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2015 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 30-34.2:1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 30-34.2:1. Powers, duties and functions of Capitol Police.
The Capitol Police may exercise within the limits of the
Capitol Square, when assigned to any other property owned, leased, or
controlled by the Commonwealth or any agency, department, institution,
or commission thereof, and pursuant to the provisions of §§ 15.2-1724,
15.2-1726, and 15.2-1728, all the powers, duties, and functions
which that are exercised by the police of the city, or the
police or sheriff of the county within which said such property
is located. The jurisdiction of the Capitol Police shall further extend 300
feet beyond the boundary of any property they are required to protect, such
jurisdiction to be concurrent with that of other law-enforcement officers of
the locality in which such property is located. Additionally, the Capitol
Police shall have concurrent jurisdiction with law-enforcement officers of the
City of Richmond and of any county contiguous thereto in any case involving the
theft or misappropriation of the personal property of any member or employee of
the General Assembly. Members of the Capitol Police, when assigned to
accompany the Governor or Governor-elect, members of the Governor's
family, the Lieutenant Governor or Lieutenant Governor-elect, the
Attorney General or Attorney General-elect, members of the General
Assembly, or members of the Virginia Supreme Court or Court of
Appeals of Virginia, or when directed to serve a summons issued by the
Clerk of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Delegates, a joint committee
or commission thereof, or any committee of either house, shall be
vested with all the powers and authority of a law-enforcement officer of any
city or county in which they are required to be. All members of the Capitol
Police shall be subject to the provisions of § 2.2-1202.1 and Chapter 5 (§
9.1-500 et seq.) of Title 9.1.
The assignment of jurisdiction to any property pursuant to this section shall be approved by the Legislative Support Commission.
The Division of Capitol Police shall have the authority to enter into contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties.