Bill Text: VA SB1022 | 2013 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Contraband cigarettes; allows forfeiture if possesed in violation of laws regarding sale.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-20 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627) [SB1022 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2013-SB1022-Chaptered.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §19.2-386.21 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §19.2-386.21. Forfeiture of counterfeit and contraband cigarettes. Counterfeit cigarettes possessed in violation of §18.2-246.14
and cigarettes possessed in violation of §58.1-1017 or 58.1-1017.1 shall
be subject to seizure, forfeiture, and destruction by the Virginia
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or any law-enforcement officer of the
Commonwealth. All fixtures, equipment, materials, and personal property
used in substantial connection with (i) the sale or possession of
counterfeit cigarettes in a knowing and intentional violation of Article 10 (§
18.2-246.6 et seq.) of Chapter 6 of Title 18.2 or (ii) the sale or
possession of cigarettes in a knowing and intentional violation of §58.1-1017
or 58.1-1017.1 shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture according to the
procedures contained in Chapter 22.1 (§19.2-386.1 et seq.) |
