CHAPTER 533

An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-412 of the Code of Virginia und to
amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.1-417.1,
so as to require clerks of courts to forward certain abstracts of con-
victions to the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles and
to require the revocation of operator’s and chauffeur’s licenses upon
conviction of certain offenses.

(S 204]
Approved April 5, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.1-412 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
and that the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
46.1-417.1, as follows:

§ 46.1-412. Every county or municipal court or the clerk thereof
or clerk of a court of record in this State shall keep a full record of every
case in which:

(a) A person is charged with (1) A violation of any law of this
State pertaining to the operator or operation of a motor vehicle; (2) A
violation of any ordinance of any county, city or town pertaining to the
operator or operation of any motor vehicles except parking regulations;
(3) Any theft of a motor vehicle or unauthorized use thereof or theft of
any part attached thereto;

b) A person is charged with manslaughter or any other felony
in the commission of which a motor vehicle was used;

(c) There is rendered a judgment for damages the rendering and
nonpayment of which under the terms of this title require the Commis-
sioner to suspend the operator’s or chauffeur’s license and registration in
the name of the judgment debtor.

§ 46.1-417.1. When any person shall be convicted, or found not
innocent in the case of a juvenile, of any theft of wu motor vehicle or
unauthorized use thereof, or the theft of any part thereof, whether the
motor vehicle be used in the commission of the theft or not, then in addition
to any other penalties provided by law, the operator’s or chauffeur’s license
of such person shall be suspended by the court or judge for a period of
not less than sixty days nor more than six months. In case of conviction
the court or judge shull order the surrender of the license to the court
where it shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of § 46.1-425.
If the conviction be a second or subsequent offense, such license shall be
suspended at least sixty days and not more than one year, and the court
shall thereupon transmit such license to the Division of Motor Vehicles
as provided by law. If such person has not obtained u license as required
by Chapter 5 (§ 46.1-348 et seq.) of this title, or is a nonresident, such
court shall direct in the judgment of conviction that such person shall not
drive or operute any motor vehicle in this State for a period to coincide
with the yudgment of the court. The provisions of this section shall not
apply in the event that the theft is one in which the revocation of the
license of any person is required under the provisions of § 46.1-417 (d).
The provisions of §§ 46.1-418 und 46.1-488 shall not apply to any person

whose license is revoked under the provisions of this section.