Source: https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/item/2012/2/HB1300/Chapter/4/4-14.00/
Timestamp: 2019-07-22 18:19:13
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 4', '§ 16', '§ 4', '§ 46', '§ 15', '§ 15', '§ 46', '§ 58']

Item 4-14 HB1300 - Chapter 2
Bill Order » Part 4: General Provisions » Item 4-14
2. That no provision of this act shall be construed or interpreted to cause the expiration of any provision of Chapter 896 of the Acts of Assembly of 2007 pursuant to the 22nd enactment of such Chapter.
4. That §§ 16.1-69.48:1, 16.1-69.48:2, and 17.1-275 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
A. Assessment of the fees provided for in this section shall be based on: (i) an appearance for court hearing in which there has been a finding of guilty; (ii) a written appearance with waiver of court hearing and entry of guilty plea; (iii) for a defendant failing to appear, a trial in his or her absence resulting in a finding of guilty; (iv) an appearance for court hearing in which the court requires that the defendant successfully complete traffic school or a driver improvement clinic, in lieu of a finding of guilty; (v) a deferral of proceedings pursuant to §§ 4.1-305, 16.1-278.8, 16.1-278.9, 18.2-57.3, 18.2-251 or 19.2-303.2; or (vi) proof of compliance with law under §§ 46.2-104 and 46.2-1157.
5. That §§ 15.2-1627.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-1627.3. Attorneys for the Commonwealth and city attorneys; in criminal cases; when no costs or fees taxed.
The fees of attorneys for the Commonwealth in all felony and misdemeanor cases in which there is a conviction and sentence not set aside on appeal or a judgment for costs against the prosecutor, and for expenditures made in the discharge of his duties shall be as follows:
For each trial of a single count felony indictment, $40.
For each trial of a multiple count felony indictment, $40 per count.
For each person tried for a misdemeanor in his circuit court, $15, and for each person prosecuted by him before such court of his county or city for a misdemeanor, which he is required by law to prosecute, or upon an indictment found by a grand jury, $15, and in every misdemeanor case so prosecuted the court or judge shall tax in the costs and enter judgment for such misdemeanor fee.
No attorney for the Commonwealth or city attorney shall receive a fee for appearing in misdemeanor cases before a district court notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary.
No costs or fees shall be taxed for, or in any way allowed to, an attorney for the Commonwealth of any city or county or a city attorney of any city in any case, unless he in person, or by a duly authorized assistant, actually appears and prosecutes the proceedings before the court.
6. That § 46.2-878.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
7. That § 58.1-615.1 of the Code of Virginia is repealed.
8. That the provisions of the first enactment of this act shall expire at midnight on June 30, 2012. The provisions of the second, , fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh enactments of this act shall have no expiration date.