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2006 SESSION

062843232
HOUSE BILL NO. 1337
Offered January 11, 2006
Prefiled January 11, 2006
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8.01-226.11, relating to civil immunity for force used by retired law-enforcement officers.
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Patron-- Bell
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 8.01-226.11 as follows:

§ 8.01-226.11. No civil liability for retired law-enforcement officers.

A retired law-enforcement officer, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall not be liable in a civil action for any act he commits in responding to an emergency or attempting to thwart the commission of a crime, including the use of justifiable deadly force in the defense of himself or another.