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HOUSE BILL NO. 160 Offered January 9, 2008 Prefiled December 21, 2007 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-104.2, relating to punishment when using an emergency exit during larceny; penalty. ---------- Patron-- Albo ---------- 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 18.2-104.2 as follows:

§ 18.2-104.2. Punishment for using emergency exit during larceny.

When a person is convicted of larceny or any offense deemed to be or punished as larceny under any provision of the Code and it is alleged in the warrant, indictment, or information on which he is convicted, and it is admitted or found by the jury or judge before whom he is tried that, in the commission of the offense, he used an exit door erected and maintained to comply with the requirements of 29 C.F.R. § 1910 Subpart E, or any other exit designated for use as an emergency exit to exit the premises of a store or any place where goods are offered for sale, he 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 cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.