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Richmond Sunlight » SB392: Driver's license; operating vehicle with suspended license, penalty.
SENATE BILL NO. 392 Offered January 11, 2006 Prefiled January 11, 2006 A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-301 and 46.2-302 of the Code of Virginia, relating to third offense of driving while license, permit, or privilege to drive suspended or revoked; penalty.
1. That §§ 46.2-301 and 46.2-302 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
C. A violation of subsection B is a Class 1 misdemeanor. A third or subsequent offense involving driving with a suspended driver's license, learner's permit, or privilege to drive a motor vehicle, occurring within a 10-year period shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement in jail of 10 days. A third or subsequent offense involving driving with a revoked driver's license, learner's permit, or privilege to drive a motor vehicle shall be a Class 6 felony. However, the court shall not be required to impose a mandatory minimum term of confinement in any case where a motor vehicle is operated in violation of this section in a situation of apparent extreme emergency which requires such operation to save life or limb.
No resident or nonresident (i) whose driver's license or learner's permit has been suspended or revoked by any court or by the Commissioner or by operation of law, pursuant to the provisions of this title or of § 18.2-271, or who has been disqualified pursuant to the provisions of the Virginia Commercial Driver's License Act (§ 46.2-341.1 et seq.), or (ii) who has been forbidden as prescribed by law by the Commissioner, the State Corporation Commission, the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, or the Superintendent of State Police, to drive a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth shall drive any motor vehicle in the Commonwealth during any period wherein the restoration of license or privilege is contingent upon the furnishing of proof of financial responsibility, unless he has given proof of financial responsibility in the manner provided in Article 15 (§ 46.2-435 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of this title. Any person who drives a motor vehicle on the roads of the Commonwealth and has furnished proof of financial responsibility but who has failed to pay a reinstatement fee, shall be tried under § 46.2-300.
A first offense violation of this section shall constitute a Class 2 misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor. A third or subsequent violation of this section, involving driving with a revoked driver's license or learner's permit is 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, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is $6,847,429 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.