                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACQUISITION OF MILITARY PROPERTY (§ 2.2-5515)

A. No agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or
department employing law-enforcement officers as defined in &#xA7; 9.1-101 shall
acquire or purchase (i) weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles; (ii) aircraft that
are configured for combat or are combat-coded and have no established commercial
flight application; (iii) grenades or similar explosives or grenade launchers
from a surplus program operated by the federal government; (iv) armored
multi-wheeled vehicles that are mine-resistant, ambush-protected, and configured
for combat, also known as MRAPs, from a surplus program operated by the federal
government; (v) bayonets; (vi) rifles of .50 caliber or higher; (vii) rifle
ammunition of .50 caliber or higher; or (viii) weaponized tracked armored
vehicles.
			Nothing in this subsection shall restrict the acquisition or purchase of an
armored high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle, also known as HMMWVs, or
preclude the seizure of any prohibited item in connection with a criminal
investigation or proceeding or subject to a civil forfeiture. Any property
obtained by seizure shall be disposed of at the conclusion of any investigation
or as otherwise provided by law.

B. Any agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency
or department employing law-enforcement officers as defined in &#xA7; 9.1-101
that has previously acquired any item listed in subsection A is prohibited from
using such items unless such agency, director, or chief executive has received a
waiver to use such items from the Criminal Justice Services Board. Any waiver
request made to the Criminal Justice Services Board, except a waiver request
from the Department of State Police, shall be limited to special weapons and
tactics unit or other equivalent unit use only. The Department of State Police
may seek a waiver for any of its units. The Criminal Justice Services Board may
grant a waiver upon a showing of good cause by the requesting agency, director,
or chief executive that the continued use of the item that is the subject of the
waiver request has a bona fide public safety purpose.
			Any agency, director, or chief executive that has filed a waiver request with
the Criminal Justice Services Board may continue to use such prohibited items
while such waiver request is pending before the Criminal Justice Services Board.
If such waiver request is denied, the agency, director, or chief executive that
filed such waiver shall no longer use such prohibited item.

C. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the acquisition,
purchase, or otherwise acceptance of any personal protective equipment, naloxone
or other lifesaving medication, or any personal property that is not
specifically prohibited pursuant to subsection A from the federal government.

D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the Virginia National Guard
or Virginia Defense Force.

HISTORY: 2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 37, 55; 2022, cc. 375, 376.