Bill Text: VA SB396 | 2020 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Special police; powers, appointment pursuant to a city charter.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-05 - Failed to report (defeated) in Judiciary (5-Y 8-N) [SB396 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-SB396-Comm_Sub.html
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SENATE BILL NO. 396
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
on February 5, 2020)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Kiggans)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of
Chapter 15 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-1512.5, relating to authority
of local government employees to issue summonses for misdemeanor violations of
certain local ordinances.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 15 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-1512.5 as follows:
§15.2-1512.5. Authority of local government employees to issue summonses for misdemeanor violations of certain local ordinances.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a locality may appoint and train local government employees to enforce local ordinances by issuing summonses for misdemeanor violations of ordinances enacted pursuant to a power expressly authorized to the locality in its charter. Such employees shall not have the power and authority of constables at common law; their power shall be limited to issuing such summonses in their locality.
