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1999 SESSION
999769350Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-817 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-817. Disregarding signal by law-enforcement officer to stop; eluding police; penalties.
Any person who, having received a visible or audible signal from any
law-enforcement officer to bring his motor vehicle to a stop, drives such motor
vehicle in a willful and wanton disregard of such signal, shall be guilty of a
Class 4 3 misdemeanor.
Any person who, having received a visible or audible signal from any
law-enforcement officer to bring his motor vehicle to a stop, drives such motor
vehicle in a willful or wanton disregard of such signal so as to interfere with
or endanger the operation of the law-enforcement vehicle or endanger other
property or a person, or who increases his speed and attempts to escape or
elude such law-enforcement officer, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor 6
felony.
If serious bodily injury to another results from a violation of the preceding paragraph, the offender shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.
When any person is convicted of a misdemeanor under this section, in addition
to the other penalties provided in this section, the driver's license of such person
may shall be suspended by the court or judge for a period not to exceed
of not less than thirty days nor more than one year. However, in any case
where the speed of the accused such person is determined to have exceeded the
maximum allowed by fifteen twenty miles per hour where the maximum speed is
fifty-five miles per hour or greater, his driver's license shall be suspended
by the court trying the case for a period of not less than ninety days. When
any person is convicted of a felony under this section, in addition to any other
penalties provided in this section, the driver’s license of such person shall
be suspended by the court for a period of not less than 180 days nor more than
one year. In case of conviction and suspension the court or judge shall order
the surrender of the license to the court, which shall dispose of it in accordance
with the provisions of § 46.2-398.