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1995 SESSION
LD8643184Be 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 in certain cities.
Any [ county, city with a population of at least 66,000 but not
more than 67,000 and any 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 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.