Bill Text: VA SB439 | 2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Driving under the influence; remote alcohol monitoring, penalty.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2020-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1007) [SB439 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-SB439-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§18.2-270.1, 18.2-270.2, 18.2-271.1, and 18.2-272 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§18.2-270.1. Ignition interlock systems; penalty.
A. For purposes of this section and §18.2-270.2:
"Commission" means the Commission on VASAP.
"Department" means the Department of Motor Vehicles.
"Ignition interlock system" means a device that (i) connects a motor vehicle ignition system to an analyzer that measures a driver's blood alcohol content; (ii) prevents a motor vehicle ignition from starting if a driver's blood alcohol content exceeds 0.02 percent; and (iii) is equipped with the ability to perform a rolling retest and to electronically log the blood alcohol content during ignition, attempted ignition, and rolling retest.
"Remote alcohol monitoring device" means an unsupervised mobile testing device with the ability to confirm the location and presence of alcohol in a person and that is capable of scheduled, random, and on-demand tests that provide immediate, or as-requested, results. A testing device may be worn or used by persons ordered by the court to provide measurements of the presence of alcohol in their blood.
"Rolling retest" means a test of the vehicle operator's blood alcohol content required at random intervals during operation of the vehicle, which triggers the sounding of the horn and flashing of lights if (i) the test indicates that the operator has a blood alcohol content which exceeds 0.02 percent or (ii) the operator fails to take the test.
B. In addition to any penalty provided by law for a conviction
under §18.2-51.4 or 18.2-266 or a substantially similar ordinance of any
county, city, or town, any court of proper jurisdiction shall, as a
condition of a restricted license, prohibit an offender from operating a motor
vehicle that is not equipped with a functioning, certified ignition interlock
system for any period of time not to exceed the period of license suspension
and restriction, not less than six consecutive months without alcohol-related
violations of the interlock requirements. The court shall, as a condition of
a restricted license for a conviction under §18.2-51.4, a second or
subsequent offense of §18.2-266 or a substantially similar ordinance of any
county, city, or town, or as a condition of license restoration pursuant
to subsection C of §18.2-271.1 or §46.2-391, require that such a system be
installed on each motor vehicle, as defined in §46.2-100, owned by or
registered to the offender, in whole or in part, for such any
period of time not less than six consecutive months without alcohol-related
violations of the interlock requirements. Such condition shall be in
addition to any purposes for which a restricted license may be issued pursuant
to §18.2-271.1. The Whenever an ignition interlock system is
required, the court may order the installation of an ignition interlock
system to commence immediately upon conviction. A fee of $20 to cover court and
administrative costs related to the ignition interlock system shall be paid by
any such offender to the clerk of the court. The court shall require the
offender to install an electronic log device with the ignition interlock system
on a vehicle designated by the court to measure the blood alcohol content at
each attempted ignition and random rolling retest during operation of the
vehicle. The offender shall be enrolled in and supervised by an alcohol safety
action program pursuant to §18.2-271.1 and to conditions established by
regulation under §18.2-270.2 by the Commission during the period for which the
court has ordered installation of the ignition interlock system. The offender
shall be further required to provide to such program, at least quarterly during
the period of court ordered ignition interlock installation, a printout from
such electronic log indicating the offender's blood alcohol content during such
ignitions, attempted ignitions, and rolling retests, and showing attempts to
circumvent or tamper with the equipment. The period of time during which the
offender (i) is prohibited from operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped
with an ignition interlock system or (ii) is required to have an ignition
interlock system installed on each motor vehicle owned by or registered to the
offender, in whole or in part, shall be calculated from the date the offender
is issued a restricted license by the court; however, such period of time shall
be tolled upon the expiration of the restricted license issued by the court
until such time as the person is issued a restricted license by the Department.
C. However, upon motion of an offender, if (i) a conviction was under §18.2-266 or a substantially similar ordinance of any county, city, or town; (ii) the conviction was for a first offense; (iii) the offender was an adult at the time of the offense; and (iv) the offender's blood alcohol content was less than 0.15, the only restriction of a restricted license that the court shall impose is to prohibit the offender from operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped with a functioning, certified ignition interlock system for not less than 12 consecutive months without alcohol-related violations of the interlock requirements.
