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HOUSE BILL NO. 1337 House Amendments in [ ] – February 13, 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. ---------- Patron Prior to Engrossment--Delegate Bell ---------- 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 8.01-226.11 as follows:

§ 8.01-226.11. No civil liability for retired law-enforcement officers [ ; not acting in the scope of employment ] .

A retired law-enforcement officer [ other than an officer terminated for cause ] , [ who is not acting in the scope of his employment ] 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.