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2009 SESSION
080949606Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-248.01 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-248.01. Transporting controlled substances or marijuana into the Commonwealth; penalty.
A. Except as authorized in the Drug
Control Act (§ 54.1-3400 et seq.) it is unlawful for any person to transport
into the Commonwealth by any means with intent to sell or distribute one ounce
or more of cocaine, coca leaves or any salt, compound, derivative or
preparation thereof as described in Schedule II of the Drug Control Act or one
ounce or more of any other Schedule I or II controlled substance or five or
more pounds of marijuana. A violation of this section subsection shall constitute a separate and distinct felony. Upon
conviction, the person shall be sentenced to not less than five years nor more
than 40 years imprisonment, three years of which shall be a mandatory minimum
term of imprisonment, and a fine not to exceed $1,000,000. A second or
subsequent conviction hereunder shall be punishable by a mandatory minimum term
of imprisonment of 10 years, which shall be served consecutively with any other
sentence.
B. Except as authorized in the Drug Control Act (§ 54.1-3400 et seq.) it is unlawful for any person to transport into the Commonwealth by any means with intent to sell or distribute one ounce or more but less than five pounds of marijuana. A violation of this subsection shall be punished as 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.