CHAPTER 267

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
46.1-16.1, to provide for the establishment of traffic schools, and to
permit the requiring of attendance of such schools by persons con-
victed of certain offenses in lieu of or in addition to penalties pre-
scribed by law for certain offenses.

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Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
46.1-16.1, as follows:

§ 46.1-16.1. (a) The governing body of any county or city may
by ordinance provide for the establishment within such county or city of
a traffic school, at which there shall be given instruction concerning laws
and ordinances for the regulation of vehicular traffic, safe operation of
vehicles, and such other subjects as may be prescribed. Such ordinance
shall provide for the supervision and control of such school, the days and
hours when it shall be conducted, and the personnel who are to be in-
structors therefor. In the discretion of the governing body, the ordinance
establishing a traffic school may vest the direction and conduct of such
school in the county or city court or courts charged with the duty of hearing
traffic cases.

(b) Any court of such county or city having jurisdiction of offenses
covered by articles 1 through 6 of chapter 4 of this Title or ordinances
of the county or city regulating traffic is authorized to require any person
found guilty of a violation of any such statute or ordinance to attend
the traffic school established as provided in subsection (a) of this section
for such period as shall be specified in the order requiring such attend-
ance. Such requirement for attendance may be in lieu of or in addition
to the penalties prescribed by § 46.1-16 or any such ordinance. Failure
to comply with the order of the court shall be punishable as contempt of
such court. No person not a resident of any such county or city shall be
required to attend any school created hereunder.