CODE OF VIRGINIA

WORKFORCES AND AUTHORIZED WORK PLACES (§ 53.1-128)

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; (ii) a privately
operated national park on federal land; (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 (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.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-163; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636; 1991, c. 580; 1997,
cc. 123, 546; 2010, c. 168; 2011, c. 767.