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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57910</law_id><section_number>53.1-95.6</section_number><catch_line>Governing body</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="3">Local Correctional Facilities</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3.1">Jail Authorities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The powers of the authority shall be exercised by a <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> established in the manner provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Members of jail or jail farm board or regional jail authority; powers; payment of pro rata costs" href="/53.1-106/">53.1-106</a>.</p></section></text><history>1990, c. 837.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
