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HOUSE BILL NO. 755 Offered January 25, 1994 A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-60 of the Code of Virginia, relating to threatening mail; penalty. ---------- Patron--Cranwell ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.2-60 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-60. Threats of death or bodily injury to a person or member of his family.

If any person write or compose(i) writes or composes and also send or procure(ii) sends or procures the sending to another of any letter or inscribed communication, so written or composed, whether such letter or communication be signed or anonymous, to any person, containing a threat to kill or do bodily injury to the person to whom such letter or communication is sent, or a threat to kill or do bodily injury to intended recipient or to any member of his or her family, the person so writing or composing and sending or procuring the sending of such the letter or communication shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony and.

However, if the violation of this section was committed willfully and maliciously with the intent to injure another in his business, trade, profession or occupation or to prevent another from lawfully engaging in his business, trade, profession or occupation, he shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony.

A violation of this section may be prosecuted either in the county, city or town in which the letter or inscribed communication is composed, written, sent or procured to be sent or in the county, city or town in which the letter or inscribed communication is received.