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.

2010 SESSION

• history | hilite | pdf | print version

10104640D
SENATE BILL NO. 495 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice on January 27, 2010) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Hurt) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-268.13, relating to DUI prior offenses; penalties.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-268.13 as follows:

§ 18.2-268.13. Driving under the influence; definition of substantially similar laws for determining number of prior offenses.

A statute or ordinance of another state, the United States, or a political subdivision of either, that criminalizes driving or operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood alcohol content of .08 percent or more by weight by volume or .08 grams or more per 210 liters of breath shall be deemed to be a substantially similar law for the purpose of determining the number of offenses committed by a person and the punishment appropriate pursuant to clause (ii) of subsection E of § 18.2-270. In addition, a driving under the influence conviction in a state contiguous to the Commonwealth or in the District of Columbia shall be deemed to be a substantially similar law for the purpose of determining the number of offenses committed by a person and the punishment appropriate pursuant to clause (ii) of subsection E of § 18.2-270.

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 $0 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.