15.2-1715 - Authority to declare Intensified Drug Enforcement Jurisdictions; expenditure of funds. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-1715. Authority to declare Intensified Drug Enforcement Jurisdictions;expenditure of funds.

Whenever, in the judgment of the Governor or his designee, a locality ormulti-jurisdictional area is confronted with a drug trafficking problem ofsuch a magnitude as to warrant additional resources to supplement the effortsof local officials responsible for the apprehension and prosecution ofpersons engaged in drug trafficking activities, he may declare such areasIntensified Drug Enforcement Jurisdictions. Upon such declaration, theGovernor, or his designee, may make available funds from the Intensified DrugEnforcement Jurisdictions Fund provided for in § 9.1-105.

(1990, c. 971, § 15.1-131.12; 1997, c. 587.)