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1999 SESSION
993009825Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 18.2-270 [ , 18.2-271.1, 46.2-389, 46.2-391, 46.2-395, and 46.2-411
and 18.2-271.1 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted and that the
Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 46.2-411.1 ] as
follows:
§ 18.2-270. Penalty for driving while intoxicated; subsequent offense; prior conviction.
Any person violating any provision of § 18.2-266 shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Any person convicted of a second offense committed within less than five years
after a first offense under § 18.2-266 shall be punishable by a fine of not
less than $200 nor more than $2,500 and by confinement in jail for not less than one
month nor more than one year. Forty-eight hours of such confinement shall be a
mandatory, minimum sentence not subject to suspension by the court. Any person
convicted of a second offense committed within a period of five to ten years of
a first offense under § 18.2-266 shall be punishable by a fine of not less than
$200 nor more than $2,500 and by confinement in jail for not less than one month nor
more than one year. Any person convicted of a third offense or subsequent
offense committed within ten years of an offense under § 18.2-266 shall be
punishable by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $2,500 and by confinement
in jail for not less than two months nor more than one year. Thirty days of
such confinement shall be a mandatory, minimum sentence not subject to
suspension by the court if the third or subsequent offense occurs within less
than five years. Ten days of such confinement shall be a mandatory, minimum
sentence not subject to suspension by the court if the third or subsequent
offense occurs within a period of five to ten years of a first offense. Unless
otherwise modified by the court, the defendant shall remain on probation and under
the terms of any suspended sentence for the same period as his operator’s
license was suspended, not to exceed three years.
In addition to the penalty otherwise authorized by this section or § 16.1-278.9, any person convicted of a violation of § 18.2-266 committed while transporting a person seventeen years of age or younger shall be (i) fined an additional minimum of $100 and not more than $500 and (ii) sentenced to perform forty hours of community service in a program benefitting children or, for a subsequent offense, eighty hours of community service in such a program.
For the purpose of this section a conviction or finding of guilty in the case of a juvenile under the following shall be considered a prior conviction: (i) the provisions of § 18.2-51.4, § 18.2-266, former § 18.1-54 (formerly § 18-75), the ordinance of any county, city or town in this Commonwealth or the laws of any other state or of the United States substantially similar to the provisions of § 18.2-51.4, and §§ 18.2-266 through 18.2-269, or (ii) the provisions of subsection A of § 46.2-341.24 or the substantially similar laws of any other state or of the United States.
§ 18.2-271.1. Probation, education and rehabilitation of person charged or convicted; person convicted under law of another state.
A. Any person convicted of a first or second offense of § 18.2-266 (i), (ii),
(iii) or (iv), or any ordinance of a county, city, or town similar to the provisions thereof,
or provisions of subsection A of § 46.2-341.24, shall or upon conviction of a
second offense thereunder, may, be required by court order, as a condition of
probation or otherwise, to enter into and successfully complete an alcohol safety
action program in the judicial district in which such charge is brought or in
any other judicial district upon such terms and conditions as the court may set
forth. However, upon motion of a person convicted of a first any such offense
following an assessment of the person conducted by an alcohol safety action program, the court, for
good cause, may decline to order participation in such a program. In no event
shall such persons be permitted to enter any such program which is not certified as
meeting minimum standards and criteria established by the Commission on the
Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program (VASAP) pursuant to subsection H of this
section and to § 18.2-271.2. In the determination of the eligibility of such
person convicted of a second offense to enter such a program, the court shall consider
his prior record of participation in any other alcohol rehabilitation program. If such
person has never entered into an alcohol safety action program, in keeping with
the procedures provided for in this section, and upon motion of the accused or
his counsel, the court shall give mature consideration to the needs of such
person in determining whether he shall be allowed to enter such program.
B. The court shall require the person entering such program under the provisions of this section to pay a fee of no less than $250 but no more than $300. A reasonable portion of such fee, as may be determined by the Commission on VASAP, but not to exceed ten percent, shall be forwarded monthly to be deposited with the State Treasurer for expenditure by the Commission on VASAP, and the balance shall be held in a separate fund for local administration of driver alcohol rehabilitation programs. Upon a positive finding that the defendant is indigent, the court may reduce or waive the fee. In addition to the costs of the proceeding, fees as may reasonably be required of defendants referred for intervention under any such program may be charged.
