Bill Text: VA SB1068 | 2017 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Ski resorts; penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-02-22 - VOTE:DEFEATED (20-Y 80-N) [SB1068 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2017-SB1068-Comm_Sub.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 1068 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice on January 16, 2017) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Deeds) A BILL to amend and reenact §18.2-188 of the Code of Virginia, relating to defrauding certain entities; penalties.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §18.2-188 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§18.2-188. Defrauding hotels, motels, campgrounds, boardinghouses, etc; penalties.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person, without paying therefor, and with the intent to cheat or defraud the owner or keeper to:

1. Put up at a hotel, motel, campground or boardinghouse;

2. Obtain food from a restaurant or other eating house;

3. Gain entrance to an amusement park; or

4. Without having an express agreement for credit, procure food, entertainment or accommodation from any hotel, motel, campground, boardinghouse, restaurant, eating house or, amusement park; or

5. Use a ski lift without a valid lift ticket or ski pass.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person, with intent to cheat or defraud the owner or keeper out of the pay therefor to obtain credit at a hotel, motel, campground, boardinghouse, restaurant or eating house for food, entertainment or accommodation by means of any false show of baggage or effects brought thereto.

C. It shall be unlawful for any person, with intent to cheat or defraud, to obtain credit at a hotel, motel, campground, boardinghouse, restaurant, eating house or amusement park for food, entertainment or accommodation through any misrepresentation or false statement.

D. It shall be unlawful for any person, with intent to cheat or defraud, to remove or cause to be removed any baggage or effects from a hotel, motel, campground, boardinghouse, restaurant or eating house while there is a lien existing thereon for the proper charges due from him for fare and board furnished.

E. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall other than subdivision A 5, if the value of service, credit, or benefit procured or obtained is $200 or more, be is guilty of a Class 5 felony; or, if the value is less than $200, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any person who violates subdivision A 5 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.