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2011 SESSION
11101004DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-248.02 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-248.02. Allowing a child or other designated person to be present where components of manufacture or attempted manufacture of methamphetamine are found prohibited; penalties.
Any person 18
years of age or older who maintains a custodial relationship over a child under
the age of 18, including but not limited to a parent, step-parent, grandparent,
step-grandparent, or who stands in loco parentis with respect to such child,
and adult who
knowingly allows that a child or a
mentally incapacitated or physically helpless person to be
present in the same dwelling, apartment as defined by § 55-79.2, unit of a
hotel as defined in § 35.1-1, garage, shed, or vehicle during
the where the components of manufacture
or attempted manufacture of methamphetamine as
prohibited by including the
substances described in subsection C1 J of
§ 18.2-248 are present
is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not
less than 10 nor more than 40 years, five years of which
shall be a mandatory minimum term
of imprisonment. This penalty shall be in addition to and
served consecutively with any other sentence.
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; therefore, Chapter 874 of the Acts of Assembly of 2010 requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to assign a minimum fiscal impact of $50,000. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is $0 for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.