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HOUSE BILL NO. 2685 Offered January 16, 2001 A BILL to amend and reenact § 17.1-806 of the Code of Virginia, relating to legislative approval of sentencing guidelines modifications. ---------- Patrons-- Joannou, Cranwell, Griffith and Rust ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 17.1-806 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 17.1-806. Sentencing guidelines modifications; effective date.

After adoption of the initial guidelines, any modification to the discretionary sentencing guidelines adopted proposed by the Commission pursuant to subdivision 1 of § 17.1-803 shall be contained in the annual report required under subdivision 10 of § 17.1-803 and shall, unless otherwise provided by law with the advice and consent of the General Assembly, become effective on the next following July 1.