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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54489</law_id><section_number>53.1-49</section_number><catch_line>Evasion by variance from specifications of Director</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>53.1-50</reference><reference>53.1-51</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">State Correctional Facilities</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Employment and Training of Prisoners</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">department</span>, institution or agency of the Commonwealth shall be allowed to evade the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> and meaning of &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Purchases by agencies, localities, and certain nonprofit organizations" href="/53.1-47/">53.1-47</a> and <a class="law" title="Exceptions as to purchases" href="/53.1-48/">53.1-48</a> by slight variations from specifications adopted by the Division of Purchases and Supply of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of General Services pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Standardization of materials, equipment and supplies" href="/2.2-1112/">2.2-1112</a>, when the articles produced or manufactured in accordance with specifications of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> are reasonably adapted to the actual needs of the <span class="dictionary">department</span>, institution or agency.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-70; 1982, cc. 636, 647.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
