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HOUSE BILL NO. 1571 Offered January 14, 2015 Prefiled January 7, 2015 A BILL to amend and reenact § 17.1-279.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to additional assessment for electronic summons system. ---------- Patron-- Pogge ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 17.1-279.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 17.1-279.1. Additional assessment for electronic summons system.

Any county or city, through its governing body, may assess an additional sum not in excess of $5 as part of the costs in each criminal or traffic case in the district or circuit courts located within its boundaries where such cases arising in such county or city are brought in which the defendant is charged with a violation of any statute or ordinance. The imposition of such assessment shall be by ordinance of the governing body, which may provide for different sums in circuit courts and district courts. The assessment shall be collected by the clerk of the court in which the action is filed, remitted to the treasurer of the appropriate county or city, and held by such treasurer subject to disbursements by the governing body to a local law-enforcement agency solely to fund software, hardware, and associated equipment costs for the implementation and maintenance of an electronic summons system.