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2012 SESSION
12105270DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 5.1-22 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 5.1-22. Interference with operation of aircraft; penalties; venue.
Any person who interferes with or threatens to interfere with
the operation of any aircraft, unless he is authorized by the Federal Aviation
Administration or the armed forces of the United States, on or over the
territory of this the Commonwealth shall be guilty of a Class
1 misdemeanor. Where where the act or acts of interference or
threatened interference are of such a nature as to endanger the life of the
aircraft's operator or the life of any other person, the person interfering or
threatening to interfere shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony,
including any person who knowingly and intentionally projects a laser at an
aircraft, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Venue for the issuance of a
warrant for the arrest and trial of any such person is hereby conferred upon
any court having criminal jurisdiction in the political subdivision in this
the Commonwealth where the aircraft either took off prior to such offense,
or where it lands or comes to rest subsequent to such offense, or in or over
which the offense occurred.