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CHAPTER 548 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 12 of Title 19.2 a section numbered 19.2-190.1, relating to preliminary hearing; certification of ancillary misdemeanor offenses. [H 2049] Approved March 23, 2015

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 12 of Title 19.2 a section numbered 19.2-190.1 as follows:

§ 19.2-190.1. Certification of ancillary misdemeanor offenses.

Upon certification of any felony offense pursuant to this chapter, the court shall also certify any ancillary misdemeanor offense to the clerk of the circuit court provided that the attorney for the Commonwealth and the accused consent to such certification. Any misdemeanor offense certified pursuant to this section shall proceed in the same manner as a misdemeanor appealed to circuit court pursuant to § 16.1-136.