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HOUSE BILL NO. 1777 Offered January 10, 2007 Prefiled December 28, 2006 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-323.02, relating to prohibition against concealment of dead body; penalty. ---------- Patron-- Cosgrove ---------- 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 18.2-323.02 as follows:

§ 18.2-323.02. Prohibition against concealment of dead body; penalty.

Any person who transports, secretes, conceals, desecrates or alters a dead body, as defined in § 32.1-249, with the intent to prevent detection of the death or the manner or cause of death 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 is $0 for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.