Bill Text: VA HB185 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Criminal cases; fines collected upon conviction shall be credited to Literary Fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0749) [HB185 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2012-HB185-Prefiled.html
12100295D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §15.2-1429 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §15.2-1429. Penalties for violation of ordinances. Any locality may prescribe fines and other punishments for
violations of ordinances, which shall be enforced by proceedings as if such
violations were misdemeanors. However, (i) no
fine or term of confinement for the violation of ordinances shall exceed the
penalties provided by general law for the violation of a Class 1 misdemeanor, |