C. Upon conviction of a violation of § 18.2-266 or any ordinance of a county,
city or town similar to the provisions thereof, or subsection A of §
46.2-341.24, the court shall impose the sentence authorized by § 18.2-270 or §
46.2-341.28 and the license revocation as authorized by §§ 18.2-270 and §
18.2-271. Upon a finding that a person so convicted is eligible for
participation required to participate in the program described herein, the
court shall enter the conviction on the warrant, and shall note that the person so convicted has
been referred to such program. The court may then proceed to issue an order in accordance with
subsection E of this section, if the court finds that the person so convicted
is eligible for a restricted license. If the court finds that a person is not
eligible for such program good cause for a person not to participate in such
program or subsequently that such person has violated, without good cause, any
of the conditions set forth by the court in entering the program, the court shall
dispose of the case as if no program had been entered, in which event the revocation
provisions of § 46.2-389 and subsection A of § 46.2-391 shall be applicable to
the conviction. The court shall, upon final disposition of the case, send a copy of its
order to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles. If such order provides for
the issuance of a restricted license, the Commissioner of the Department of
Motor Vehicles, upon receipt thereof, shall issue a restricted license. Appeals
from any such disposition shall be allowed as provided by law. The time within
which an appeal may be taken shall be calculated from the date of the final
disposition of the case or any motion for rehearing, whichever is later.
D. Any person who has been convicted in another state of the violation of a law of such state substantially similar to the provisions of § 18.2-266 or subsection A of § 46.2-341.24, and whose privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this Commonwealth is subject to revocation under the provisions of § 46.2-389 and subsection A of § 46.2-391, may petition the general district court of the county or city in which he resides that he be given probation and assigned to a program as provided in subsection A of this section and that, upon entry into such program, he be issued an order in accordance with subsection E of this section. If the court finds that such person would have qualified therefor if he had been convicted in this Commonwealth of a violation of § 18.2-266 or subsection A of § 46.2-341.24, the court may grant the petition and may issue an order in accordance with subsection E of this section as to the period of license suspension or revocation imposed pursuant to § 46.2-389 or subsection A of § 46.2-391. Such order shall be conditioned upon the successful completion of a program by the petitioner. If the court subsequently finds that such person has violated any of the conditions set forth by the court, the court shall dispose of the case as if no program had been entered and shall notify the Commissioner, who shall revoke the person's license in accordance with the provisions of § 46.2-389 or subsection A of § 46.2-391. A copy of the order granting the petition or subsequently revoking or suspending such person's license to operate a motor vehicle shall be forthwith sent to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
No period of license suspension or revocation shall be imposed pursuant to this subsection which, when considered together with any period of license suspension or revocation previously imposed for the same offense in any state, results in such person's license being suspended for a period in excess of the maximum periods specified in this subsection.
E. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever a person enters a certified
program pursuant to this section, and such person's license to operate a motor
vehicle, engine or train in the Commonwealth has been suspended or revoked, the
court may, in its discretion and for good cause shown, provide that such person
be issued a restricted permit to operate a motor vehicle for any or all of the
following purposes: (i) travel to and from his place of employment; (ii) travel
to and from an alcohol rehabilitation program entered pursuant to this
subsection; (iii) travel during the hours of such person's employment if the
operation of a motor vehicle is a necessary incident of such employment; (iv)
travel to and from school if such person is a student, upon proper written
verification to the court that such person is enrolled in a continuing program
of education; or (v) such other medically necessary travel as the court deems
necessary and proper upon written verification of need by a licensed health
professional; or (vi) travel necessary to transport a minor child under
the care of such person to and from school, day care, and facilities housing
medical service providers. No restricted license issued pursuant to this
subsection shall permit any person to operate a commercial motor vehicle as defined
in the Virginia Commercial Driver's License Act (§ 46.2-341.1 et seq.). The
court shall order the surrender of such person's license to operate a motor vehicle
to be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of § 46.2-398 and shall
forward to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles a copy of its order
entered pursuant to this subsection, which shall specifically enumerate the
restrictions imposed and contain such information regarding the person to whom
such a permit is issued as is reasonably necessary to identify such person. The
court shall also provide a copy of its order to the person so convicted who may
operate a motor vehicle on the order until receipt from the Commissioner of the
Department of Motor Vehicles of a restricted license, if the order provides for
a restricted license for that time period. A copy of such order and, after
receipt thereof, the restricted license shall be carried at all times while
operating a motor vehicle. Any person who operates a motor vehicle in violation
of any restrictions imposed pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a
violation of § 18.2-272. Such restricted license shall be conditioned upon
enrollment within fifteen days in, and successful completion of, a program as
described in subsection A of this section. No restricted license shall be
issued during the first four months of a revocation imposed pursuant to
subsection B of § 18.2-271 or subsection A of § 46.2-391 for a second offense
of the type described therein committed within ten years of a first such offense. No
restricted license shall be issued during any revocation period imposed pursuant to
subsection C of § 18.2-271 or subsection B of § 46.2-391. Notwithstanding the
provisions of § 46.2-411, the fee charged pursuant to § 46.2-411 for
reinstatement of the driver's license of any person whose privilege or license has been
suspended or revoked as a result of a violation of § 18.2-266, subsection A of
§ 46.2-341.24 or of any ordinance of a county, city or town, or of any federal law
or the laws of any other state similar to the provisions of § 18.2-266 or
subsection A of § 46.2-341.24 shall be $105. Forty dollars of such
reinstatement fee shall be retained by the Department of Motor Vehicles as provided
in § 46.2-411, forty dollars shall be transferred to the Commission on VASAP,
and twenty-five dollars shall be transferred to the Commonwealth Neurotrauma
Initiative Trust Fund.
F. The court shall have jurisdiction over any person entering such program under any provision of this section until such time as the case has been disposed of by either successful completion of the program, or revocation due to ineligibility or violation of a condition or conditions imposed by the court, whichever shall first occur. Revocation proceedings shall be commenced by notice to show cause why the court should not revoke the privilege afforded by this section. Such notice shall be made by first-class mail to the last known address of such person, and shall direct such person to appear before the court in response thereto on a date contained in such notice, which shall not be less than ten days from the date of mailing of the notice. Failure to appear in response to such notice shall of itself be grounds for revocation of such privilege. Notice of revocation under this subsection shall be sent forthwith to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
G. The State Treasurer, the Commission on VASAP or any city or county is authorized to accept any gifts or bequests of money or property, and any grant, loan, service, payment or property from any source, including the federal government, for the purpose of driver alcohol education. Any such gifts, bequests, grants, loans or payments shall be deposited in the separate fund provided in subsection B.
H. The Commission on VASAP, or any county, city, town, or any combination thereof may establish and, if established, shall operate, in accordance with the standards and criteria required by this subsection, alcohol safety action programs in connection with highway safety. Each such program shall operate under the direction of a local independent policy board chosen in accordance with procedures approved and promulgated by the Commission on VASAP. Local sitting or retired district court judges who regularly hear or heard cases involving driving under the influence and are familiar with their local alcohol safety action programs may serve on such boards. The Commission on VASAP shall establish minimum standards and criteria for the implementation and operation of such programs and shall establish procedures to certify all such programs to ensure that they meet the minimum standards and criteria stipulated by the Commission. The Commission shall also establish criteria for the administration of such programs for public information activities, for accounting procedures, for the auditing requirements of such programs and for the allocation of funds. Funds paid to the Commonwealth hereunder shall be utilized in the discretion of the Commission on VASAP to offset the costs of state programs and local programs run in conjunction with any county, city or town and costs incurred by the Commission. The Commission shall submit an annual report as to actions taken at the close of each calendar year to the Governor and the General Assembly.
I. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section or of § 18.2-271, nothing in this section shall permit the court to suspend, reduce, limit, or otherwise modify any disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle imposed under the provisions of the Virginia Commercial Driver's License Act (§ 46.2-341.1 et seq.).
[ § 46.2-389. Required revocation for one year upon conviction or finding of
guilty of certain offenses; exceptions.
