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2011 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Courts of Justice
Subcommittee Criminal

Reynolds (Chairman), Norment, Howell, McDougle, Deeds, McEachin, Stuart

Clerk: Angi Murphy, Cheryl Law
Staff: J. French, M. Felch, K. Stokes
Date of Meeting: February 3, 2011
Time and Place: 07:30am/Senate Room A
Please Note:SB918 is removed and SB 1328 is added to the docket

S.B. 1187

Patron: Norment

Reimbursement for law-enforcement training by certain public employers.  Provides that whenever a public employer provides law-enforcement training for a person who has been or will be hired as a law-enforcement officer with such employer, and such person terminates his position with the employer to work as a law-enforcement officer within two years of completing the training, then the subsequent employer shall reimburse the former employer the reasonable costs incurred for the training.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 8 of Chapter 1 of Title 9.1 a section numbered 9.1-172.1, relating to reimbursement for law-enforcement training by certain public employers.

11102885D

S.B. 1251

Patron: Vogel

Electronic tracking devices; penalty. Prohibits a person from placing, through intentionally deceptive means, an electronic tracking device in or on a vehicle. The prohibition would not apply to law-enforcement officers, judicial officers, probation or parole officers, or employees of the Department of Corrections in the lawful performance of their duties or to parents or guardians of minors. A violation of the section is a Class 3 misdemeanor. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-60.5, relating to placement of electronic tracking devices in or on vehicles through deceptive means; penalty.

11102122D

S.B. 1328

Patron: Herring

Magistrates ascertaining citizenship of arrested persons.  Requires a magistrate or other issuing authority having jurisdiction who issues a warrant following a warrantless arrest to inquire as to whether the arrested person (i) was born in a country other than the United States and (ii) is a citizen of a country other than the United States. The magistrate or other issuing authority having jurisdiction shall make an immigration alien query to the Law Enforcement Support Center of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for any arrested person who responds that he (a) was born in a country other than the United States and (b) is a citizen of a country other than the United States, or for whom the answer to clause (i) or (ii) is unknown. The magistrate or other issuing authority having jurisdiction shall communicate the results of any immigration alien query to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of the Department of State Police in a format approved by the Exchange. The information received by the Central Criminal Records Exchange concerning the person's immigration status shall be recorded in the arrested person's criminal history record. Under current law, sheriffs and jail officers have the above duties when a person is taken into custody at their jails.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-82 of the Code of Virginia, relating to magistrates ascertaining the citizenship of arrested person.

11102395D

S.B. 1351

Patron: Norment

Wireless telecommunications devices in motor vehicles.  Extends prohibition on use of wireless telecommunications devices in motor vehicles to initiating or answering a call on such device, unless the device is configured for hands-free operation and is being used in the hands-free mode. The bill also provides for graduated penalties for violations.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1078.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the use of wireless telecommunications devices in motor vehicles.

11101511D