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2000 SESSION

000223848
HOUSE BILL NO. 316
Offered January 12, 2000
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-48.2, relating to impeding a public sidewalk or public walkway; penalty.
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Patron-- Melvin
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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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 18.2-48.2 as follows:

§ 18.2-48.2. Impeding a public sidewalk or walkway; penalty.

If any person without authority of law blocks or impedes access to any public sidewalk or public walkway with the intent to prevent the free movement of any other person on the sidewalk or walkway, he is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.