Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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HB1414: Ordinances; violations thereof, penalty.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.2-1429 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-1429. Penalties for violation of ordinances.
Any locality may prescribe fines and
other punishments civil or criminal
penalties for violations of ordinances.,
which Except as otherwise provided by law, the
attorney for the county, city, or town in which a violation
of the ordinance occurred
may enforce such ordinance
by a civil action to recover a civil
penalty of not more than $1,000 per violation; any such civil penalty shall be paid into the
general fund of such county, city, or town.
Criminal penalties shall be enforced by proceedings as if such
violations were misdemeanors. However, no fine or term of confinement for the
violation of ordinances shall exceed the penalties provided by general law for
the violation of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and such penalties shall not exceed
those penalties prescribed by general law for like offenses.
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