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HOUSE BILL NO. 78 House Amendments in [ ] -- February 8, 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 state or local correctional facility ] , other than the jailers or custodial officers in charge of the prisoners, to communicate [ without authority ] 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 within a state or local correctional facility ]. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.