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HOUSE BILL NO. 78 Offered January 12, 2000 Prefiled January 11, 2000 A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-473.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to communication with prisoners. ---------- Patrons-- Landes and Weatherholtz; Senators: Hanger and Miller, K.G. ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.2-473.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-473.1. Communication with prisoners; penalty.

It shall be unlawful for any person outside of any jail, other than the jailers or custodial officers in charge of the prisoners, to communicate by word or sign with any prisoner then detained in a jail confined under the authority of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or of any political subdivision thereof. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.