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2016 SESSION

16102114D
HOUSE BILL NO. 885
Offered January 13, 2016
Prefiled January 12, 2016
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-415.1, relating to driver's licenses; treatment of federal convictions.
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Patron-- Albo
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Referred to Committee on Transportation
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 46.2-415.1 as follows:

§ 46.2-415.1. Treatment of convictions under federal law.

The Commissioner shall treat any conviction of a person by a United States magistrate or a judge of a district court of the United States for an offense committed on a federal reservation located within the Commonwealth under a provision of federal law that is substantially similar to an offense under Virginia law or under a local ordinance referenced in this chapter in the same manner as if such person had been convicted for an offense under the law of another state.