D. In any case in which the court requires the
installation of an ignition interlock system, the court shall order the
offender not to operate any motor vehicle that is not equipped with such a
system for the period of time that the interlock restriction is in effect. The
clerk of the court shall file with the Department of Motor Vehicles a copy of
the order, which shall become a part of the offender's operator's license
record maintained by the Department. The Department shall issue to the offender
for the period during which the interlock restriction is imposed a restricted
license which shall appropriately set forth the restrictions required by the
court under this subsection and any other restrictions imposed upon the
offender's driving privilege, and shall also set forth any exception granted by
the court under subsection F I.
D. E. The court may, upon motion of an offender who
is ineligible to receive a restricted license in accordance with subsection C,
order that the offender (i) use a remote alcohol monitoring device for a period
of time coextensive with the period of time of the prohibition imposed under
subsection B and (ii) refrain from alcohol consumption during such period of
time. Additionally, upon such motion and pursuant to §18.2-271.1, the court
may issue a restricted license to operate a motor vehicle for any purpose to a
person who is prohibited from operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped
with a functioning, certified ignition interlock system when such person is
ordered to use a remote alcohol monitoring device pursuant to this subsection
and has a functioning, certified ignition interlock system installed on each
motor vehicle, as defined in §46.2-100, owned by or registered to the
offender, in whole or in part.
A fee of $20 to cover court and administrative costs related to the remote alcohol monitoring device shall be paid by any such offender to the clerk of the court. The offender shall be enrolled in and supervised by an alcohol safety action program pursuant to §18.2-271.1 and shall comply with all conditions established by regulation under §18.2-270.2 by the Commission during the period for which the court has ordered the use of a remote alcohol monitoring device. The offender shall be further required to provide to such program, at least quarterly during the period of time the offender is ordered to use a remote alcohol monitoring device, a copy of the data from such device indicating the offender's blood alcohol content and showing attempts to circumvent or tamper with the device. The period of time during which the offender is required to use a remote alcohol monitoring device shall be calculated from the date the offender is issued a restricted license by the court; however, such period of time shall be tolled upon the expiration of the restricted license issued by the court until such time as the person is issued a restricted license by the Department.
F. The offender shall be ordered to provide the appropriate ASAP program, within 30 days of the effective date of the order of court, proof of the installation of the ignition interlock system, and, if applicable, proof that the offender is using a remote alcohol monitoring device. The Program shall require the offender to have the system and device monitored and calibrated for proper operation at least every 30 days by an entity approved by the Commission under the provisions of §18.2-270.2 and to demonstrate proof thereof. The offender shall pay the cost of leasing or buying and monitoring and maintaining the ignition interlock system and the remote alcohol monitoring device. Absent good cause shown, the court may revoke the offender's driving privilege for failing to (i) timely install such system or use such device or (ii) have the system or device properly monitored and calibrated.
E. G. No person shall start or attempt to start
a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock system for the purpose of
providing an operable motor vehicle to a person who is prohibited under this
section from operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped with an ignition
interlock system. No person shall tamper with, or in any way attempt to
circumvent the operation of, an ignition interlock system that has been
installed in the motor vehicle of a person under this section. Except as
authorized in subsection F I, no person shall knowingly furnish a
motor vehicle not equipped with a functioning ignition interlock system to any
person prohibited under subsection B from operating any motor vehicle which
that is not equipped with such system. A violation of this subsection is
punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
H. No person shall tamper with, or in any way attempt to circumvent the operation of, a remote alcohol monitoring device that an offender is ordered to use under this section. A violation of this subsection is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Any person who violates this subsection shall have his restricted license issued pursuant to subsection E, as it shall become effective on July 1, 2021, revoked. The court may, in its discretion and for good cause shown, provide that such person be issued a restricted permit to operate a motor vehicle in accordance with the terms of a restricted license issued pursuant to subsection E of §18.2-271.1.
F. I. Any person prohibited from operating a
motor vehicle under subsection B may, solely in the course of his employment,
operate a motor vehicle that is owned or provided by his employer without
installation of an ignition interlock system, if the court expressly permits
such operation as a condition of a restricted license at the request of the
employer; such person shall not be permitted to operate any other vehicle
without a functioning ignition interlock system and, in no event, shall such
person be permitted to operate a school bus, school vehicle, or a commercial
motor vehicle as defined in §46.2-341.4. This subsection shall not apply if
such employer is an entity wholly or partially owned or controlled by the
person otherwise prohibited from operating a vehicle without an ignition
interlock system.
G. J. The Commission shall promulgate such
regulations and forms as are necessary to implement the procedures outlined in
this section.
§18.2-270.2. Ignition interlock system and remote alcohol monitoring device; certification by Commission on VASAP; regulations; sale or lease; monitoring use; reports.
A. The Executive Director of the Commission on VASAP or his
designee shall, pursuant to approval by the Commission, certify ignition
interlock systems for use in this the Commonwealth and adopt
regulations and forms for the installation, maintenance and certification of
such ignition interlock systems.
The regulations adopted shall include requirements that ignition interlock systems:
1. Do not impede the safe operation of the vehicle;
2. Minimize opportunities to be bypassed, circumvented or tampered with, and provide evidence thereof;
3. Correlate accurately with established measures of blood alcohol content and be calibrated according to the manufacturer's specifications;
4. Work accurately and reliably in an unsupervised environment;
5. Have the capability to provide an accurate written measure of blood alcohol content for each ignition, attempted ignition, and rolling retest, and record each attempt to circumvent or tamper with the equipment;
6. Minimize inconvenience to other users;
7. Be manufactured or distributed by an entity responsible for installation, user training, service, and maintenance, and meet the safety and operational requirements promulgated by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration;
8. Operate reliably over the range of motor vehicle environments or motor vehicle manufacturing standards;
9. Be manufactured by an entity which is adequately insured against liability, in an amount established by the Commission, including product liability and installation and maintenance errors;
10. Provide for an electronic log of the driver's experience
with the system with an information management system capable of electronically
delivering information to the agency supervising the interlock user within
twenty-four 24 hours of the collection of such information from the
datalogger; and
11. Provide for a rolling retest of the operator's blood alcohol content.
B. The Executive Director of the Commission on VASAP or his designee shall, pursuant to approval by the Commission, certify remote alcohol monitoring devices for use in the Commonwealth and adopt regulations and forms for the installation, maintenance, and certification of such remote alcohol monitoring devices.
C. Such regulations shall also provide for the establishment of a fund, using a percentage of fees received by the manufacturer or distributor providing ignition interlock services or remote alcohol monitoring devices, to afford persons found by the court to be indigent all or part of the costs of an ignition interlock system or remote alcohol monitoring device.
D. The Commission shall design and adopt a warning
label to be affixed to an ignition interlock system or remote alcohol
monitoring device upon installation. The warning label shall state that a
person tampering with, or attempting to circumvent the ignition
interlock system shall be or remote alcohol monitoring device is
guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a
fine or incarceration or both.
E. The Commission shall publish a list of certified ignition interlock systems and remote alcohol monitoring devices and shall ensure that such systems and devices are available throughout the Commonwealth. The local alcohol safety action program shall make the list available to eligible offenders, who shall have the responsibility and authority to choose which certified ignition interlock company and certified remote alcohol monitoring company will supply the offender's equipment. A manufacturer or distributor of an ignition interlock system or a remote alcohol monitoring device that seeks to sell or lease the ignition interlock system or remote alcohol monitoring device to persons subject to the provisions of §18.2-270.1 shall pay the reasonable costs of obtaining the required certification, as set forth by the Commission.
B. F. A person may not sell or lease or offer to
sell or lease an ignition interlock system or a remote alcohol monitoring
device to any person subject to the provisions of §18.2-270.1 unless:
1. The system or device has been certified by the Commission; and
2. The warning label adopted by the Commission is affixed to the system.
C. G. A manufacturer or distributor of an
ignition interlock system or remote alcohol monitoring device shall
provide such services as may be required at no cost to the Commonwealth. Such
services shall include a toll free, twenty-four-hour 24-hour
telephone number for the users of ignition interlock systems or remote
alcohol monitoring devices.
§18.2-271.1. Probation, education, and rehabilitation of person charged or convicted; person convicted under law of another state or federal law.
A. Any person convicted of a first or second offense of § 18.2-266, or any ordinance of a county, city, or town similar to the provisions thereof, or provisions of subsection A of §46.2-341.24, shall be required by court order, as a condition of probation or otherwise, to enter into and successfully complete an alcohol safety action program in the judicial district in which such charge is brought or in any other judicial district upon such terms and conditions as the court may set forth. However, upon motion of a person convicted of any such offense following an assessment of the person conducted by an alcohol safety action program, the court, for good cause, may decline to order participation in such a program if the assessment by the alcohol safety action program indicates that intervention is not appropriate for such person. In no event shall such persons be permitted to enter any such program which is not certified as meeting minimum standards and criteria established by the Commission on the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program (VASAP) pursuant to this section and to §18.2-271.2. However, any person charged with a violation of a first or second offense of §18.2-266, or any ordinance of a county, city, or town similar to the provisions thereof, or provisions of subsection A of §46.2-341.24, may, at any time prior to trial, enter into an alcohol safety action program in the judicial district in which such charge is brought or in any other judicial district. Any person who enters into such program prior to trial may pre-qualify with the program to have an ignition interlock system installed on any motor vehicle owned or operated by him. However, no ignition interlock company shall install an ignition interlock system on any such vehicle until a court issues to the person a restricted license with the ignition interlock restriction.
B. The court shall require the person entering such program under the provisions of this section to pay a fee of no less than $250 but no more than $300. A reasonable portion of such fee, as may be determined by the Commission on VASAP, but not to exceed 10 percent, shall be forwarded monthly to be deposited with the State Treasurer for expenditure by the Commission on VASAP, and the balance shall be held in a separate fund for local administration of driver alcohol rehabilitation programs. Upon a positive finding that the defendant is indigent, the court may reduce or waive the fee. In addition to the costs of the proceeding, fees as may reasonably be required of defendants referred for intervention under any such program may be charged.
C. Upon conviction of a violation of §18.2-266 or any
ordinance of a county, city or town similar to the provisions thereof, or
subsection A of §46.2-341.24, the court shall impose the sentence authorized
by §18.2-270 or 46.2-341.28 and the license revocation as authorized by §
18.2-271. In addition, if the conviction was for a second offense committed
within less than 10 years after a first such offense, the court shall order
that restoration of the person's license to drive be conditioned upon the
installation of an ignition interlock system on each motor vehicle, as defined
in §46.2-100, owned by or registered to the person, in whole or in part, for a
period of six months beginning at the end of the three year license revocation,
unless such a system has already been installed for six months prior to that
time pursuant to a restricted license order under subsection E. Upon a finding
that a person so convicted is required to participate in the program described
herein, the court shall enter the conviction on the warrant, and shall note
that the person so convicted has been referred to such program. The court may
then proceed to issue an order in accordance with subsection E, if the court
finds that the person so convicted is eligible for a restricted license. If the
court finds good cause for a person not to participate in such program or
subsequently that such person has violated, without good cause, any of the
conditions set forth by the court in entering the program, the court shall
dispose of the case as if no program had been entered, in which event the
revocation provisions of §46.2-389 and subsection A of §46.2-391 shall be
applicable to the conviction. The court shall, upon final disposition of the
case, send a copy of its order to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor
Vehicles. If such order provides for the issuance of a restricted license, the
Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon receipt thereof, shall
issue a restricted license. The period of time during which the person (i) is
prohibited from operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped with an ignition
interlock system or, (ii) is required to have an ignition
interlock system installed on each motor vehicle owned by or registered to the
person, in whole or in part, or (iii) is required to use a remote alcohol
monitoring device shall be calculated from the date the person is issued a
restricted license by the court; however, such period of time shall be tolled
upon the expiration of the restricted license issued by the court until such
time as the person is issued a restricted license by the Department of Motor
Vehicles. Appeals from any such disposition shall be allowed as provided by
law. The time within which an appeal may be taken shall be calculated from the
date of the final disposition of the case or any motion for rehearing,
whichever is later.
