Thursday, August 21, 2008
The General Assembly is not in session.
Tracking Virginia’s General Assembly
since 2007.
HB951: Sentencing guidelines; require approval of General Assembly for modifications.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 17.1-806 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 17.1-806. Sentencing guidelines modifications; effective date.
After adoption of the initial guidelines, any modification to
the discretionary sentencing guidelines adopted proposed
by the Commission pursuant to
subdivision 1 of § 17.1-803 shall
be contained in the annual report required under subdivision 10 of §
17.1-803 and shall, unless otherwise provided by law,with
the advice and consent of the General Assembly, become effective
on the next following July 1.
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