 Legal
Authority:Alcohol
Safety Action Programs operate under the authority of
Virginia Code Section
§ 18.2-271.1. Probation, education and
rehabilitation of person charged or convicted; person
convicted under law of another state.
Subsection I reads as follows: “The Commission on VASAP,
or any county, city, town, or any combination thereof
may establish and, if established, shall operate, in
accordance with the standards and criteria required by
this subsection, alcohol safety action programs in
connection with highway safety. Each such program shall
operate under the direction of a local independent
policy board chosen in accordance with procedures
approved and promulgated by the Commission on VASAP.
Local sitting or retired district court judges who
regularly hear or heard cases involving driving under
the influence and are familiar with their local alcohol
safety action programs may serve on such boards. The
Commission on VASAP shall establish minimum standards
and criteria for the implementation and operation of
such programs and shall establish procedures to certify
all such programs to ensure that they meet the minimum
standards and criteria stipulated by the Commission. The
Commission shall also establish criteria for the
administration of such programs for public information
activities, for accounting procedures, for the auditing
requirements of such programs and for the allocation of
funds. Funds paid to the Commonwealth hereunder shall be
utilized in the discretion of the Commission on VASAP to
offset the costs of state programs and local programs
run in conjunction with any county, city or town and
costs incurred by the Commission. The Commission shall
submit an annual report as to actions taken at the close
of each calendar year to the Governor and the General
Assembly.” See Virginia Code Section
§ 18.2-271.1 to view the complete statute.
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