The Commissioner shall forthwith revoke, and not thereafter reissue for one
year, except as provided in § 18.2-271 or § 18.2-271.1, the driver's license of
any resident or nonresident on receiving a record of his conviction or a record of his
having been found guilty in the case of a juvenile of any of the following
crimes, committed in violation of a state law or a valid county, city, or town
ordinance or law of the United States, or a law of any other state,
substantially paralleling and substantially conforming to a like state law and
to all changes and amendments of it:
1. Voluntary or involuntary manslaughter resulting from the driving of a motor
vehicle;
2. Violation of §§ 18.2-51.4, 18.2-266, or § 18.2-272, or subsection A of §
46.2-341.24 or violation of a valid local ordinance paralleling and
substantially conforming to §§ 18.2-51.4, 18.2-266 or § 18.2-272;
3. Perjury or the making of a false affidavit to the Department under this
chapter or any other law of the Commonwealth requiring the registration of motor
vehicles or regulating their operation on the highways;
4. The making of a false statement to the Department on any application for a
driver's license;
5. Any crime punishable as a felony under the motor vehicle laws of the
Commonwealth or any other felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used;
or
6. Failure to stop and disclose his identity at the scene of the accident, on
the part of a driver of a motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in the
death of or injury to another person.
However, in no such event shall the Commissioner reinstate the driver’s license
of any person convicted of a violation of § 18.2-266, or of a valid local
ordinance or law of another state or of the United States paralleling and
substantially conforming to § 18.2-266, until receipt of written notification
that such person has successfully completed an alcohol safety action program if such
person was required by a court to do so.
§ 46.2-391. Revocation of license for conviction of driving while under
influence of drugs or intoxicants; exception; petition for restoration of
privilege.
A. The Commissioner shall forthwith revoke and not thereafter reissue for three
years the driver's license of any person on receiving a record of the conviction of
any person who is adjudged to be a second offender in violation of the provisions of
subsection A of § 46.2-341.24 (driving a commercial motor vehicle under the
influence of drugs or intoxicants), § 18.2-51.4 (maiming committed while
driving under the influence of drugs or intoxicants), § 18.2-266 (driving under
the influence of drugs or intoxicants), § 18.2-272 (driving while the driver's
license has been forfeited for a conviction under § 18.2-266), or a violation
of a federal law or a law of any other state or a valid ordinance of any
county, city, or town of the Commonwealth similar to subsection A of §
46.2-341.24, or §§ 18.2-51.4, 18.2-266 or § 18.2-272, if the second violation
adjudication occurred within ten years from the prior violation. However, if the Commissioner has received a copy of a court
order as provided in subsection E of § 18.2-271.1, he shall proceed as provided
in the order of the court. Additionally, in no event shall the Commissioner
reinstate the driver’s license of any person convicted of a violation of §
18.2-266, or of a valid local ordinance or law of another state or of the United States
paralleling and substantially conforming to § 18.2-266, until receipt of
written notification that such person has successfully completed an alcohol
safety action program if such person was required by court order to do so.
B. The Commissioner shall forthwith revoke and not thereafter reissue the
driver's license of any person after receiving a record of the conviction of any
person adjudged to be a third offender within a period of ten years in violation of
the provisions of subsection A of § 46.2-341.24, §§ 18.2-51.4, § 18.2-266, or a
violation of federal law or a law of any other state or a valid ordinance of
any county, city, or town of the Commonwealth similar to subsection A of §
46.2-341.24, §§ 18.2-51.4, § 18.2-266 or § 18.2-272. At the expiration of ten
years from the date of the revocation hereunder, the person may petition the circuit
court in the county or city in which he resides, and for his license to
be restored; for good cause shown, his license may in the discretion of the
court be restored on such conditions as the court may prescribe.
