in the cost
of the quarters and utilities, including telephone service and necessary
furniture and furnishings. All other office equipment and supplies, including
postage, shall be furnished by the Commonwealth and shall be paid out of the
appropriation for criminal charges.

In counties and cities that provided specialized court service programs prior to
July 1, 1973, which do not request the development of a state-operated court
service unit, it shall be the duty of the Department to insure that minimum
standards established by the State Board are adhered to, to confer with the
judges of the juvenile and domestic relations district court and other
appropriate officials as the case may be, and to assist in the continued
development and extension of an adequate and coordinated program of court
services, probation, parole and detention facilities and other specialized
services and facilities to such juvenile and domestic relations district courts.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 16.1-204; 1956, c. 555; 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 1974,
c. 641; 1977, c. 559; 1979, c. 700; 2001, c. 853.