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2003 SESSION

031171884
HOUSE BILL NO. 2716
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
on January 31, 2003)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Phillips)
A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-31.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to auxiliary police forces; transportation of prisoners.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 53.1-31.1 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 53.1-31.1. Transportation of prisoners.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department shall provide all transportation to and from court for any prisoner in connection with a crime committed within a state correctional facility, or a facility operated pursuant to the Corrections Private Management Act (§ 53.1-261 et seq.), unless the affected sheriff and the Department agree on other transportation. Auxiliary police forces established under § 15.2-1731 who have met the training requirements of § 9.1-101, with the concurrence of the sheriff or other chief law-enforcement officer as appropriate, are specifically authorized to provide such transportation.