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SENATE BILL NO. 72 Senate Amendments in [ ] -- January 26, 2004 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8.01-226.8, relating to civil immunity for certain officials. ---------- Patron Prior to Engrossment--Senator Puckett ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 8.01-226.8 as follows:

§ 8.01-226.8. Civil immunity for officials participating in roadway litter pick-up program for probationers.

[ Judges, probation Probation ] officers, court personnel, county, city and town personnel and any other public officials who participate in a program where persons on probation are ordered as a condition of probation to pick up litter along a section of public roadway or waterway shall not be liable for any civil damages to a probationer or his property for acts or omissions resulting from such participation, unless such act or omission is the result of the public official's willful misconduct. The provisions of this section shall not be interpreted to grant any immunity to a motorist who, by his negligence, may injure such probationer.