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1998 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 289 Offered January 15, 1998 A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-48.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to abduction by prisoners or juveniles in secure facilities; penalty. ---------- Patrons-- Clement; Senator: Hawkins ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.2-48.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-48.1. Abduction by prisoners or juveniles in secure facilities; penalty.

Any prisoner in a state, local or community correctional facility or in a secure facility or detention home, as defined in § 16.1-228 , or in the custody of an employee thereof, or who has escaped from any such facility or home or from any person in charge of such prisoner, who abducts or takes any person hostage shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony.

2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment in state correctional facilities. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is $0 in FY 2008.