Pursuant to § 53.1-128 of the Code of Virginia, the
County of Rappahannock establishes a workforce consisting of:
A. Every
person 18 years of age or older who is convicted and confined for
any violation of a local ordinance or who is confined as a punishment
for failure to pay a required fine; and
B. Every person 18 years of age or older who is confined pending disposition of a nonviolent criminal offense or an offense under Chapter
5 (§ 20-61 et seq., Code of Virginia) of Title 20 who volunteers.
Participation on the workforce shall be with the approval of
and under the supervision of the Sheriff.
Such workforces are authorized to work on:
A. Public
property or works owned, leased or operated by the commonwealth or
the County;
B. A
privately operated national park on federal land;
C. Any
property owned by a nonprofit organization that is exempt from taxation
under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) or (c)(4) and that is organized
and operated exclusively for charitable or social welfare purposes,
whether the same is located within such County, city or town, or elsewhere;
or
D. Private
property:
(1) Owned or occupied by an elderly or indigent person or persons where
such property has been identified by a citizens housing advisory committee
as needing rehabilitation or repair, and the property owner has consented
to such work; or
(2) Classified as or used as a cemetery where such property has been
abandoned and where on such property exist nuisances that have been
identified by a municipal corporation for abatement or removal pursuant
to § 15.2-1115, Code of Virginia or a similar local ordinance.