Amendments

1960
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-298 of the Code of Virginia, to prescribe penalties for offenses committed by convicts.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46.1-867 and 46.1-487 of the Code of Virginia, relative to staying the orders of revocation and suspension during the period of appeal.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 26, 27 and 29 of Chapter 548 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved April 8, 1952, which provided a charter for the town of Smithfield, the sections relating to administration and government of town, election of officers and town officers and to amend such chapter by adding sections numbered 88-a and 88-b, relating to town planning commission and town manager.
Proposing amendments to Sections 110, 118, 119 and 120 of the Constitution of Virginia
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-792.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to extension of time in certain counties for completion of reassessment.
An Act to amend and reenact § 54-1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to filing a copy of examinations given by the Board of Veterinary Examiners.
An Act to provide for the submission of proposed amendments to Secs. 1 and 2 of Article XVII of the Constitution of Virginia to the qualified voters for ratification or rejection
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-418 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the forwarding of certain abstracts of records in certain cases; records in office of Division of Motor Vehicles; inspection; clerk’s fee for reports.
An Act to amend Chapter 384 as amended of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 28, 1946, which provided a new charter and special form of government for the city of Charlottesville and matters in connection therewith, by adding a section numbered 14-a, to confer upon the city council powers in relation to the operations of certain authorities within the city; to require any such authority to obtain approval from the city council for entry into certain contracts, the construction, reconstruction or extension of certain facilities, and the establishment of any new housing within the confines of the city; to provide that the approval of the voters may be required in any such case and to provide for the holding of referendums to obtain the approval of the voters in such cases; and to repeal § 86-19.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to limitations upon housing authorities in certain cities.
An Act to amend and reenact § 38.1-296 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certificates of qualification required of certain agents.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 51-111.41:1, providing prior service credit for certain members of the Virginia Supplemental Retirement System.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19-187.1, to provide for preliminary examinations of persons arrested upon a warrant charging a felony and to provide for waiver thereof.
An Act to amend and reenact § 55-276 of the Code of Virginia, relating to commutation in cases of persons under disability.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-152.26 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain cases in which annexation shall not be decreed unless the whole county be annexed.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 28-57.2, to permit haul seining in Diascund Creek.
Proposing an amendment to Section 20 of the Constitution of Virginia.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 62-106.7 and 62-106.8, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to powers of the Virginia State Ports Authority.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 60-10, 60-26, 60-42 as amended, 60-44, 60-45.2, 60-47 as amended, 60-67 as amended, 60-68 as amended, 60-70 as amended, 60-71 as amended, 60-72 as amended, 60-73 as amended, 60-78.1 as amended, 60-75 as amended and 60-76.2 of the Code of Virginia, the amended sections pertaining to the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act and relating to the definition of the Commission and the composition thereof, the weekly benefit amount, benefit rights, the disqualification for benefits, the eligibility of employers for a reduction in the maximum contribution rate, the individual's benefit wages, the employer's benefit wage ratio, the state experience factor, the employer's contribution rate, the increase of the employer's contribution rate, the decrease of contributions by the application of credits, the acquisition of the business of an employing unit by another and the notice when employer's contributions are delinquent.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-56.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the compensation allowed individual members of county boards of supervisors.
An Act to amend and reenact § 40-35, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to hours of work of women.
An Act to amend and reenact § 38.1-44, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to assessment for expense of administration of insurance laws.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 54-807 as amended, 54-808 as amended, 54-808.5, 54-810 as amended, and 54-310.1, of the Code of Virginia, relating respectively to fees for examinations in the healing arts, requirements for admission to examination on chiropody, requirements for admission to examination on physical therapy, the issuance of certificates to practice the healing arts to applicants from without the state, and the issuance of certificates to practice physical therapy to certain applicants without examination.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2-29, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to holding State or local office or employment while holding office or employment under the government of the United States.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-109.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to State convict road force and use of certain high-way funds in connection therewith.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-205, 3-208.1, 8-208.7, 8-208.22, and 8-208.81 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, known as the Virginia Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Law, and to add §§ 8-203.1, 3-203.2 and 8-208.8:1, relating to the same subject.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-524 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the sheriff of the city of Richmond, so as to provide a maximum compensation for the office of sheriff of the city of Richmond.
