Bill Text: VA HB2158 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Virginia House Bill 2158 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Bonds; in criminal or juvenile cases shall be payable to county, etc., where recognizance taken.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0802) [HB2158 Detail]

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HOUSE BILL NO. 2158 Offered January 12, 2011 Prefiled January 12, 2011 A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-136 of the Code of Virginia, relating to how bonds in recognizances are payable. ---------- Patrons-- Iaquinto, Albo, Villanueva and Ware, O.; Senator: Blevins ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 19.2-136 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 19.2-136. How bonds in recognizances payable; penalty.

Bonds in recognizances in criminal or juvenile cases, where the violation is committed against the Commonwealth or where the Commonwealth is a party, shall be payable to the ~~Commonwealth of Virginia~~ school board in the jurisdiction where the recognizance was entered. Counties and cities are prohibited from decreasing appropriations or altering existing funding formulas based solely on anticipation of funds appropriated to school boards as a result of this provision. Bonds in recognizances in criminal cases where the violation is a violation of a county, city or town ordinance, shall be payable to such county, city or town. Every bond under this title shall be in such sum as the court or officer requiring it may direct.