CODE OF VIRGINIA

ESTABLISHMENT OF CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS (§ 53.1-19)

The Director, subject to the approval of the Board and the Governor, shall
determine the necessity for and select the site of any new state correctional
facility and any land to be taken or purchased by the Commonwealth for the
purposes of any new or existing state correctional facility. The Director shall
have charge of the construction of any new building at any state correctional
facility, shall determine the design thereof, and for this purpose may employ
architects and other experts or hold competitions for plans and designs. On or
after January 1, 1996, at least ninety days in advance of the issuance of
requests for proposals for construction, notice shall be given by the Director
to the chairman of the board of supervisors or mayor of a county, city or town
in which the facility is to be established or expanded for the purpose of the
confinement of inmates. In addition, if the local governing body in the
jurisdiction where the facility is to be located so requests, upon receipt of
such request, the Department shall hold a public hearing in that jurisdiction.
The Director may, if he finds it practical and economical, use persons sentenced
to the Department as laborers in the construction of such structures.If land or
property is taken or purchased by the Board, title shall be taken in the name of
the Commonwealth. The original names of all state correctional facilities shall
be designated by the Board and approved by the Governor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-76.1; 1970, c. 648; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1976, c. 393;
1982, c. 636; 1995, c. 846; 1996, c. 234.