Bill Text: VA SB531 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: State attorneys; increase of fees in criminal cases.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-14 - House: Left in Appropriations [SB531 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2010-SB531-Comm_Sub.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §15.2-1627.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §15.2-1627.3. Attorneys for the Commonwealth and city attorneys; in criminal cases; when no costs or fees taxed. The fees of attorneys for the Commonwealth in all felony and misdemeanor cases in which there is a conviction and sentence not set aside on appeal or a judgment for costs against the prosecutor, and for expenditures made in the discharge of his duties shall be as follows: For each trial of a single count felony indictment, For each trial of a multiple count felony indictment, For each person tried for a misdemeanor in his circuit court, No attorney for the Commonwealth or city attorney shall receive a fee for appearing in misdemeanor cases before a district court notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary. No costs or fees shall be taxed for, or in any way allowed to, an attorney for the Commonwealth of any city or county or a city attorney of any city in any case, unless he in person, or by a duly authorized assistant, actually appears and prosecutes the proceedings before the court. |