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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 258 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1992, chapter 652.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1388197,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349734,"identifier":"16.1-322.6","token":"16.1\/11\/13.2\/16.1-322.6","url":"\/16.1-322.6\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-322.6\/","token":"16.1\/11\/13.2\/16.1-322.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties not delegable to contractor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-322.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No contract<\/span> for juvenile correctional facilities or programs shall authorize, allow, or imply a delegation of authority or responsibility to a juvenile correctional facilities or programs contractor for any of the following:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Developing and implementing procedures for calculating a detainee’s release date; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Classifying detainees or placing detainees in less restrictive custody<\/span> or more restrictive custody<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Transferring a detainee; however, the contractor may make written recommendations regarding the transfer of a detainee or detainees; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Formulating rules of detainee behavior, violations of which may subject detainees to sanctions<\/span>; however, the contractor may propose such rules for review and adoption, rejection, or modification as otherwise provided by law<\/span> or regulation; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Disciplining detainees in any manner which requires a discretionary application of rules of detainee behavior or a discretionary imposition of a sanction<\/span> for violations of such rules. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES NOT DELEGABLE TO CONTRACTOR (\u00a7 16.1-322.6)\n\nNo contract for juvenile correctional facilities or programs shall authorize,\nallow, or imply a delegation of authority or responsibility to a juvenile\ncorrectional facilities or programs contractor for any of the following:\n\n1. Developing and implementing procedures for calculating a detainee’s\nrelease date;\n\n2. Classifying detainees or placing detainees in less restrictive custody or\nmore restrictive custody;\n\n3. Transferring a detainee; however, the contractor may make written\nrecommendations regarding the transfer of a detainee or detainees;\n\n4. Formulating rules of detainee behavior, violations of which may subject\ndetainees to sanctions; however, the contractor may propose such rules for\nreview and adoption, rejection, or modification as otherwise provided by law or\nregulation; and\n\n5. Disciplining detainees in any manner which requires a discretionary\napplication of rules of detainee behavior or a discretionary imposition of a\nsanction for violations of such rules.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 258; 1992, c. 652.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}