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HOUSE BILL NO. 365 Offered January 9, 2002 Prefiled January 8, 2002 A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-249 of the Code of Virginia, relating to offenses committed on the boundary of localities. ---------- Patron-- Cosgrove ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 19.2-249 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 19.2-249. Offenses committed on boundary of two counties or cities, or county and city, etc.; where prosecuted.

An offense committed on the boundary of two counties, or on the boundary of two cities, or on the boundary of a county and city, or within 300 yards thereof, may be alleged to have been committed, and may be prosecuted and punished, in either county, or the county or city, and any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other police officer shall have jurisdiction to make arrests and preserve the peace for a like distance on either side of the boundary line between such counties, or such county and city.