C. Any person who has had his driver's license revoked in accordance with
subsection B of this section may petition the circuit court of his residence:
1. For restoration of his privilege to drive a motor vehicle in the
Commonwealth after the expiration of five years from the date of his last
conviction. On such petition, and for good cause shown, the court may, in its
discretion, restore to the person the privilege to drive a motor vehicle in the
Commonwealth on whatever conditions the court may prescribe, subject to the
provisions of law relating to issuance of driver's licenses, if the court is
satisfied from the evidence presented that: (i) at the time of his previous
convictions, the petitioner was addicted to or psychologically dependent on the
use of alcohol or other drugs; (ii) at the time of the hearing on the petition,
he is no longer addicted to or psychologically dependent on the use of alcohol
or other drugs; and (iii) the defendant does not constitute a threat to the
safety and welfare of himself or others with regard to the driving of a motor
vehicle. However, prior to acting on the petition, the court shall order that
an evaluation of the person be conducted by a Virginia Alcohol Safety Action
Program and recommendations therefrom be submitted to the court. The court may,
in lieu of restoring the person's privilege to drive, authorize the issuance of
a restricted license for a period not to exceed five years in accordance with
the provisions of subsection E of § 18.2-271.1. The court shall notify the
Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program which shall during the term of the
restricted license monitor the person's compliance with the terms of the
restrictions imposed by the court. Any violation of the restrictions shall be
reported to the court, and the court may then modify the restrictions or revoke
the license.
2. For a restricted permit to authorize such person to drive a motor vehicle in
the Commonwealth in the course of his employment and to drive a motor vehicle to and
from his home to the place of his employment after the expiration of three years
from the date of his last conviction. The court may order that a restricted
license for such purposes be issued in accordance with the procedures of
subsection E of § 18.2-271.1, if the court is satisfied from the evidence
presented that (i) at the time of the previous convictions, the petitioner was
addicted to or psychologically dependent on the use of alcohol or other drugs;
(ii) at the time of the hearing on the petition, he is no longer addicted to or
psychologically dependent on the use of alcohol or such other drugs; and (iii)
the defendant does not constitute a threat to the safety and welfare of himself
and others with regard to the driving of a motor vehicle. The court may
prohibit the person to whom a restricted license is issued from operating a
motor vehicle that is not equipped with a functioning, certified ignition
interlock system during all or any part of the term for which the restricted
license is issued, in accordance with the provisions set forth in § 18.2-270.1.
However, prior to acting on the petition, the court shall order that an
evaluation of the person be conducted by a Virginia Alcohol Safety Action
Program and recommendations therefrom be submitted to the court. The Virginia
Alcohol Safety Action Program shall during the term of the restricted license
monitor the person's compliance with the terms of the restrictions imposed by
the court. Any violation of the restrictions shall be reported to the court,
and the court may then modify the restrictions or revoke the license.
In the computation of the five-year and three-year periods under subdivisions 1
and 2 of this subsection, such person shall be given credit for any period his
driver's license was revoked under § 46.2-360 after adjudication as an habitual
offender.
§ 46.2-395. Suspension of license for failure or refusal to pay fines or costs.
A. Any person, whether licensed by Virginia or not, who drives a motor vehicle
on the highways in the Commonwealth shall thereby, as a condition of such driving,
consent to pay all lawful fines, court costs, forfeitures, restitution, and
penalties assessed against him for violations of the laws of the Commonwealth;
of any county, city, or town; or of the United States. For the purpose of this
section, such fines and costs shall be deemed to include any fee assessed by
the court under the provisions of § 18.2-271.1 for entry by a person convicted
of a violation of § 18.2-51.4 or § 18.2-266 into an alcohol safety action
program.
B. In addition to any penalty provided by law, when any person is convicted of
any violation of the law of the Commonwealth or of the United States or of any
valid local ordinance and fails or refuses to provide for immediate payment in
full of any fine, costs, forfeitures, restitution, or penalty lawfully assessed
against him, or fails to make deferred payments or installment payments as
ordered by the court, the court shall forthwith suspend the person's privilege
to drive a motor vehicle on the highways in the Commonwealth. The driver's
license of the person shall continue suspended until the fine, costs,
forfeiture, restitution, or penalty has been paid in full. If the person has
not obtained a license as required by this chapter, or is a nonresident, the
court may direct in the judgment of conviction that the person shall not drive
any motor vehicle in Virginia for a period to coincide with the nonpayment of
the amounts due.
