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2001 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-207 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-207. Uncollected checks and electronic payments tendered for license fees or taxes; penalty.
If any bank on which an uncertified check or electronic payment tendered to the
Department or to any agent acting on behalf of the Department refuses payment
on the check due to insufficient funds in the account of the drawer, no account
in the name of the drawer, or account of the drawer closed or electronic
payment, and the check shall be or electronic payment is returned to the
Department or agent unpaid, there shall be a penalty of twenty-five dollars or ten
percent of the amount of the check or electronic payment, whichever is
greater, imposed on the person from whom the payment is due the Department. This
penalty shall apply to checks or electronic payments tendered for any fee or
tax required or authorized to be collected by the Department and shall be in addition to
any other penalties imposed by the Motor Vehicle Laws of Virginia, except in a case where
there is a specific penalty set forth by statute for the nonpayment or late
payment of fees or taxes, in which case this section shall apply only in the
amount it exceeds the specific penalty. All moneys collected by the
Commissioner from the penalties imposed under this section shall be paid into
the state treasury and set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the
expenses of the Department of Motor Vehicles.