                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PURCHASES BY AGENCIES, LOCALITIES, AND CERTAIN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS (§
53.1-47)

Articles and services produced or manufactured by persons confined in state
correctional facilities:

1. Shall be purchased by all departments, institutions, and agencies of the
Commonwealth that are supported in whole or in part with funds from the state
treasury for their use or the use of persons whom they assist financially.
Except as provided in &#xA7; 53.1-48, no such articles or services shall be
purchased by any department, institution, or agency of the Commonwealth from any
other source; and

2. May be purchased by any county, district of any county, city, or town and by
any nonprofit organization, including volunteer emergency medical services
agencies, fire departments, sheltered workshops, and community service
organizations.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-67; 1970, c. 648; 1972, c. 54; 1975, c. 647; 1980, c.
240; 1982, cc. 499, 636, 647; 1993, cc. 464, 488; 2015, cc. 502, 503.