C. Before transmitting to the Commissioner a record of the person's failure or
refusal to pay all or part of any fine, costs, forfeiture, restitution, or penalty
or a failure to comply with an order issued pursuant to § 19.2-354, the clerk
of the court that convicted the person shall send or provide the person written
notice of the suspension of his license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle in
Virginia, effective ten days from the date of conviction, if the fine, costs,
forfeiture, restitution, or penalty is not paid prior to the effective date of
the suspension as stated on the notice. Notice shall be provided to the person
at the time of trial or shall be mailed by first-class mail to the address
certified on the summons or bail recognizance document as the person's current
mailing address, or to such mailing address as the person has subsequently
provided to the court as a change of address. If so mailed on the date of
conviction or within two business days thereof, or if delivered to the person
at the time of trial, such notice shall be adequate notice of the license
suspension and of the person's ability to avoid suspension by paying the fine,
costs, forfeiture, restitution, or penalty prior to the effective date. No
other notice shall be required to make the suspension effective. A record of
the person's failure or refusal and of the license suspension shall be sent to
the Commissioner if the fine, costs, forfeiture, restitution, or penalty
remains unpaid on the effective date of the suspension specified in the notice
or on the failure to make a scheduled payment.
C1. Whenever a person provides for payment of a fine, costs, forfeiture,
restitution or penalty other than by cash and such provision for payment fails,
the clerk of the court that convicted the person shall send to the person
written notice of the failure and of the suspension of his license or privilege
to drive in Virginia. The license suspension shall be effective ten days from
the date of the notice. The notice shall be the effective notice of the
suspension and of the person's ability to avoid the suspension by paying the full amount owed by cash, cashier's
check or certified check prior to the effective date of the suspension if the
notice is mailed by first class mail to the address provided by the person to
the court pursuant to subsection C or § 19.2-354. Upon such a failure of
payment and notice, the fine, costs, forfeiture, restitution or penalty due shall be
paid only in by cash, cashier's check or by certified check, unless otherwise
ordered by the court, for good cause shown.
C2. Any court to which fines and costs are owed and which has suspended a
convicted person’s license pursuant to this section may authorize the person so
convicted to apply for a restricted operator’s license pursuant to § 46.2-392
for a period not to exceed one year. However, the Commissioner shall issue such person a
restricted permit only if each and every court to which a person owes fines and costs has
granted such authority relating to fines and costs imposed.
C3. Any person issued a restricted license under the provisions of subsection
C2 shall be required by the court to be monitored by an alcohol safety action program
during the period of the restriction. Any violation of the terms of the
restricted license or of any conditions set forth by the court related thereto,
or any failure by such person to make satisfactory progress in the repayment of
all outstanding fines and costs, shall be reported forthwith to the court by
such program.
C4. Nothing in this section shall affect the remedies available to any court
pursuant to § 19.2-358 to enforce its orders regarding the payment of fines and
costs.
D. If the person pays the amounts assessed against him subsequent to the time
the license has been transmitted to the Department, and his license is not under
suspension or revocation for any other lawful reason, except pursuant to this
section, then the Commissioner shall return the license to the person on
presentation of the official report of the court evidencing the payment of the
fine, costs, forfeiture, restitution, or penalty.
E. If the court has suspended or revoked the driver's license for any lawful
reason other than this section, or the conviction is one for which revocation
or suspension is required under any provision of this title, except for this
section, then the suspension permitted under this section shall be in addition
to, and run consecutively with, the revocation or suspension. The period of
suspension shall be calculated from the date of the assessment of the fine,
costs, forfeiture, restitution, or penalty until the date it has been paid.
§ 46.2-411. Reinstatement of suspended or revoked license or other privilege to
operate or register a motor vehicle; proof of financial responsibility; reinstatement
fee.
The Commissioner may refuse, after a hearing if demanded, to issue to any
person whose license has been suspended or revoked any new or renewal license, or to
register any motor vehicle in the name of the person, whenever he deems or in case
of a hearing finds it necessary for the safety of the public on the highways in
the Commonwealth.
Before granting or restoring a license or registration to any person whose
driver's license or other privilege to drive motor vehicles or privilege to register
a motor vehicle has been revoked or suspended pursuant to §§ 46.2-389,
46.2-391, 46.2-391.1 or § 46.2-417, the Commissioner shall require proof of
financial responsibility in the future as provided in Article 15 (§ 46.2-435 et
seq.) of this chapter, but no person shall be licensed who may not be licensed under
the provisions of §§ 46.2-389 through 46.2-431.
