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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 of expenses incurred in responding to DUI incidents.
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 occuring 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.