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SENATE BILL NO. 1073 Offered January 23, 1995 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8.01-38.2, relating to liability for selling alcoholic beverages to persons under 21 years of age. ----------
Patrons--Houck, Colgan, Gartlan and Waddell; Delegates: Howell and Marshall
---------- Referred to the Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 8.01-38.2 as follows:

§ 8.01-38.2 Liability for selling alcoholic beverages to a person under 21 years of age.

Any person, who negligently or recklessly sells and alcoholic beverage as defined in § 4.1-100, to a person who the seller knows was under twenty-one years of age, shall be liable for death of or injuries to any person, or for the property damage resulting from resulting from and caused by the purchaser's consumption of alcoholic beverages.