Bill Text: VA HB50 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: DUI; penalty for maiming shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of one year.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-03 - House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice [HB50 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-HB50-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 50 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled December 16, 2011 A BILL to amend and reenact §18.2-51.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to penalty for DUI maiming. ---------- Patron-- Albo ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That §18.2-51.4 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§18.2-51.4. Maiming, etc., of another resulting from driving while intoxicated.

A. Any person who, as a result of driving while intoxicated in violation of §18.2-266 or any local ordinance substantially similar thereto in a manner so gross, wanton and culpable as to show a reckless disregard for human life, unintentionally causes the serious bodily injury of another person resulting in permanent and significant physical impairment shall be is guilty of a Class 6 felony, punishment for which shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of one year. The driver's license of any person convicted under this section shall be revoked pursuant to subsection B of §46.2-391.

B. The provisions of Article 2 (§18.2-266 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, upon arrest for a violation of this section.

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, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is $125,797 for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities and is $0 for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.