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HOUSE BILL NO. 308 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety on February 1, 2002) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate McDonnell) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19.2-390.01, relating to criminal justice record information; codes required.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 19.2-390.01 as follows:

§ 19.2-390.01. Use of Virginia crime code references required.

All charging documents issued by magistrates, and all criminal warrants, criminal indictments, informations and presentments, criminal petitions, misdemeanor summonses, and the dispositional documents from criminal trials shall include the Virginia crime code references for the particular offense or offenses covered. All reports to the Central Criminal Records Exchange and to any other criminal offense or offender database maintained by the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Virginia Parole Board, and the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall include the Virginia crime code references for the particular offense or offenses covered. The Virginia crime code references shall be maintained and administered by the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission.

2. That the agency heads or their designees of the Departments of Criminal Justice Services, State Police, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, and of the Criminal Sentencing Commission, the Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council, the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, the Sheriffs' Association, and the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Virginia Supreme Court, shall meet, identify the necessary steps and submit a written plan for accomplishing the requirements of this act to the Virginia State Crime Commission by December 1, 2002.

3. That the provisions of this act shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2003 Session of the General Assembly.