TITLE 9.1. COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SAFETY.
§§ 9.1-101 and 9.1-400 amended.
Public Safety; motor vehicle carriers. Removes obsolete provisions in the Code that reference certain agents, inspectors or investigators that were appointed by the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to enforce motor vehicle carrier laws. The authority for the appointment by the SCC of such individuals was repealed in 1995 when the enforcement of motor vehicle carrier laws was transferred to the Department of Motor Vehicles. HB 23; CH. 30.
§§ 9.1-102, 9.1-143, 16.1-77, 19.2-149, 38.2-1800, 38.2-1824, 38.2-2411, 38.2-2412, and 58.1-3724 amended; §§ 9.1-185 through 9.1-199.4, 38.2-2412.1, and 38.2-2412.2 added; §§ 19.2-152.1 through 19.2-152.1:7 and 38.2-1865.6 through 38.2-1865.13 repealed.
Bail bondsmen. Provides for licensure and regulation of property and surety bail bondsmen by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Surety bail bondsmen will continue to be licensed as property and casualty insurance agents by the State Corporation Commission also. A bail bondsman is added to the membership of the Private Security Services Advisory Board. The bill is the result of a study by the Virginia State Crime Commission and is scheduled to become effective July 1, 2005. HB 1057; CH. 460 (effective - see bill).
§ 9.1-102. See § 16.1-253.2; HB 1233/SB 236.
§ 9.1-102 amended; §§ 9.1-185 through 9.1-199 added.
Bail enforcement agents. Provides for the licensure and regulation of bail enforcement agents by the Board and Department of Criminal Justice Services. The regulatory scheme is effective October 1, 2005, but a provision that a felon may not engage in bail recovery is effective July 1, 2004. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. SB 334; CH. 397 (effective - see bill).
§ 9.1-102. See § 19.2-81.3; SB 550.
§ 9.1-116.1. See § 16.1-69.48:1; HB 1234.
§§ 9.1-138 and 9.1-139 amended.
Certified detector canine handlers. Includes certified detector canine handlers in the field of private security services professionals. The bill includes definitions of detector canines, etc. The bill also adds a definition of "legal permanent resident" for the purposes of certification as a private security employee. HB 1193; CH. 470.
§§ 9.1-161 and 9.1-162 amended.
Public safety; crime prevention specialists. Requires the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality or campus police wherein the candidate for certification serves to approve the certification prior to the person serving as a crime prevention specialist. HB 1116; CH. 466.
§ 9.1-178 amended.
Community criminal justice boards. Authorizes an officer of the court appointed by a local governing body to serve on a community criminal justice board to designate a member of his staff approved by the governing body to represent him at meetings of the board. SB 308; CH. 395.
§§ 9.1-902 and 18.2-374.3 amended.
Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act. Adds to the list of those required to register under the Act, any person who has solicited or has attempted to solicit, by use of a communications system, certain acts that constitute violations of the taking indecent liberties with children statute. HB 759; CH. 444/SB 575; CH. 414.
§ 9.1-903 amended.
Sex offender registration procedures. Clarifies the manner in which a registered sex offender must register if he changes his address. If his new residence is within the Commonwealth, the person must register in person with the local law-enforcement agency where his new residence is located within 10 days following his change in residence. If the new residence is located outside of the Commonwealth the person must register in person with the local law-enforcement agency where he previously registered within 10 days prior to his change of residence. The bill also clarifies that persons required to register who have been in a state civil commitment program for sexually violent predators must do so within 10 days of release from the program. HB 291; CH. 834.
§ 9.1-1000 added.
Retired law-enforcement officers; photo identification cards. Requires that if requested of the employer upon retirement, a law-enforcement officer be issued a photo identification card indicating that he is a retired law-enforcement officer. The bill also requires that such identification cards be provided upon request to law-enforcement officers who retired before July 1, 2004. SB 648; CH. 419.