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2001 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 53.1-129 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 53.1-129. Order permitting prisoners to work on state, county, city, town, certain private property or nonprofit organization property; bond of person in charge of prisoners.
The circuit court of any county or city may, by order entered of record, allow
persons confined in the jail of such county or city who are awaiting
disposition of, or serving sentences imposed for, misdemeanors or felonies to
work on (i) state, county, city or town property, (ii) any property owned by a
nonprofit organization which that is exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. § 501
(c) (3) or (c) (4) and which that is organized and operated exclusively for
charitable or social welfare purposes on a voluntary basis with the consent of the county, city, town
or state agency or the local public service authority or upon the request of
the nonprofit organization involved, or (iii) private property which that is
part of a community improvement project sponsored by a locality or that has
structures that are found to be public nuisances pursuant to §§ 15.2-900 and
15.2-906 provided that the court has reviewed and approved the project for the purposes herein and
permits the prisoner to work on such project. The district court of any county
or city may allow persons confined in the jail of such county or city who are awaiting
disposition of, or serving sentences imposed for, misdemeanors to work on (i)
(a) state, county, city or town property, (ii) (b) any property owned by a
nonprofit organization which that is exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. § 501
(c) (3) or (c) (4) and which that is organized and operated exclusively for
charitable or social welfare purposes on a voluntary basis with consent of the county, city, town or
state agency or the local public service authority or upon the request of the
nonprofit organization involved, or (iii) (c) private property which that is
part of a community improvement project sponsored by a locality or that has
structures that are found to be public nuisances pursuant to §§ 15.2-900 and
15.2-906 provided that the court has reviewed and approved the project for the purposes herein and
permits the prisoner to work on such project. Prisoners performing work as
provided in this paragraph may receive credit on their respective sentences for the work
done, whether such sentences are imposed prior or subsequent to the work done, as the
court orders.
The court may, by order entered of record, require a person convicted of a felony to work on state, county, city or town property, with the consent of the county, city, town or state agency or the local public service authority involved, for such credit on his sentence as the court orders.
In the event that a person other than the sheriff or jail superintendent is designated by the court to have charge of such prisoners while so working, the court shall require a bond of the person, in an amount to be fixed by the court, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his duties. Neither the sheriff nor the jail superintendent shall be held responsible for any acts of omission or commission on the part of such person.
Any person committed to jail upon a felony offense committed on or after January 1, 1995, who receives credit on his sentence as provided in this section shall not be entitled to good conduct credit, sentence credit, earned sentence credit, other credit, or a combination of any credits in excess of that permissible under Article 4 (§ 53.1-202.2 et seq.) of Chapter 6 of this title. So much of an order of any court contrary to the provisions of Article 4 shall be deemed null and void.