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1995 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.1-132.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.1-132.1. Reimbursement for expenses of driving while impaired.
Any county, city with a population of 350,000 or greater or
town may provide by ordinance that any person who is convicted of a
violation of § 18.2-266 or § 29.1-738, or a similar ordinance, when his
operation of a motor vehicle, engine, train or watercraft while so impaired
is the proximate cause of any accident or incident resulting in an
appropriate emergency response, may be liable in a separate civil action to
the county, city or town or to any volunteer rescue squad, or
both, which may provide such emergency response for the expenses thereof, in
an amount not to exceed $1,000 in the aggregate for a particular accident or
incident occurring in such county, city or town. As used in
this section, "appropriate emergency response" includes all costs of
providing law-enforcement, fire-fighting, rescue, and emergency medical
services. The provisions of this section shall not preempt or limit any
remedy available to the Commonwealth, to the county, city or town,
or to any volunteer rescue squad to recover the reasonable expenses of an
emergency response to an accident or incident not involving impaired driving
or operation of a vehicle as set forth herein.