CHAPTER 496

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 18-77, 46-416, 46-416.1 and 46-416.2, as
amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the revocation of li-
censes to operate motor vehicles. CH 629]

Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 18-77, 46-416, 46-416.1 and 46-416.2, as amended, of the Code
of Virginia, be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18-77. The judgment of conviction or finding of not innocent in the
case of a juvenile if for a first offense under § 18-75, or for a similar
offense under any city or town ordinance, shall of itself operate to deprive
the person so convicted or found of the right to drive or operate any such
vehicle, conveyance, engine or train in this State for a period of one year
from the date of such judgment, and if for a second or other subsequent
offense within ten years thereof for a period of three years from the date
of the judgment of conviction or finding of not innocent thereof. If any
person has heretofore been convicted or found not innocent of violating
any similar act of this State and thereafter is convicted or found not inno-
cent of violating the provisions of § 18-75, such conviction or finding shall
for the purpose of this and the preceding section be a subsequent offense
and shall be punished accordingly ; and the court may, in its discretion, sus-
pend the sentence during the good behavior of the person convicted or
found not innocent.

§ 46-416. The Commissioner shall forthwith revoke, and not there-
after reissue during the period of one year, the license of any person, resi-
dent, or nonresident, upon receiving a record of his conviction or a record
of his having been found not innocent in the case of a juvenile of any of the
following crimes, committed in violation of either a State law or of a
valid town, city or county ordinance paralleling and substantially conform-
ing to a like State law and to all changes and amendments of it:

(1) Voluntary or involuntary manslaughter resulting from the opera-
tion of a motor vehicle;

(2) Violation of the provisions of § 18-75 or § 18-78, or violation of a
valid town, city or county ordinance paralleling and substantially conform-
ing to §§ 18-75 to 18-79;

(83) Perjury or the making of a false affidavit to the Division under
this chapter or any other law of the State requiring the registration of
motor vehicles or regulating their operation on highways, or the making
of a false statement to the Division on any application for an operator’s
or chauffeur’s license;

(4) Any crime punishable as a felony under the motor vehicle laws of
this oe or any other felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle
is used;

(5) Two charges of reckless driving, or forfeiture of bail upon two
charges of reckless driving, when the offenses upon which they are based
were committed within a period of twelve consecutive months; or

(6) Failure to stop and disclose his identity at the scene of the acci-
dent, on the part of a driver of a motor vehicle involved in an accident
resulting in the death of or injury to another person.

§ 46-416.1. The Commissioner shall forthwith revoke, and shall not
thereafter reissue during a period of not less than sixty days but shall
thereafter reissue within a period of six months, the license of any person,
resident or :onresident, upon receiving records of two or more successive
and distinct conviclions or findings of not innocent in the case of a juv-
enile of violations committed within a twelve-month period of any provi-
sion of law, or any rules, regulations, or ordinances duly enacted in pur-
suance thereof, establishing the lawful rates of speed of motor vehicles
and making the violation thereof punishable as a crime; provided that if
there be more than two such convictions or findings the period during
which such license may not be reissued shall be at least sixty days and not
more than one year. The provisions of §§ 46-59 and 46-425 shall not apply
to any person whose license is revoked under the provisions of this section.

§ 46-416.2. The Commissioner shall forthwith revoke and not there-
after reissue during a period of sixty days the license of any person, resi-
dent or nonresident, upon receipt of a record of his conviction or finding
of not innocent in the case of a juvenile of reckless driving and of any
provision of law establishing the lawful rates of speed of motor vehicles
when the offenses upon which the convictions or findings are based were
committed within a period of twelve consecutive months. The two of-
fenses for conviction or findings of not innocent of which suspension of a
permit hereunder can be had must have occurred at separate times. The
provisions of §§ 46-59 and 46-425 shall not apply to any person whose li-
cense is revoked under the provisions of this section.