Proposing an amendment to Section 30 of the Constitution of Virginia.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 16.1-176.1, so as to provide for trial of a juvenile sixteen years of age or over by a court of record under certain circumstances.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15-854.1 validating proceedings had in the preparation, certification and adoption of zoning ordinances in counties prior to January one, nineteen hundred fifty-nine.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 54-89 and 54-98 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certification requirements for certified public accountants and when examinations may be waived.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto sections numbered 18.1-227 through 18.1-286.8, relating to obscenity, defining the word 'obscene', providing that certain obscene acts and conduct, and certain acts and conduct in connection therewith, shall be unlawful, making it a felony to commit a second or other subsequent offense thereof, providing for the issuance of certain orders and judgments as to obscene books; and to repeal §§ 18-113 and 18-118.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same matters.
An Act to amend and reenact § 65-66 of the Code of Virginia, relating to termination of dependency in workmen’s compensation cases.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-237, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to duties of county clerks.
An Act to amend and reenact § 68-101, as amended, defining terms used in the Virginia Public Welfare and Assistance Law, so as to specifically include hospitalization as an element of medical care in the definitions of certain categories of public assistance.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-119 of the Code of Virginia, relating to money derived under the provisions of the “forest reserve act” approved by Congress on May twenty-third, nineteen hundred and eight, and to the disposition of such money.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 9-6.2 and 29-126, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to certain definitions pertaining to administrative agencies and to publication of proposed regulations concerning hunting, fishing and trapping.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-145 of the Code of Virginia, relating to maximum compensation of certain fee officers, and statements to be filed by such officers with the State Compensation Board, so as to include the sheriff of the city of Richmond.
An Act to amend and reenact § 6-245 of the Code of Virginia, relating to powers of industrial loan associations
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 58-792.8, relating to extension of time for completion of general reassessment in certain counties.
An Act to authorize a referendum in any city having power to adopt regulations or ordinances requiring that dogs be kept on leash or otherwise restrained, on the question whether any such ordinance so adopted shall become effective in such city.
An Act to amend and reenact § 35-8.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to requirements for gas burning heaters used in hotels, inns, houses of entertainment, or other houses licensed for the lodging, care, or entertainment of the public
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-181, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation of attorneys appointed to defend poor persons.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-169 of the Code of Virginia, relating to approval of compromises on behalf of infants or insane persons in suits to which they are parties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 7-88.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sale of flags of the Commonwealth.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46.1-267, 46.1-285 and 46.1-319 of the Code of Virginia, relating to lights and sirens on certain emergency vehicles and to regulations for inspection of vehicles.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-288, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the testimony of husband and wife in criminal cases.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-153, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to classification and exemptions of beneficiaries for purposes of taxation of inheritances and rates of tax.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-639 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compromise of a claim for death by wrongful act.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 6-851.1, limiting the application of the provisions of Chapter 9 of Title 6 of the Code of Virginia, in actions for the recovery of interest under certain contracts insured by the Federal Housing Administration or the Veterans Administration.
An Act to amend and reenact § 54-31 of the Code of Virginia, relating to requiring land surveyors to pay the same annual renewal fee as required of architects and professional engineers.
An Act to amend and reenact § 42-55 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the furnishing of State publications.
An Act to amend and reenact § 35-25 of the Code of Virginia, relating to definition of public eating and drinking places.
