Bill Text: VA HB5026 | 2020 | 1st Special Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Localities; responsible for damages caused by inadequate police response.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-11-09 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB5026 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB5026-Prefiled.html
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HOUSE BILL NO. 5026
Offered August 18, 2020
Prefiled August 17, 2020
A BILL to allow property or business owners to collect certain
damages from a locality; inadequate police response.
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Patron-- Cole, M.L. (By Request)
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. §1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, in any instance in which a locality intentionally or negligently fails to provide an adequate police response so as to prevent damage to the property of a property owner or business owner, the locality shall be responsible to the property owner or business owner for the resulting damages.
