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_ 529 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 384. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 second year from nongeneral funds to support the implementation of evidence-based practices in probation and parole districts. The source of the funds is the Drug Offender Assessment Fund. C. The Department of Corrections shall coordinate with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to provide identification cards to inmates through the DMV Connect program. 385. A. The following process shall be applicable in order for any county, city, or regional jail authority (hereinafter referred to as “the locality”) to receive state reimbursement for a portion of the costs of the construction, expansion, or renovation of a jail as provided in §§53.1-80 and 53.1-81, Code of Virginia: 1. The locality shall file with the Department of Corrections, by January 1 of the year in which it wishes its request to be considered, the following information in a format specified by the department: a. the information and documents required by §53.1-82.1, Code of Virginia; b. Specifications for the proposed construction or renovation; and c. Detailed cost estimates. 2. The Department of Corrections shall review the request and make its comments and recommendations to the State Board of Local and Regional Jails. 3. The Departments of Corrections and Criminal Justice Services shall review the community-based corrections plan and jail population forecast submitted by the locality and make their comments and recommendation concerning them to the State Board of Local and Regional Jails. 4. The State Board of Local and Regional Jails shall review and take action on the request, after reviewing the comments and recommendations of the Departments of Corrections and Criminal Justice Services. It may modify any aspect of the request before approving it. The Board shall not approve any request unless the following conditions have been met: a. the project is consistent with the projected number of local and state responsible offenders to be housed in such facility; b. the project meets the design criteria set out in the State Board of Local and Regional Jails' Standards for Planning, Design, Construction and Reimbursement of Local Correctional Facilities; c. the project is proposed to be built using standards for a minimum security facility, as adopted by the Board, unless the use of more expensive construction standards is justified, based on a documented projection of offender populations that would require a higher level of security; d. the project can be completed and operated in a cost-efficient manner; and e. any other criteria established by the Board. 5.a. If For those projects with a total cost exceeding $12,000,000 for which the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) approves a request, the Board shall (i) submit to the Department of General Services (DGS) as soon as is practicable after Board approval, but no later than AugustJuly 1, all submittal elements of a Planning Study or its equivalent, and such other essential documents and forms as may be appropriate to determine building cost summary, costs for upgrades, including, but not limited to, costs for upgrades to doors, windows, HVAC, and security systems, construction, expansion, and renovation of existing jail facilities; any existing design document for each project; the detailed list of the Board-approved costs; and any other all documents and information requested by DGS to perform a design and cost review of the project at the completion of preliminary design; and (ii) submit to the Department of Planning and Budget by no later than September 15, a summary of the project and a detailed list of the Board-approved costs. Using the project information provided by the Department of Corrections Board and the localities, DGS shall provide a cost review of the Board-approved project no later than