Department of Corrections (799)

33.60 (language only)

The Department of Corrections shall return the property consisting of the Mecklenburg Correctional Center to Mecklenburg County, which originally donated the land to the Commonwealth for the development of the correctional center.  The department shall utilize inmate labor, to the maximum extent feasible, in site clearing and preparation for demolition.

A. The Department of Corrections shall return the property consisting of the Mecklenburg Correctional Center to Mecklenburg County with the exception of the property consisting of the Firing Range and Bachelor Officers Quarters (estimated at 30 acres).  The department shall have the Firing Range and BOQ surveyed and separated from the original property.  Mecklenburg County and the Department of Corrections shall enter into an agreement to allow the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office to use the firing range and BOQ for training.

B. The Department of Corrections shall utilize inmate labor, to the maximum extent feasible, in site clearing and demolition.  Mecklenburg County shall be responsible for the selection of buildings for demolition.  The Department of Corrections shall be responsible for all costs associated with the selected building demolition.