An Act to designate June 2, 1960, and the same date on each succeeding year as First Lady’s Day in Virginia; to repeal Chapter 387 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958, approved March 29, 1958, relating to First Lady's Day in Virginia, and to declare an emergency.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-170 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compromise of claims for personal injury to infants, idiots, or insane persons.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1, as amended, of Chapter 286 of the Acts of Assembly of 1984, approved March 27, 1984, to further amend said chapter by adding thereto sections numbered 2 and 8, relating to the shooting and gigging of certain fish in the counties of Scott and Russell, and to repeal Chapter 190 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948, approved March 11, 1948, relating to shooting certain fish in certain waters in Scott County.
An Act to amend and reenact § 20-118, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to prohibition against remarriage on dissolution of bond of matrimony.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2 of Article II, §§ 7, 8, 11, 18, and 14 of Article IV, § 7 of Article VI and § 2 of Article VIII of Chap. 288 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved March 8, 1952, which provided a charter for the town of Poquoson, the sections relating respectively to powers of the town, adoption of ordinances, appointment of officers, payment of claims by school board, and composition of planning commission.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 58-1142 as amended, and 58-1152.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to correction of erroneous assessment of local levies and to refunds of local levies erroneously paid.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-828 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the width of vehicles and exceptions as to size.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-155, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to maximum fees allowed certain officers.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-857 of the Code of Virginia, relating to licensing persons under eighteen and allowing cities to prohibit them from driving so as to allow certain counties to prohibit such persons from driving.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-688, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to land which may be owned by counties.
An Act to amend and reenact 8§ 23-98 and 28-94 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the board of visitors of the Virginia Military Institute.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58-86.6, providing special rules for the recognition of gain or loss on sales or exchanges in connection with certain liquidations.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-707, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to acquiring dumps for waste material in counties, the amount of acreage that may be used and forbidding dumping elsewhere.
An Act to amend Chapter 385 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958, approved March 29, 1958, which created the Virginia Civil War Commission, by adding sections numbered 5-a and 5-b, authorizing the Commission to form or participate in the formation of a nonprofit corporation or corporations, and to contract with and grant funds to public and private agencies to effectuate its objectives.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 14-51 and 14-52, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the salaries of trial justices, now known as County Court Judges, in counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-48.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to dissolution of special town school districts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-75.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to chemical analysis of alcohol in blood of persons charged with offense of drunk driving.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-5, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to expenses and per diem for the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 5.07, 18.07.1, 17.11, 17.12, 17.16 and 17.17 of chapter 116 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1948, providing a charter for the city of Richmond, as amended by chapter 251 of the Acts of 1950 and by chapter 64 of the Acts of 1954, relating to certain temporary appointments of officers; the disposition of certain gas, water and electric utility surplus funds; the power to grant special permits for the use of land, buildings and structures; the change of boundaries of zoning districts; and the number and duties of alternate members of the board of zoning appeals.
An Act to amend and reenact § 38.1-192 of the Code of Virginia, relating to investments of domestic insurers to authorize investments in obligations of agencies or instrumentalities of the United States of America.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-286 of the Code of Virginia, relating to license taxation of an auctioneer, and to repeal §§ 54-798, 54-794, 58-285, 58-287, 58-288 and 58-288.1, relating, respectively, to account of sales and statements required of certain auctioneers, authority of an auctioneer to sell and do certain acts, classification of aucttoneers, and license taxes required of livestock auctioneers, tobacco auctioneers and auctioneers for livestock markets.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46.1-167.1, 46.1-167.2, 46.1-167.8, 46.1-167.4 and 46.1-167.5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to additional fee and certificates required for registration of uninsured motor vehicles; definition of insured and uninsured motor vehicles; to prescribe penalties for giving false information to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles; and to provide for suspension or revocation of licenses and registration in certain cases.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-541 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, relating to the bond to accompany license for commission morn aes
An Act to amend and reenact § 1-18.85 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the meaning of the term “population” and to when the census of nineteen hundred sixty shall become effective as to population classifications in statutes.
