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2013 SESSION

13101362D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1371
Offered January 9, 2013
Prefiled December 10, 2012
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-862 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reckless driving; exceeding speed limit.
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Patron-- Morrissey
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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 § 46.2-862 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-862. Exceeding speed limit.

A person shall be guilty of reckless driving who drives a motor vehicle on the highways in the Commonwealth (i) at a speed of twenty miles per hour or more in excess of the applicable maximum speed limit or (ii) in excess of eighty miles per hour regardless of the applicable maximum speed limit.