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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 623<\/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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":238637,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57113,"identifier":"53.1-109.2","token":"53.1\/3\/5\/53.1-109.2","url":"\/53.1-109.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-109.2\/","token":"53.1\/3\/5\/53.1-109.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regional jail superintendents not to be interested in private corrections enterprises","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-109.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No regional jail superintendent shall also serve as an officer or partner of, or derive any personal benefit from, any private corrections enterprise or private corrections corporation doing business in the Commonwealth. However, nothing in this section shall prohibit any regional jail superintendent from providing consultation services for remuneration to any public entity regarding correctional matters, or from receiving pension, deferred compensation or other retirement benefits arising exclusively out of employment by a private corrections enterprise or private corrections corporation prior to appointment as superintendent.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGIONAL JAIL SUPERINTENDENTS NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN PRIVATE CORRECTIONS\nENTERPRISES (\u00a7 53.1-109.2)\n\nNo regional jail superintendent shall also serve as an officer or partner of, or\nderive any personal benefit from, any private corrections enterprise or private\ncorrections corporation doing business in the Commonwealth. However, nothing in\nthis section shall prohibit any regional jail superintendent from providing\nconsultation services for remuneration to any public entity regarding\ncorrectional matters, or from receiving pension, deferred compensation or other\nretirement benefits arising exclusively out of employment by a private\ncorrections enterprise or private corrections corporation prior to appointment\nas superintendent.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 623.","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}}