An Act to amend and reenact 8§ 8$2-195.1, 82-195.2, 82-195.8 and 82-195.16 of the Code of Virginia, relating to contracts and plans for future hospitalization, medical and surgical services, and to repeal §§ 82-195.6 and 32-195.7 of the Code of Virginia, providing that rates for such contracts and plans shall be fixed by the State Corporation Commis-
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-811.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to assessment of new buildings and providing an extension of time for paying such assessment.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-220, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to consolidation of certain counties, cities and towns so as to make such section applicable to all adjoining or adjacent counties, cities and towns.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-152.12 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the powers of court, rule of decision and terms and conditions in annexation proceeding instituted by cities and towns.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2 of Chapter 580 of the Acts of Assembly of 1926, approved March 25, 1926, relating to the area which may be served by the water works system of the city of Newport News.
An Act to amend and reenact § 26-17 of the Code of Virginia, relating to annual settlement of fiduciaries’ accounts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 38.1-291 of the Code of Virginia, relating to exemptions from countersignature requirement as to certain insurance policies.
An Act to amend and reenact Chapter 88 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved February 22, 1950, which chapter was incorporated by reference in the Code of Virginia by § 46.1-258, and which authorized counties having a density of population in excess of two thousand per square mile to provide for the installation of parking meters on designated State highways, streets and roads therein and provided penalties for violations of regulations thereunder.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-428 of the Code of Virginia, concerning the denial of the privilege to operate a motor vehicle upon conviction of speeding in excess of sixty-five or seventy-five miles per hour.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-890 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the docketing required to perfect lien.
An Act to amend and reenact § 65-85, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to medical attentions in workmen’s compensation cases.
An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the general laws of Virginia relating to crimes and offenses generally; to that end to repeal Title 18 of the Code of Virginia, which title includes Chapters 1 to 11 and §§ 18-1 to 18-366, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, as amended, which title relates to crimes and offenses generally; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto in lieu of the foregoing title, chapters and sections of the Code repealed by this act a new title numbered 18.1, which title includes eight new chapters numbered 1 to 8, both inclusive, and new sections numbered §§ 18.1-1 to 18.1-429, both inclusive, relating to crimes and offenses generally; to prescribe when such revision and recodification shall become effective; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1, as amended, of Chapter 486 of the Acts of Assembly of 1891-92, approved February 29, 1892, which provided a charter for the town of Glasgow, the section relating to the corporate limits.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 14-155.18, to provide an increase in the maximum compensation for clerks of courts of record.
An Act to amend and reenact § 17-119, as amu.uded, of the Code of Virginia, relating to judicial circuits and additional judges in certain judicial circuits; and to amend and reenact §§ 17-221.1, 17-221.4, 17-221.7, 17-221.10, and 17-221.14 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the courts of record of the city of Newport News; to the election, compensation and duties of the clerks of such courts; to prescribe the jurisdiction of such courts; and to provide for interchange of and transfer of cases between such courts.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 68-127.1, to provide for the execution of deeds of trust by recipients of old age assistance and the redemption and foreclosure of such deeds of trust.
An Act to amend and reenact § 19-186, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to exclusion from jury of persons living within two miles of place felony committed, and exceptions thereto.
An Act to amend and reenact § 88.1-208 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the limiting of certain investments of domestic insurers by the value of real property.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-884 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the construction of zoning statutes applicable to certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-3888 of the Code of Virginia, relating to examinations of operators and/or chauffeurs believed incompetent and providing for suspension, revocation or restriction of operating privileges under certain conditions.
An Act to amend and reenact § 62-190 of the Code of Virginia, relating to obstructing Levisa fork of Big Sandy River, providing penalties for violations and authorizing injunctions.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-155, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation of certain fee officers.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-548 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the punishment for violations of §§ 15-546 and 15-547 of the Code.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-857 of the Code of Virginia, relating to procedure and conditions for issuing operators’ and chauffeurs’ licenses to certain persons.