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Rappahannock County, VA
 
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Rappahannock 11-5-2012. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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.