                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS; GRASS CUTTING; ACQUISITION OF
QUARRIES, ETC.; USE OF MATERIALS FOR COUNTY ROADS (§ 53.1-56)

Persons sentenced to the Department shall, so far as practicable, be employed in
the construction and maintenance of the primary state highway system and
secondary system of state highways, and to this end may be used in rock
quarries, gravel pits and other plants in the preparation of materials for
construction and maintenance of roads and in the maintenance of any or all
medians and other nontraveled portions of such highways. Persons sentenced to
the Department may also be employed in the maintenance of the rest areas along
the Interstate Highway System, providing that such maintenance activities are
jointly approved by the Department and the Virginia Department of Transportation
based on the safety of the traveling public.
		The Commonwealth Transportation Board may acquire out of the proceeds of the
money, now or hereafter available for construction and maintenance of the
primary state highway system and secondary system, such quarries, gravel pits or
plants as may in its opinion be necessary for such work. The Board shall on the
request of any county road authorities allow such county road authorities to
take from such quarries or gravel pits or shall sell to such county road
authorities at cost of production such materials as may be required to be used
for the construction and maintenance of county roads. This arrangement shall in
no way interfere with the furnishing of materials by the Board for the
maintenance or construction of the primary state highway system and secondary
system.
		The Department of Transportation shall make requisition from time to time upon
the Director for the number of prisoners it deems necessary for the work on the
primary state highway system or secondary system or for the preparation of road
material for road construction and maintenance, in the maintenance of any or all
medians and other nontraveled portions of such highways, and in the maintenance
of the rest areas along the Interstate Highway System. The number of prisoners
so requisitioned shall be furnished subject to availability as determined by the
Director of the Department of Corrections.
		Fifteen days prior to a prisoner&#8217;s participation in the program, the
Director shall give the chief of police, sheriff or local chief law-enforcement
official of the locality in which the prisoner will work, notice of the
prisoner&#8217;s participation. Such notice shall include the name, address and
criminal history of the prisoner, in addition to other information the chief of
police or such officer may request. The transmission of information shall be
confidential and not subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§
2.2-3700 et seq.).

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-109; 1970, c. 648; 1974, c. 128; 1982, c. 636; 1989,
c. 652; 2010, c. 128; 2011, cc. 40, 48; 2013, cc. 585, 646.