VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2008 SESSION

• history | hilite | pdf | print version

080865316
SENATE BILL NO. 350 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice on January 30, 2008) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Reynolds) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-112.1, relating to misappropriation of public assets; penalty.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-112.1 as follows:

§ 18.2-112.1. Misappropriation of public assets.

A. For purposes of this section, "public assets" shall include personal property or services belonging to or paid for by the Commonwealth, or any city, town, county, or any other political subdivision.

B. If any officer, agent, or employee of the Commonwealth, or of any city, town, county, or any other political subdivision, without lawful authorization, uses or permits the use of public assets for private or personal purposes when the value of such use exceeds $500 in any 12-month period, he shall be 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.