HB1621: Preliminary hearing; certification of ancillary misdemeanors, fees and costs.

HOUSE BILL NO. 1621

Offered January 11, 2017
Prefiled January 4, 2017
A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-190.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to preliminary hearing; certification of ancillary misdemeanors; fees and costs.
Patron-- Collins
Committee Referral Pending

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 19.2-190.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 19.2-190.1. Certification of ancillary misdemeanor offenses.

Upon certification of any felony offense pursuant to this chapter, the court shall also certify any ancillary misdemeanor offense to the clerk of the circuit court provided that the attorney for the Commonwealth and the accused consent to such certification. Any misdemeanor offense certified pursuant to this section shall proceed in the same manner as a misdemeanor appealed to circuit court pursuant to § 16.1-136. Fees and costs shall be assessed against the accused for any misdemeanor offense certified pursuant to this section in the same manner as if the district court had entered a final judgment on such misdemeanor.