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1999 SESSION


CHAPTER 865
An Act to authorize certain towns to adopt an ordinance prohibiting speeding in residence districts; penalty.
[H 2039]
Approved March 29, 1999

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The governing body of any town with a population between 14,000 and 15,000 may by ordinance (i) prohibit the operation of a motor vehicle at a speed of twenty miles an hour or more in excess of the applicable maximum speed limit in a residence district and (ii) provide that any person who violates the prohibition shall be subject to a mandatory civil penalty of $100, not subject to suspension.