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_ 61 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 60. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 3. Notwithstanding § 18.2-308.2:2, Code of Virginia, the Department of State Police may operate telephone, mail, VCheck, or other authorized communication response systems to provide dealers in firearms with information on the legal eligibility of prospective purchasers to possess or transport firearms covered under these regulations. This information may be released only to authorized dealers and/or those who have registered to receive notifications through the Virginia VINE Protective Order Notification System, including victims (or a legal representative of a victim), crime victim and witness assistance program employees, law enforcement officials and court officials. N. Out of the amounts appropriated in this item, $9,835,820 the first year and $9,835,820 the second year from the general fund is provided for additional behavioral health case managers and medical treatment positions in local and regional jails. O. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph H. of Item 67 of this act, included in this appropriation is $2,053,904 the first year and $2,053,904 the second year from the general fund to support new staffing associated with an increase in the rated operating capacity resulting from former expansions at the Piedmont Regional Jail that were not previously provided in base staffing and related funding by the Compensation Board. P.1. The Compensation Board shall report on the allocation of funds first appropriated in Chapter 2, 2022 Special Session I, to increase compensation for sworn officers, including specific measures of effectiveness that indicate the degree to which these salary adjustments reduce the number of departures and vacancies. A report is due to the Governor, the Chairs of the House Appropriation and Senate Finance and Appropriation Committees, and the Director, Department of Planning and Budget no later than October 15, 2023. 2. The Compensation Board shall report on retention data for deputies with law enforcement duties compared to deputies without law enforcement duties, including information on local salary supplements. The report shall include information on the distribution of time allocated for law enforcement, court security and jail responsibilities in localities in which the sheriff has law enforcement authority. The report shall also include data on the degree to which individual deputies are moved across the different responsibilities or assigned to one specific responsibility. The report shall be provided to such committees and agencies no later than October 15, 2024. Q. Included in this appropriation is $874,195 the second year from the general fund to provide a 6.0 percent salary increase for sheriffs' dispatchers and dispatcher supervisors as of July 1, 2025. 61. Financial Assistance for Confinement of Inmates in Local and Regional Facilities (35600) $43,714,791 $43,714,791 $43,814,791 Financial Assistance for Local Jail Per Diem (35601) $17,953,054 $17,953,054 $18,053,054 Financial Assistance for Regional Jail Per Diem (35604) $25,761,737 $25,761,737 Fund Sources: General $43,714,791 $43,714,791 $43,814,791 Authority: §§ 53.1-83.1, 53.1-84 and 53.1-85, Code of Virginia. A. In the event the appropriation in this Item proves to be insufficient to fund all of its provisions, any amount remaining as of June 1, 2025, and June 1, 2026, may be reallocated among localities on a pro rata basis according to such deficiency. B. For the purposes of this Item, the following definitions shall be applicable: 1. Effective sentence--a convicted offender's sentence as rendered by the court less any portion of the sentence suspended by the court. 2. Local responsible inmate--(a) any person arrested on a state warrant and incarcerated in a local correctional facility, as defined by § 53.1-1, Code of Virginia, prior to trial; (b) any person convicted of a misdemeanor offense and sentenced to a term in a local correctional