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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 859 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 1992 \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 1995, chapter 756<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":238861,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70413,"identifier":"53.1-133.3","token":"53.1\/3\/8\/53.1-133.3","url":"\/53.1-133.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-133.3\/","token":"53.1\/3\/8\/53.1-133.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Eligibility to participate","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-133.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person under the custody<\/span> of a sheriff or jail superintendent shall be eligible to participate in the jail industry program on a voluntary basis without regard to whether that person is awaiting disposition<\/span> of charges or serving a previously imposed sentence. The sheriff or jail superintendent may establish additional eligibility criteria for participation in the program.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE (\u00a7 53.1-133.3)\n\nAny person under the custody of a sheriff or jail superintendent shall be\neligible to participate in the jail industry program on a voluntary basis\nwithout regard to whether that person is awaiting disposition of charges or\nserving a previously imposed sentence. The sheriff or jail superintendent may\nestablish additional eligibility criteria for participation in the program.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 859; 1995, c. 756.","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}}