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SENATE BILL NO. 348
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Joint Conference Committee
on March 10, 2006)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Howell)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-374.1:2, relating to sexually explicit items involving children; penalty.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-374.1:2 as follows:

§ 18.2-374.1:2. Facilitating payment for access to certain sexually explicit visual material; penalty.

Any person who intentionally operates an Internet website for the purpose of facilitating the payment for access to sexually explicit visual material that utilizes or has as a subject a person under the age of 18 years is guilty of a Class 4 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 is $0 for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.