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1999 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1506
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on General Laws
on January 30, 1999)
(Patrons Prior to Substitute—Delegates Shuler and O’Brien [HB 1929])
A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-47 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal §§ 53.1-48 through 53.1-51 of the Code of Virginia, relating to purchases by state agencies.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 53.1-47 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 53.1-47. Purchases by agencies, localities and certain nonprofit organizations.

Articles and services produced or manufactured by persons confined in state correctional facilities:

1. Shall May be purchased by all departments, institutions and agencies of the Commonwealth which are supported in whole or in part with funds from the state treasury for their use or the use of persons whom they assist financially. Except as provided in § 53.1-48, no such articles or services shall be purchased by any department, institution or agency of the Commonwealth from any other source; and

2. May be purchased by any county, district of any county, city or town and by any nonprofit organization, including volunteer lifesaving or first aid crews, rescue squads, fire departments, sheltered workshops and community service organizations.

2. That §§ 53.1-48 through 53.1-51 of the Code of Virginia are repealed.

3. That the provisions of this act shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2000 Session of the General Assembly.