Bill Text: VA HB185 | 2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Criminal cases; fines collected upon conviction shall be credited to Literary Fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0749) [HB185 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2012-HB185-Chaptered.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 19.2-340.1 as follows: § 19.2-340.1. Disposition of fines in criminal cases. When a law-enforcement officer of (i) the Department of State Police or (ii) any other division of the state government makes an arrest or issues a summons for a violation of a provision of the Code of Virginia, the person arrested or summoned shall be charged with a violation of that Code provision and shall not be charged with a substantially similar local ordinance. All fines collected upon conviction of any person so arrested or summoned shall be credited to the Literary Fund. |