D. Any person who has been convicted under the law of another state or the United States of an offense substantially similar to the provisions of §18.2-266 or subsection A of §46.2-341.24, and whose privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this Commonwealth is subject to revocation under the provisions of §46.2-389 and subsection A of §46.2-391, may petition the general district court of the county or city in which he resides that he be given probation and assigned to a program as provided in subsection A and that, upon entry into such program, he be issued an order in accordance with subsection E. If the court finds that such person would have qualified therefor if he had been convicted in this Commonwealth of a violation of §18.2-266 or subsection A of §46.2-341.24, the court may grant the petition and may issue an order in accordance with subsection E as to the period of license suspension or revocation imposed pursuant to §46.2-389 or subsection A of §46.2-391. The court (i) shall, as a condition of a restricted license, prohibit such person from operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped with a functioning, certified ignition interlock system for a period of time not to exceed the period of license suspension and restriction, not less than six consecutive months without alcohol-related violations of interlock requirements, and (ii) may, upon request of such person and as a condition of a restricted license, require such person to use a remote alcohol monitoring device in accordance with the provisions of subsection E of §18.2-270.1, as it shall become effective on July 1, 2021. Such order shall be conditioned upon the successful completion of a program by the petitioner. If the court subsequently finds that such person has violated any of the conditions set forth by the court, the court shall dispose of the case as if no program had been entered and shall notify the Commissioner, who shall revoke the person's license in accordance with the provisions of §46.2-389 or subsection A of §46.2-391. A copy of the order granting the petition or subsequently revoking or suspending such person's license to operate a motor vehicle shall be forthwith sent to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles. The period of time during which the person (a) is prohibited from operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped with an ignition interlock system or (b) is required to use a remote alcohol monitoring device shall be calculated from the date the person is issued a restricted license by the court; however, such period of time shall be tolled upon the expiration of the restricted license issued by the court until such time as the person is issued a restricted license by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
No period of license suspension or revocation shall be imposed pursuant to this subsection which, when considered together with any period of license suspension or revocation previously imposed for the same offense under the law of another state or the United States, results in such person's license being suspended for a period in excess of the maximum periods specified in this subsection.
E. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever a person
enters a certified program pursuant to this section, and such person's license
to operate a motor vehicle, engine or train in the Commonwealth has been
suspended or revoked, the court may, in its discretion and for good cause
shown, provide that such person be issued a restricted permit to operate a
motor vehicle for any of the following purposes: (i) travel to and from his
place of employment; (ii) travel to and from an alcohol rehabilitation or
safety action program; (iii) travel during the hours of such person's
employment if the operation of a motor vehicle is a necessary incident of such
employment; (iv) travel to and from school if such person is a student, upon
proper written verification to the court that such person is enrolled in a
continuing program of education; (v) travel for health care services, including
medically necessary transportation of an elderly parent or, as designated by
the court, any person residing in the person's household with a serious medical
problem upon written verification of need by a licensed health professional;
(vi) travel necessary to transport a minor child under the care of such person
to and from school, day care, and facilities housing medical service providers;
(vii) travel to and from court-ordered visitation with a child of such person;
(viii) travel to a screening, evaluation and education program entered pursuant
to §18.2-251 or subsection H of §18.2-258.1; (ix) travel to and from court
appearances in which he is a subpoenaed witness or a party and appointments
with his probation officer and to and from any programs required by the court
or as a condition of probation; (x) travel to and from a place of religious
worship one day per week at a specified time and place; (xi) travel to and from
appointments approved by the Division of Child Support Enforcement of the
Department of Social Services as a requirement of participation in an
administrative or court-ordered intensive case monitoring program for child
support for which the participant maintains written proof of the appointment,
including written proof of the date and time of the appointment, on his person;
(xii) travel to and from jail to serve a sentence when such person has been
convicted and sentenced to confinement in jail and pursuant to §53.1-131.1 the
time to be served is on weekends or nonconsecutive days; (xiii) travel to and
from the facility that installed or monitors the ignition interlock in the
person's vehicle; or (xiv) travel to and from a job interview for which
he maintains on his person written proof from the prospective employer of the
date, time, and location of the job interview; or (xv) travel to and from
the offices of the Virginia Employment Commission for the purpose of seeking
employment. However, (a) any such person who is eligible to receive a
restricted license as provided in subsection C of §18.2-270.1 or (b) any such
person ordered to use a remote alcohol monitoring device pursuant to subsection
E of §18.2-270.1, as it shall become effective on July 1, 2021, who has a
functioning, certified ignition interlock system as required by law may be
issued a restricted permit to operate a motor vehicle for any lawful purpose.
