                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFENSE OF CONSERVATION OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT PROSECUTED ON CRIMINAL CHARGES
(§ 10.1-119)

If any conservation officer shall be brought before any regulatory body,
summoned before any grand jury, investigated by any other law-enforcement
agency, or arrested or indicted or otherwise prosecuted on any charge arising
out of any act committed in the discharge of his official duties, the Director
may employ special counsel approved by the Attorney General to defend such
officer. Upon a finding that (i) the officer did not violate a law or regulation
resulting from the act that was the subject of the investigation and (ii) the
officer will not be terminated from employment as the result of such act, the
Director shall arrange for payment for the special counsel employed. The
compensation for special counsel employed pursuant to this section shall,
subject to the approval of the Attorney General, be paid out of the funds
appropriated for the administration of the Department of Conservation and
Recreation or the Breaks Interstate Park Commission as may be applicable.

HISTORY: 2007, c. 595; 2015, cc. 64, 489.