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HOUSE BILL NO. 876 Offered January 9, 2002 Prefiled January 9, 2002 A BILL to amend and reenact § 52-1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to State Police terrorism special unit. ---------- Patron-- Phillips ---------- Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 52-1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 52-1. Establishment of Department headed by Superintendent; Bureau of Criminal Investigation and division of drug law enforcement and investigation within Department.

There is hereby established as a separate department, a Department of State Police headed by the Superintendent of State Police. There shall be established within the Department of State Police, in addition to any other divisions or bureaus that may be established by statute or otherwise, a Bureau of Criminal Investigation, and a division for drug law enforcement and investigation and a special unit for terrorism law enforcement and investigation.