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This Bill was offered January 9, 2008, and has been signed into law. This locksmith legislation will help to counter the problem of phony locksmiths that have flooded the printed directories, 411, and the internet with ficticious addresses that mislead consumers needing service into thinking they are calling a local locksmith company. If you are a victim of an unlicensed, illegal locksmith company, Baldino's is here to assist you in repairing criminal break in damage and restore your confidence in what real locksmiths do in both emergency and non-emergency situations.
2008 SESSION
INTRODUCED
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HOUSE BILL NO. 462
Offered January 9, 2008
Prefiled January 4, 2008
A BILL to amend and reenact § 9.1-102 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by
adding in Chapter 1 of Title 9.1 an article numbered 13, consisting of sections numbered 9.1-187
through 9.1-198, relating to the Department of Criminal Justice Services; regulation of locksmiths.
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Patrons––Albo and Marsden
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Referred to Committee on General Laws
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 9.1-102 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia
is amended by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 9.1 an article numbered 12, consisting of sections
numbered 9.1-187 through 9.1-198, as follows:
§ 9.1-102. Powers and duties of the Board and the Department.
The Department, under the direction of the Board, which shall be the policy-making body for
carrying out the duties and powers hereunder, shall have the power and duty to:
1. Adopt regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.), for the
administration of this chapter including the authority to require the submission of reports and
information by law-enforcement officers within the Commonwealth. Any proposed regulations
concerning the privacy, confidentiality, and security of criminal justice information shall be submitted
for review and comment to any board, commission, or committee or other body which may be
established by the General Assembly to regulate the privacy, confidentiality, and security of information
collected and maintained by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof;
2. Establish compulsory minimum training standards subsequent to employment as a law-enforcement
officer in (i) permanent positions, and (ii) temporary or probationary status, and establish the time
required for completion of such training;
3. Establish minimum training standards and qualifications for certification and recertification for
law-enforcement officers serving as field training officers;
4. Establish compulsory minimum curriculum requirements for in-service and advanced courses and
programs for schools, whether located in or outside the Commonwealth, which are operated for the
specific purpose of training law-enforcement officers;
5. Establish (i) compulsory minimum training standards for law-enforcement officers who utilize
radar or an electrical or microcomputer device to measure the speed of motor vehicles as provided in
§ 46.2-882 and establish the time required for completion of the training and (ii) compulsory minimum
qualifications for certification and recertification of instructors who provide such training;
6. Establish compulsory training courses for law-enforcement officers in laws and procedures relating
to entrapment, search and seizure, evidence, and techniques of report writing, which training shall be
completed by law-enforcement officers who have not completed the compulsory training standards set
out in subdivision 2, prior to assignment of any such officers to undercover investigation work. Failure
to complete the training shall not, for that reason, constitute grounds to exclude otherwise properly
admissible testimony or other evidence from such officer resulting from any undercover investigation;
7. Establish compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service and advanced training standards for those
persons designated to provide courthouse and courtroom security pursuant to the provisions of
§ 53.1-120, and to establish the time required for completion of such training;
8. Establish compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service and advanced training standards for deputy
sheriffs designated to serve process pursuant to the provisions of § 8.01-293, and establish the time
required for the completion of such training;
9. Establish compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service, and advanced training standards for persons
employed as deputy sheriffs and jail officers by local criminal justice agencies and for correctional
officers employed by the Department of Corrections under the provisions of Title 53.1, and establish the
time required for completion of such training;
10. Establish compulsory minimum training standards for all dispatchers employed by or in any local
or state government agency, whose duties include the dispatching of law-enforcement personnel. Such
training standards shall apply only to dispatchers hired on or after July 1, 1988;
11. Consult and cooperate with counties, municipalities, agencies of the Commonwealth, other state
and federal governmental agencies, and with universities, colleges, community colleges, and other
institutions, whether located in or outside the Commonwealth, concerning the development of police...
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