{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/10.1-120.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/10.1-120.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/10.1-120.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/10.1-120.html"}],"law_id":71325,"edition_id":1,"section_id":71325,"structure_id":15659,"section_number":"10.1-120","catch_line":"Commissioning of Breaks Interstate Park Commission employees as conservation officers","history":"2015, cc. 64, 489.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Director shall ensure that an employee of the Breaks Interstate Park Commission whom the Commission recommends for commissioning as a conservation officer in accordance with subsection B of § 10.1-115 meets the minimum qualifications for law-enforcement officers set out in § 15.2-1705, is subject to the minimum training standards set out in § 9.1-114, abides by the Department’s law-enforcement in-service training requirements, and abides by the law-enforcement directives of the Department unless exceptions by the Department are granted in writing. For the purposes of law-enforcement directives, the Breaks Interstate Park shall be treated as a Virginia State Park.B\n\nThe Commission shall bear the expenses associated with training and equipping a Commission employee as a conservation officer to Department standards unless the Department agrees otherwise.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":257110,"text":"The Director shall ensure that an employee of the Breaks Interstate Park Commission whom the Commission recommends for commissioning as a conservation officer in accordance with subsection B of § 10.1-115 meets the minimum qualifications for law-enforcement officers set out in § 15.2-1705, is subject to the minimum training standards set out in § 9.1-114, abides by the Department’s law-enforcement in-service training requirements, and abides by the law-enforcement directives of the Department unless exceptions by the Department are granted in writing. For the purposes of law-enforcement directives, the Breaks Interstate Park shall be treated as a Virginia State Park.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":257111,"text":"The Commission shall bear the expenses associated with training and equipping a Commission employee as a conservation officer to Department standards unless the Department agrees otherwise.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":15659,"edition_id":1,"name":"Conservation Officers","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13383,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:57:33","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:57:33","permalink":{"id":143447,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15659,"identifier":"4","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/4","url":"\/10.1\/I\/1\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13383,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12893,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:45","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:45","permalink":{"id":143317,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13383,"identifier":"1","token":"10.1\/I\/1","url":"\/10.1\/I\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12893,"edition_id":1,"name":"Activities Administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation","identifier":"I","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12740,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:59","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:59","permalink":{"id":143315,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12893,"identifier":"I","token":"10.1\/I","url":"\/10.1\/I\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12740,"edition_id":1,"name":"Conservation","identifier":"10.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":143313,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12740,"identifier":"10.1","token":"10.1","url":"\/10.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":62641,"structure_id":15659,"section_number":"10.1-115","catch_line":"Appointment of conservation officers; qualifications; oath","url":"\/10.1-115\/","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/4\/10.1-115","metadata":false},{"id":66005,"structure_id":15659,"section_number":"10.1-116","catch_line":"Jurisdiction of conservation officers","url":"\/10.1-116\/","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/4\/10.1-116","metadata":false},{"id":67679,"structure_id":15659,"section_number":"10.1-117","catch_line":"Powers and duties of conservation officers","url":"\/10.1-117\/","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/4\/10.1-117","metadata":false},{"id":79042,"structure_id":15659,"section_number":"10.1-118","catch_line":"Decommissioning of conservation officers","url":"\/10.1-118\/","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/4\/10.1-118","metadata":false},{"id":59904,"structure_id":15659,"section_number":"10.1-119","catch_line":"Defense of conservation officer of the Department prosecuted on criminal charges","url":"\/10.1-119\/","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/4\/10.1-119","metadata":false},{"id":71325,"structure_id":15659,"section_number":"10.1-120","catch_line":"Commissioning of Breaks Interstate Park Commission employees as conservation officers","url":"\/10.1-120\/","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/4\/10.1-120","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":59904,"structure_id":15659,"section_number":"10.1-119","catch_line":"Defense of conservation officer of the Department prosecuted on criminal charges","url":"\/10.1-119\/","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/4\/10.1-119","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/10.1-120\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 64<\/a> and 489<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62641,"section_number":"10.1-115","catch_line":"Appointment of conservation officers; qualifications; oath","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-115\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":62641,"section_number":"10.1-115","catch_line":"Appointment of conservation officers; qualifications; oath","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-115\/"},{"id":78495,"section_number":"15.2-1705","catch_line":"Minimum qualifications; waiver","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1705\/"},{"id":85516,"section_number":"9.1-114","catch_line":"Compliance with minimum training standards by officers employed after July 1, 1971, by officers appointed under \u00a7 56-353 after July 1, 1982, and by part-time officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-114\/"}],"permalink":{"id":143469,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71325,"identifier":"10.1-120","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/4\/10.1-120","url":"\/10.1-120\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-120\/","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/4\/10.1-120","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commissioning of Breaks Interstate Park Commission employees as conservation officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-120","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Director<\/span> shall ensure that an employee of the Breaks Interstate Park Commission whom the Commission recommends for commissioning as a conservation officer in accordance with subsection B of § 10.1-115<\/a> meets the minimum qualifications for law<\/span>-enforcement officers set out in § 15.2-1705<\/a>, is subject to the minimum training standards set out in § 9.1-114<\/a>, abides by the Department<\/span>’s law<\/span>-enforcement in-service training requirements, and abides by the law<\/span>-enforcement directives of the Department<\/span> unless exceptions by the Department<\/span> are granted in writing. For the purposes of law<\/span>-enforcement directives, the Breaks Interstate Park shall be treated as a Virginia State Park. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commission shall bear the expenses associated with training and equipping a Commission employee as a conservation officer to Department<\/span> standards unless the Department<\/span> agrees otherwise. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMISSIONING OF BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK COMMISSION EMPLOYEES AS CONSERVATION\nOFFICERS (\u00a7 10.1-120)\n\nA. The Director shall ensure that an employee of the Breaks Interstate Park\nCommission whom the Commission recommends for commissioning as a conservation\nofficer in accordance with subsection B of § 10.1-115 meets the minimum\nqualifications for law-enforcement officers set out in § 15.2-1705, is\nsubject to the minimum training standards set out in § 9.1-114, abides by\nthe Department’s law-enforcement in-service training requirements, and\nabides by the law-enforcement directives of the Department unless exceptions by\nthe Department are granted in writing. For the purposes of law-enforcement\ndirectives, the Breaks Interstate Park shall be treated as a Virginia State\nPark.\n\nB. The Commission shall bear the expenses associated with training and equipping\na Commission employee as a conservation officer to Department standards unless\nthe Department agrees otherwise.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, cc. 64, 489.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}