No restricted license issued pursuant to this subsection shall permit any
person to operate a commercial motor vehicle as defined in the Virginia
Commercial Driver's License Act (§46.2-341.1 et seq.). The court shall order
the surrender of such person's license to operate a motor vehicle to be
disposed of in accordance with the provisions of §46.2-398 and shall forward
to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles a copy of its order
entered pursuant to this subsection, which shall specifically enumerate the
restrictions imposed and contain such information regarding the person to whom
such a permit is issued as is reasonably necessary to identify such person. The
court shall also provide a copy of its order to the person so convicted who may
operate a motor vehicle on the order until receipt from the Commissioner of the
Department of Motor Vehicles of a restricted license, if the order provides for
a restricted license for that time period. A copy of such order and, after
receipt thereof, the restricted license shall be carried at all times while
operating a motor vehicle. Any person who operates a motor vehicle in violation
of any restrictions imposed pursuant to this section shall be is
guilty of a violation of §18.2-272. Such restricted license shall be
conditioned upon enrollment within 15 days in, and successful completion of, a
program as described in subsection A. No restricted license shall be issued
during the first four months of a revocation imposed pursuant to subsection B
of §18.2-271 or subsection A of §46.2-391 for a second offense of the type described
therein committed within 10 years of a first such offense. No restricted
license shall be issued during the first year of a revocation imposed pursuant
to subsection B of §18.2-271 or subsection A of §46.2-391 for a second
offense of the type described therein committed within five years of a first
such offense. No restricted license shall be issued during any revocation
period imposed pursuant to subsection C of §18.2-271 or subsection B of §
46.2-391. Notwithstanding the provisions of §46.2-411, the fee charged
pursuant to §46.2-411 for reinstatement of the driver's license of any person
whose privilege or license has been suspended or revoked as a result of a
violation of §18.2-266, subsection A of §46.2-341.24 or of any ordinance of a
county, city or town, or of any federal law or the laws of any other state
similar to the provisions of §18.2-266 or subsection A of §46.2-341.24 shall
be $105. Forty dollars of such reinstatement fee shall be retained by the
Department of Motor Vehicles as provided in §46.2-411, $40 shall be
transferred to the Commission on VASAP, and $25 shall be transferred to the
Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative Trust Fund.
F. The court shall have jurisdiction over any person entering such program under any provision of this section until such time as the case has been disposed of by either successful completion of the program, or revocation due to ineligibility or violation of a condition or conditions imposed by the court, whichever shall first occur. Revocation proceedings shall be commenced by notice to show cause why the court should not revoke the privilege afforded by this section. Such notice shall be made by first-class mail to the last known address of such person, and shall direct such person to appear before the court in response thereto on a date contained in such notice, which shall not be less than 10 days from the date of mailing of the notice. Failure to appear in response to such notice shall of itself be grounds for revocation of such privilege. Notice of revocation under this subsection shall be sent forthwith to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
G. For the purposes of this section, any court which has convicted a person of a violation of §18.2-266, subsection A of §46.2-341.24 or any ordinance of a county, city or town similar to the provisions of § 18.2-266 shall have continuing jurisdiction over such person during any period of license revocation related to that conviction, for the limited purposes of (i) referring such person to a certified alcohol safety action program, (ii) providing for a restricted permit for such person in accordance with the provisions of subsection E, and (iii) imposing terms, conditions and limitations for actions taken pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii), whether or not it took either such action at the time of the conviction. This continuing jurisdiction is subject to the limitations of subsection E that provide that no restricted license shall be issued during a revocation imposed pursuant to subsection C of §18.2-271 or subsection B of §46.2-391 or during the first four months or first year, whichever is applicable, of the revocation imposed pursuant to subsection B of §18.2-271 or subsection A of §46.2-391. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to a person convicted of a violation of §18.2-266, subsection A of §46.2-341.24 or any ordinance of a county, city or town similar to the provisions of §18.2-266 on, after and at any time prior to July 1, 2003.
H. The State Treasurer, the Commission on VASAP or any city or county is authorized to accept any gifts or bequests of money or property, and any grant, loan, service, payment or property from any source, including the federal government, for the purpose of driver alcohol education. Any such gifts, bequests, grants, loans or payments shall be deposited in the separate fund provided in subsection B.
