Bill Text: VA HB1462 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; definition of crime.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-08 - House: Left in Courts of Justice [HB1462 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2011-HB1462-Introduced.html
11100822D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That § 19.2-368.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: § 19.2-368.2. Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter: "Claimant" means the person filing a claim pursuant to this chapter. "Commission" means the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. "Crime" means an act committed by any person in the
Commonwealth of Virginia which would constitute a crime as defined by the Code
of Virginia or at common law. However, no act involving the operation of a
motor vehicle which results in injury shall constitute a crime for the purpose
of this chapter unless the injuries (i) were intentionally inflicted through
the use of such vehicle or (ii) resulted from a violation of § 18.2-51.4 "Family," when used with reference to a person, means (i) any person related to such person within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity, (ii) any person residing in the same household with such person, or (iii) a spouse. "Sexual abuse" means sexual abuse as defined in subdivision 6 of § 18.2-67.10 and acts constituting rape, sodomy, object sexual penetration or sexual battery as defined in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2. "Victim" means a person who suffers personal physical injury or death as a direct result of a crime including a person who is injured or killed as a result of foreign terrorism or who suffers personal emotional injury as a direct result of being the subject of a violent felony offense as defined in subsection C of § 17.1-805, or stalking as described in § 18.2-60.3, or attempted robbery or abduction. |