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2004 SESSION
047658204Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 19.2-66 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 19.2-66. When Attorney General or Chief Deputy Attorney General may apply for order authorizing interception of communications.
The Attorney General or Chief Deputy Attorney General, if the Attorney General
so designates in writing, in any case where the Attorney General is authorized
by law to prosecute or pursuant to a request in his official capacity of an
attorney for the Commonwealth in any city or county, may apply to a judge of
competent jurisdiction for the jurisdiction where the proposed intercept is to
be made for an order authorizing the interception of wire, electronic or oral
communications by the Department of State Police, when such interception may
reasonably be expected to provide evidence of the commission of a felonious
offense of extortion, bribery, kidnapping, murder, any felony violation of §
18.2-248 or § 18.2-248.1, any felony violation of Chapter 29 (§ 59.1-364 et
seq.) of Title 59.1, any felony violation of Article 2 (§ 18.2-38 et seq.),
Article 2.1 (§ 18.2-46.1 et seq.), Article 2.2 (§ 18.2-46.4 et seq.), [
Article 4 (§ 18.2-51 et seq.), ] Article 5 (§ 18.2-58 et seq.), Article 6 (§
18.2-59 et seq.) or [ any felonies that are not Class 6 felonies in ] Article 7
(§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2, or any conspiracy to commit any
of the foregoing offenses. The Attorney General or Chief Deputy Attorney
General may apply for authorization for the observation or monitoring of the
interception by a police department of a county or city or by law-enforcement
officers of the United States. Such application shall be made, and such order
may be granted, in conformity with the provisions of § 19.2-68. Application for
installation of a mobile interception device may be made to and granted by any court
of competent jurisdiction in the Commonwealth.