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2021 SESSION
21103575DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-146 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-97.2 as follows:
§ 18.2-146. Breaking, injuring, defacing, destroying or preventing the operation of vehicle, aircraft or boat; penalties.
Any person who shall individually or in association with one
or more others willfully break, injure, tamper with or remove any part or parts
of any vehicle, aircraft, boat or vessel for the purpose of injuring, defacing
or destroying said vehicle, aircraft, boat or vessel, or temporarily or
permanently preventing its useful operation, or for any purpose against the
will or without the consent of the owner of such vehicle, aircraft, boat or
vessel, or who shall in any other manner willfully or maliciously interfere
with or prevent the running or operation of such vehicle, aircraft, boat or
vessel, shall be is guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor, unless such
violation of this section caused
damage to such vehicle,
aircraft, boat or vessel of $1,000 or more, then he is
guilty of a Class 6 felony.
§ 18.2-97.2. Larceny of a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle; penalty.
Any person who commits larceny of a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle, regardless of the catalytic converter's value, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities; therefore, Chapter 1289 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020 requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to assign a minimum fiscal impact of $50,000. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.