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2011 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 53.1-128 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 53.1-128. Workforces and authorized work places.
The local governing body of any county, city or town may
establish workforces in the county, city or town under such conditions as it may
prescribe. Such workforces are authorized to work on (i) public property
or works owned, leased or operated by the Commonwealth or the county, city or
town; on (ii) a privately operated national park on federal land;
on (iii) any property owned by a nonprofit organization that is
exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) or (c)(4) and that is
organized and operated exclusively for charitable or social welfare purposes
whether the same is located within such county, city or town, or elsewhere; or
on (iv) private property (a) owned or occupied by an elderly
or indigent person or persons where such property has been identified by a
citizens housing advisory committee as needing rehabilitation or repair and the
property owner has consented to such work or (b) classified as or used as a
cemetery where such property has been abandoned and where on such
property exist nuisances that have been identified by a municipal corporation
for abatement or removal pursuant to § 15.2-1115 or a similar local ordinance.
Every person 18 years of age or older who is convicted and confined for any
violation of a local ordinance and who is confined as a punishment or for
failure to pay a required fine, shall be liable to work in such workforce. Every
person 18 years of age or older who is confined pending disposition of a
nonviolent criminal offense or an offense under Chapter 5 (§ 20-61 et seq.) of
Title 20 may work in such workforce on a voluntary basis with the approval of
and under the supervision of the sheriff.