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HOUSE BILL NO. 2629 Offered January 10, 2007 Prefiled January 10, 2007 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 1-255.1, relating to the use of Matricula Consular cards. ---------- Patrons-- Reid, Albo, Gear and Kilgore ---------- 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 1-255.1 as follows:

§ 1-255.1.  Use of Matricula Consular cards.

A Matricula Consular identification card issued by the government of Mexico shall not be relied upon by any person in the Commonwealth as evidence, and shall not be used in the Commonwealth by any individual as a means of establishing, that the individual to whom such card was issued is a lawful resident of the Commonwealth or otherwise is an individual whose presence in the Commonwealth complies with, or is otherwise lawful under, the laws of the United States.