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2010 SESSION

10100984D
SENATE BILL NO. 320
Offered January 13, 2010
Prefiled January 12, 2010
A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-461 of the Code of Virginia, relating to falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials; penalty.
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Patron-- Ruff
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 18.2-461 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-461. Falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials.

It shall be unlawful for any person (i) to knowingly give a false report as to the commission of any crime to any law-enforcement official with intent to mislead, or (ii) without just cause and with intent to interfere with the operations of any law-enforcement official, to call or summon any law-enforcement official by telephone or other means, including engagement or activation of an automatic emergency alarm. Violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor 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 is $2,896,708 for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities and is $95,282 for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.