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HOUSE BILL NO. 1195 Offered January 22, 1996 A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-140 of the Code of Virginia, relating to powers and duties of Director of Department of Corrections. ---------- Patron-- Hamilton ---------- Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 53.1-140 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 53.1-140. Powers and duties of Director of Department.

The Director of the Department of Corrections shall:

1. Direct and supervise the work of all probation and parole officers appointed pursuant to the provisions of this article, to include the appointment of supervisory personnel in each probation and parole district;

2. Carry or cause to be carried into effect all orders of the Board and all rules and regulations adopted by it pursuant to the provisions of this article;

3. Prepare and submit to the several circuit courts of the Commonwealth authorized to appoint probation and parole officers pursuant to the provisions of this article lists of persons suitable and qualified, in his opinion, for appointment as such officers; and

4. Coordinate with the Parole Board the activities of the Department of Corrections that relate to parole.