CHAPTER 322

An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-428 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to suspension and restoration of license of person committed to insti-
tution as inebriate or habitual user of drugs.

[S 247]

Approved March 15, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.1-428 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 46.1-428. (a) The Commissioner, upon receipt of notice that any
person has been committed to, or has been admitted to an institution as an
inebriate, or an habitual user of drugs, shall forthwith suspend his license.
Such suspension shall be terminated by the Commissioner after the release
of the person from the institution, in the event the Commissioner is fur-
nished a statement executed by * the person in charge of such institution,
or by the judge of the county or municipal court of the jurisdiction in which
such person resides, that the person is sufficiently recovered to operate a
motor vehicle safely. If * the person in charge of such institution, or the
judge of the county or municipal court fail or refuse to execute said state-
ment, the person affected may appeal to the circuit court having jurisdic-
tion. Provided, if such person shall thereafter return to an institution for
the care or treatment of inebriates or habitual users of drugs the license
shall be forthwith suspended and not thereafter be reissued until such
person is adjudged competent by judicial order or decree, or discharged as
cured from an institution for the cure of inebriates or for the treatment
of habitual users of drugs.

(b) The clerk of the court in which any such adjudication is made
shall forthwith send a certified copy or abstract thereof to the Commis-
sioner.

(c) Any person heretofore required to give proof of financial responsi-
bility by reason of his commitment to an institution as an inebriate, or an
habitual user of drugs, shall be relieved of such requirements as of July
one, nineteen hundred fifty-four.