Bill Text: VA HB670 | 2010 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Electronic tracking devices; unauthorized installation or placement in motor vehicle, penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-20 - House: Passed by in Science and Technology with letter by voice vote [HB670 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2010-HB670-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 670 Offered January 13, 2010 Prefiled January 12, 2010 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-60.5, relating to unauthorized placement of electronic tracking devices in motor vehicles; penalty. ---------- Patron-- May ---------- Referred to Committee on Science and Technology ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-60.5 as follows:

§18.2-60.5. Unauthorized installation or placement of electronic tracking device in motor vehicle.

Any person who, with the intent to electronically track the location of a motor vehicle, knowingly installs or places an electronic tracking device, or causes an electronic tracking device to be installed or placed, in or on a motor vehicle without the consent of an owner, or the lessee of the motor vehicle, is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

For the purposes of this section, the term "motor vehicle" has the same meaning set forth in §46.2-100.

This provision does not apply to:

1. The original manufacturer of the motor vehicle.

2. A law-enforcement officer, judicial officer, probation or parole officer, or employee of the Department of Corrections with the authority to do so in the lawful performance of official duties.

3. A bail bondsman or bail enforcement agent licensed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services acting in the course of his legitimate business.