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2005 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 2203
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Appropriations
on February 3, 2005)
(Patrons Prior to Substitute--Delegates Marrs and Bell [HB 2244])
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-51.5, relating to criminally negligent bodily injury; penalty.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered § 18.2-51.5 as follows:

18.2-51.5. Criminally negligent bodily injury; penalty.

Any person who, by negligence so gross, wanton and culpable as to show a reckless disregard of human life, health or safety causes serious bodily injury to another, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment.  Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities and cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.