I. The Commission on VASAP, or any county, city, town, or any combination thereof may establish and, if established, shall operate, in accordance with the standards and criteria required by this subsection, alcohol safety action programs in connection with highway safety. Each such program shall operate under the direction of a local independent policy board chosen in accordance with procedures approved and promulgated by the Commission on VASAP. Local sitting or retired district court judges who regularly hear or heard cases involving driving under the influence and are familiar with their local alcohol safety action programs may serve on such boards. The Commission on VASAP shall establish minimum standards and criteria for the implementation and operation of such programs and shall establish procedures to certify all such programs to ensure that they meet the minimum standards and criteria stipulated by the Commission. The Commission shall also establish criteria for the administration of such programs for public information activities, for accounting procedures, for the auditing requirements of such programs and for the allocation of funds. Funds paid to the Commonwealth hereunder shall be utilized in the discretion of the Commission on VASAP to offset the costs of state programs and local programs run in conjunction with any county, city or town and costs incurred by the Commission. The Commission shall submit an annual report as to actions taken at the close of each calendar year to the Governor and the General Assembly.
J. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section or of §18.2-271, nothing in this section shall permit the court to suspend, reduce, limit, or otherwise modify any disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle imposed under the provisions of the Virginia Commercial Driver's License Act (§46.2-341.1 et seq.).
§18.2-272. Driving after forfeiture of license.
A. Any person who drives or operates any motor vehicle, engine or train in the Commonwealth during the time for which he was deprived of the right to do so (i) upon conviction of a violation of §18.2-268.3 or 46.2-341.26:3 or of an offense set forth in subsection E of §18.2-270, (ii) by §18.2-271 or 46.2-391.2, (iii) after his license has been revoked pursuant to §46.2-389 or 46.2-391, or (iv) in violation of the terms of a restricted license issued pursuant to subsection E of §18.2-271.1, subsection C of § 18.2-270.1, or subsection E of §18.2-270.1, as it shall become effective on July 1, 2021, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor except as otherwise provided in §46.2-391, and is subject to administrative revocation of his driver's license pursuant to §§46.2-389 and 46.2-391. Any person convicted of three violations of this section committed within a 10-year period is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Nothing in this section or §18.2-266, 18.2-270, or 18.2-271 shall be construed as conflicting with or repealing any ordinance or resolution of any city, town or county which restricts still further the right of such persons to drive or operate any such vehicle or conveyance.
B. Regardless of compliance with any other restrictions on his privilege to drive or operate a motor vehicle, it shall be a violation of this section for any person whose privilege to drive or operate a motor vehicle has been restricted, suspended or revoked because of a violation of §18.2-36.1, 18.2-51.4, 18.2-266, 18.2-268.3, 46.2-341.24, or 46.2-341.26:3 or a similar ordinance or law of another state or the United States to drive or operate a motor vehicle while he has a blood alcohol content of 0.02 percent or more.
Any person suspected of a violation of this subsection shall be entitled to a preliminary breath test in accordance with the provisions of § 18.2-267, shall be deemed to have given his implied consent to have samples of his blood, breath or both taken for analysis pursuant to the provisions of § 18.2-268.2, and, when charged with a violation of this subsection, shall be subject to the provisions of §§18.2-268.1 through 18.2-268.12.
C. Any person who drives or operates a motor vehicle without a certified ignition interlock system as required by §46.2-391.01 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and is subject to administrative revocation of his driver's license pursuant to §§46.2-389 and 46.2-391.
D. Any person who drives or operates a motor vehicle who has tampered with, or in any way attempted to circumvent the operation of, a remote alcohol monitoring device that an offender is ordered to use under § 18.2-270.1 is not guilty of a violation of this section but is guilty of a violation of subsection H of §18.2-270.1.
2. That the provisions of subsection E of §18.2-270.1 of the Code Virginia, as amended and reenacted by this act, shall become effective on July 1, 2021.
3. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to §30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities; therefore, Chapter 854 of the Acts of Assembly of 2019 requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to assign a minimum fiscal impact of $50,000. Pursuant to §30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is $0 for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
