Bill Text: VA SB65 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Issuing citations; defective and unsafe equipment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-12 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) [SB65 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-SB65-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 65 Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled December 27, 2023 A BILL to amend and reenact §46.2-1003 of the Code of Virginia, relating to issuing citations; vehicle equipment. ---------- Patron-- Durant ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §46.2-1003 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§46.2-1003. Illegal use of defective and unsafe equipment.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to use or have as equipment on a motor vehicle operated on a highway any device or equipment mentioned in §46.2-1002 which is defective and in an unsafe condition.

B. For any summons issued for a violation of this section, the court may, in its discretion, dismiss the summons, where proof of compliance with this section is provided to the court on or before the court date.

C. No law-enforcement officer shall stop a motor vehicle for a violation of this section. No evidence discovered or obtained as the result of a stop in violation of this subsection, including evidence discovered or obtained with the operator's consent, shall be admissible in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding.