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HOUSE BILL NO. 1808
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee for Courts of Justice
on February 2, 1997)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Johnson)
A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.1-131.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to law-enforcement agreements.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15.1-131.4 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 15.1-131.4. Agreements for enforcement of state and county laws by federal officers on federal property.

A. The governing body of any county governed under the provisions of Chapter 15 (§ 15.1-722 et seq.) of Title 15.1 may enter into an agreement with the United States government or a department or agency thereof, under the terms of which agreement law-enforcement officers employed by such government, including but not limited to members of the United States Park Police, may enforce the laws of such county and the Commonwealth on federally owned properties within such county, and on the highways located therein and other public places abutting such properties. In the event such an agreement is entered into, all of the provisions of § 15.1-131 shall be applicable, mutatis mutandis.

B. The governing body of any county governed under the provisions of Chapter 15 (§ 15.1-722 et seq.) of Title 15.1 may enter into an agreement with the United States government or a department or agency thereof, under the terms of which agreement law-enforcement officers employed by such government, including but not limited to members of the United States Park Police, may enforce the laws of such county and the Commonwealth on federally owned properties within such county, and on the highways and other public places abutting such properties. In the event such an agreement is entered into, all of the provisions of § 15.1-131 shall be applicable, mutatis mutandis.