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2007 SESSION
073123533Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 18.2-60.3 and 18.2-308.1:4 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-60.3. Stalking; penalty.
A. Any person, except a law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9.1-101, and acting in the performance of his official duties, and a registered private investigator, as defined in § 9.1-138, who is regulated in accordance with § 9.1-139 and acting in the course of his legitimate business, who on more than one occasion engages in conduct directed at another person with the intent to place, or when he knows or reasonably should know that the conduct places that other person in reasonable fear of death, criminal sexual assault, or bodily injury to that other person or to that other person's family or household member is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
B. A third or subsequent conviction Any
person who commits a second or subsequent offense in
violation of subsection A occurring within five years of a
conviction for an offense under this section or for a similar offense under the
law of any other jurisdiction shall be is guilty of a
Class 6 felony.
C. Any person who commits an offense in violation of subsection A when, at the time of the offense, there is in effect any court order prohibiting contact between the defendant and the victim or the victim's family or household member is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
D. A person may be convicted under this section irrespective of the jurisdiction or jurisdictions within the Commonwealth wherein the conduct described in subsection A occurred, if the person engaged in that conduct on at least one occasion in the jurisdiction where the person is tried. Evidence of any such conduct that occurred outside the Commonwealth may be admissible, if relevant, in any prosecution under this section provided that the prosecution is based upon conduct occurring within the Commonwealth.
DE.
Upon finding a person guilty under this section, the court shall, in addition
to the sentence imposed, issue an order prohibiting contact between the
defendant and the victim or the victim's family or household member.
EF.
The Department of Corrections, sheriff or regional jail director shall give
notice prior to the release from a state correctional facility or a local or
regional jail of any person incarcerated upon conviction of a violation of this
section, to any victim of the offense who, in writing, requests notice, or to
any person designated in writing by the victim. The notice shall be given at
least fifteen 15 days
prior to release of a person sentenced to a term of incarceration of more than thirty
30 days or, if the person was sentenced
to a term of incarceration of at least forty-eight 48
hours but no more than thirty 30
days, twenty-four 24 hours
prior to release. If the person escapes, notice shall be given as soon as
practicable following the escape. The victim shall keep the Department of
Corrections, sheriff or regional jail director informed of the current mailing
address and telephone number of the person named in the writing submitted to
receive notice.
All information relating to any person who receives or may receive notice under this subsection shall remain confidential and shall not be made available to the person convicted of violating this section.
For purposes of this subsection, "release" includes a release of the offender from a state correctional facility or a local or regional jail (i) upon completion of his term of incarceration or (ii) on probation or parole.
No civil liability shall attach to the Department of Corrections nor to any sheriff or regional jail director or their deputies or employees for a failure to comply with the requirements of this subsection.
FG.
For purposes of this section:
"Family or household member" has the same meaning as provided in § 16.1-228.
§ 18.2-308.1:4. Purchase or transportation of firearm by persons subject to protective orders; penalty.
It shall be unlawful for any person who is subject to (i) a
protective order entered pursuant to §§ 16.1-253, 16.1-253.1, 16.1-253.4,
16.1-279.1, 19.2-152.8, 19.2-152.9, or § 19.2-152.10; (ii) an order issued
pursuant to subsection B of § 20-103; (iii) an order entered pursuant to
subsection D E of
§ 18.2-60.3; or (iv) an order issued by a tribunal of another state, the United
States or any of its territories, possessions or commonwealths, or the District
of Columbia pursuant to a statute that is substantially similar to those cited
in clauses (i), (ii), or (iii) to purchase or transport any firearm while the
order is in effect. Any person with a concealed handgun permit shall be
prohibited from carrying any concealed firearm, and shall surrender his permit
to the court entering the order, for the duration of any protective order
referred to herein. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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 is $605,906 for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities and cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.