§ 63.2-403. Expenditures by Department.
A. Appropriations made to the Department by the General Assembly for carryingout the provisions of Subtitles II and III of this title, including fundsreceived from the United States and other sources for such purpose, shall beused for the following purposes:
1. Paying such reasonable portion of the per diem and expenses of the membersof the Board, the expenses of the Commissioner, the salaries and remunerationof agents and employees of the Board and of the Commissioner, as shall bechargeable for the administration of Subtitles II and III of this title;
2. Paying all costs and expenses incurred by the Board and the Commissionerin the administration of Subtitles II and III of this title;
3. Reimbursing the counties and cities to the extent provided in § 63.2-401;
4. Paying public assistance to eligible recipients, and expenditures forsocial services and administration, in the event the Board adopts regulationsto provide for state issuance of any or all of such payments;
5. Paying to the United States, for so long as such payment shall be requiredas a condition for financial participation by the United States in any publicassistance or social services program its proportionate share of the netamounts collected by local boards from recipients and estates of recipients;and
6. Paying to the Social Security Administration the cost of administeringstate supplementation of the Supplemental Security Income program if theCommonwealth agrees to such federal administration.
B. Expenditures and disbursements of all amounts appropriated for theforegoing purposes shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants of theComptroller issued with the approval of the Commissioner.
(Code 1950, §§ 63-109, 63-111; 1956, c. 608; 1968, c. 578, § 63.1-93; 1970,c. 602; 1974, cc. 44, 45, 488, 503; 2002, c. 747.)