2015 Code of Virginia
Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
§ 53.1-67.4. Authority of Director; purchase of services authorized; location and notification
A. Facilities established under this article may, in the discretion of the Director, be purchased, constructed or leased. The Director is further authorized to employ necessary personnel for these facilities. The Director, pursuant to rules and regulations of the Board, may purchase such services as are deemed necessary in furtherance of this article. Such services may be provided by qualified public agencies or private agencies.
B. At least 90 days prior to (i) the issuance of a request for proposal for construction, (ii) the execution of a contract for the purchase of improved or unimproved land, or (iii) the execution or renewal of a lease agreement, notice shall be given by the Director to the chairman of the board of supervisors or mayor of the county, city, or town in which the facility is to be located. Such notice shall also be given to each adjacent land owner. In addition, if the local governing body in the jurisdiction where the facility is to be located so requests, the Department shall hold a public hearing in that jurisdiction.
1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 1995, cc. 502, 574; 2006, c. 187.
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