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2015 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-431.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-431.1. Illegal conveyance or possession of cellular telephone or other wireless telecommunications device by prisoner or committed person; penalty.
A. It shall be is unlawful for any person
without authorization to provide or cause to be provided a cellular telephone
or other wireless telecommunications device to an incarcerated prisoner or
person committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice in any juvenile
correctional center.
B. It shall be is unlawful for an incarcerated
prisoner or person committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice in any
juvenile correctional center without authorization to possess a cellular
telephone or other wireless telecommunications device during the period
of his incarceration.
C. Any violation of this section is a Class 6 felony.
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 2 of the Acts of Assembly of 2014, Special Session I, 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 cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.