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CHAPTER 695 An Act to amend and reenact § 4.1-105 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-509.1, relating to the investigators with the Office of the Attorney General and special agents of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; powers to enforce certain tobacco laws. [H 1276] Approved April 5, 2006

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 4.1-105 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 2.2-509.1 as follows:

§ 2.2-509.1.  Powers of investigators; enforcement of certain tobacco laws.

Investigators with the Office of the Attorney General as designated by the Attorney General shall be authorized to seize cigarettes as defined in § 3.1-336.1, which are sold, possessed, distributed, transported, imported, or otherwise held in violation of § 3.1-336.6 or 58.1-1037. In addition, such investigators shall be authorized to accompany and participate with special agents of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or other law-enforcement officials engaging in an enforcement action under § 3.1-336.6 or 58.1-1037.

§ 4.1-105. Police power of members, agents and employees of Board.

Members of the Board are vested, and such agents and employees of the Board designated by it shall be vested, with like power to enforce the provisions of (i) this title and the criminal laws of the Commonwealth as is vested in the chief law-enforcement officer of a county, city, or town; (ii) § 3.1-336.6; (iii) § 18.2-371.2; and (iii) (iv) § 58.1-1037.