Bill Text: VA SB148 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Methamphetamine lab cleanup costs; localities may charge for reimbursement .
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616) [SB148 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2012-SB148-Prefiled.html
12101862D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 15.2-1716.2 as follows: §15.2-1716.2. Methamphetamine lab clean-up costs; localities may charge for reimbursement. Any locality may provide by ordinance that any person who is convicted of an offense for manufacture of methamphetamine pursuant to §18.2-248 or 18.2-248.03 shall be liable at the time of sentencing or in a separate civil action to the locality for the locality's expense in cleaning up any methamphetamine lab related to the conviction. The amount charged by the locality shall not exceed the locality's actual expenses associated with cleanup, removal, or repair of the affected property. |