78700453.1-95.7Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016Prisons And Other Methods Of CorrectionLocal Correctional FacilitiesJail AuthoritiesPowers of authority1990, c. 837; 1994, c. 270. . . . Ronnell Gray Kitchen v. Douglas L. Upshaw, Sargeant Janulyn . . . 99-2458286 F.3d 1792002-04-09https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/777211/ronnell-gray-kitchen-v-douglas-l-upshaw-sargeant-janulyn-y-lennon/Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitKitchen v. Upshaw99-24582002-04-09https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2967576/kitchen-v-upshaw/ . . . be sued in its own name. See Va. Code Ann. § 53.1- . . . Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitShort Pump Town Center CDA v. Hahn010456554 S.E.2d 4412001-11-02https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1059406/short-pump-town-center-cda-v-hahn/ . . . essential governmental functions...." Code § 53.1-95.7. Similarly, Code § 15.2-4817 states that . . . <abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr>Commonwealth, DRM v. Va. Ass'n of Counties1509302016-06-23https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3216560/commonwealth-drm-v-va-assn-of-counties/ . . . enabling statutes suggest as much. See Code § 53.1- . . . <abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr>Newbrough v. Piedmont Regional Jail AuthorityCivil Action No. 3:10CV867-HEH822 F. Supp. 2d 5582011-09-28https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2171308/newbrough-v-piedmont-regional-jail-authority/ . . . the PRJA was created pursuant to VA Code Ann. § 53.1-95.7 (2000), which vests the PRJA with the . . . District Court, E.D. Virginiahttp://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/53.1-95.7//53.1-95.7/53.1/3/3.1/53.1-95.7Each authority created hereunder shall be deemed to be an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions to provide for the public safety and welfare, and each such authority is hereby authorized and empowered:section1 To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;section112 To acquire by gift, purchase, lease, or otherwise, and to hold, to sell, at public or private sale, or exchange, lease, mortgage, pledge, subordinate interest in, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every kind and character for its purposes;section222 To appoint, select, and employ officers, agents, and employees, including a superintendent of the regional correctional facility and necessary jail officers and employees therefor, and also including engineering and construction experts, fiscal agents and attorneys, and to fix their respective compensations;section332 To make contracts and leases and to execute all instruments necessary or convenient, including contracts for construction and financing of projects and leases of projects or contracts with respect to the use of projects which it causes to be erected or acquired, and to dispose by conveyance of its title in fee simple of real and personal property of every kind and character, and any and all political subdivisions, departments, institutions, or agencies of the Commonwealth are hereby authorized to enter into contracts, leases, or agreements with the authority upon such terms and for such purposes as they deem advisable;section442 To construct, erect, acquire, own, repair, remodel, maintain, add to, extend, improve, equip, furnish, operate, and manage projects, the cost of any such project to be paid in whole or in part from the proceeds or other funds made available to the authority;section552 To accept loans and grants of money or materials or property of any kind from the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, upon such terms and conditions as the United States of America or such agency or instrumentality may impose;section662 To accept loans and grants of money or materials or property of any kind from the Commonwealth of Virginia or any agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, upon such terms and conditions as the Commonwealth of Virginia or such agency or instrumentality or political subdivision may impose;section772 To borrow money for any of its corporate purposes and to execute evidences of such indebtedness and to secure the same and to issue negotiable revenue bonds payable solely from funds pledged for that purpose and to provide for the payment of the same and for the rights of the holders thereof. Any city or county participating in the authority may lend, advance, or give money or materials or property of any kind to the authority;section882 To exercise any power usually possessed by private corporations performing similar functions, which is not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth;section992 An authority created pursuant to this article and any trustee acting under any trust indenture are specifically authorized from time to time to sell, lease, grant, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any surplus property, both real and personal, or interest therein not required in the normal operation of and usable in the furtherance of the purpose for which the authority was created, except as such right and power may be limited as provided in § 53.1-95.8 hereof;section10102 To sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded;section11112 To adopt, amend, or repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations, not inconsistent with this article or the general laws of the Commonwealth, for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business and to carry into effect its powers and purposes;section12122 To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly given in this article.section13132