Whenever the driver's license or registration cards, license plates and decals,
or other privilege to drive or to register motor vehicles of any resident or
nonresident person is suspended or revoked by the Commissioner or by a district
court or circuit court pursuant to the provisions of Title 18.2 or this title, or
any valid local ordinance, the order of after the period of license suspension
or revocation shall remain in effect and has expired, the driver's license,
registration cards, license plates and decals, or other privilege to drive or register motor vehicles shall not be
reinstated, and no new driver's license, registration cards, license plates and
decals, or other privilege to drive or register motor vehicles shall be issued or granted unless such person, in
addition to complying with all other provisions of law, pays to the
Commissioner a reinstatement fee of thirty dollars. The reinstatement fee shall
be increased by thirty dollars whenever such suspension or revocation results
from conviction of involuntary manslaughter in violation of § 18.2-36.1;
conviction of maiming resulting from driving while intoxicated in violation of
§ 18.2-51.4; conviction of driving while intoxicated in violation of §
18.2-266 or § 46.2-341.24; conviction of driving after illegally consuming
alcohol in violation of § 18.2-266.1 or failure to comply with court imposed
conditions pursuant to subsection D of § 18.2-271.1; unreasonable refusal to
submit to drug or alcohol testing in violation of § 18.2-268.2; conviction of
driving while a license, permit or privilege to drive was suspended or revoked in
violation of § 46.2-301 or § 46.2-341.21; disqualification pursuant to §
46.2-341.20; violation of driver's license probation pursuant to § 46.2-499;
failure to attend a driver improvement clinic pursuant to § 46.2-503 or
habitual offender interventions pursuant to § 46.2-351.1; conviction of eluding
police in violation of § 46.2-817; conviction of hit and run in violation of §
46.2-894; conviction of reckless driving in violation of Article 7 (§ 46.2-852
et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 46.2 or a conviction, finding or adjudication
under any similar local ordinance, federal law or law of any other state. Five
dollars of the additional amount shall be retained by the Department as
provided in this section and twenty-five dollars shall be transferred to the
Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative Trust Fund established pursuant to Article
12 (§ 32.1-73.1 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 32.1. When three years have
elapsed from the termination date of the order of suspension or revocation and the
person has complied with all other provisions of law, the Commissioner may
relieve him of paying the reinstatement fee.
No reinstatement fee shall be required when the suspension or revocation of
license results from the person's suffering from mental or physical infirmities or
disabilities from natural causes not related to the use of self-administered
intoxicants or drugs. No reinstatement fee shall be collected from any person
whose license is suspended by a court of competent jurisdiction for any reason,
other than a cause for mandatory suspension as provided in this title, provided
the court ordering the suspension is not required by § 46.2-398 to forward the
license to the Department during the suspended period.
Any person who drives a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth after the period of
suspension or revocation has expired and after all requirements for reinstatement have
been satisfied except for payment of the reinstatement fee shall be guilty of driving
without a valid license, an offense punishable as a Class 2 misdemeanor. A
second or subsequent such offense shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Except as otherwise provided in this section and § 18.2-271.1, reinstatement
fees collected under the provisions of this section shall be paid by the Commissioner
into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the
expenses of the Department.
§ 46.2-411.1. Reinstatement of driver’s licenses suspended or revoked for
designated offenses of driving under the influence.
A. Before granting or restoring a driver’s license to any person (i) whose
license or other privilege to drive a motor vehicle has been suspended or revoked as a result
of a conviction for driving under the influence in violation of § 18.2-266, or
of any local ordinance similar to the provisions thereof or of subsection A of
§ 46.2-341.24; and (ii) who has been required by a court order to successfully
complete an alcohol safety action program pursuant to § 18.2-271.1 because of
that conviction, the Commissioner shall require written confirmation that the person
has successfully completed such program.
B. Any person who drives a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth after the period
of license suspension has expired and after all requirements for reinstatement have been
satisfied except for successful completion of such program shall be guilty of a
violation of § 46.2-300. ]