                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT FOR ELECTRONIC SUMMONS SYSTEM (§ 17.1-279.1)

Any county, city, or town, through its governing body, may assess an additional
sum not in excess of $5 as part of the costs in each criminal or traffic case in
the district or circuit courts located where such cases are brought in which the
defendant is charged with a violation of any statute or ordinance, which
violation in the case of towns arose within the town, and where the defendant is
charged with a violation of any such statute or ordinance by a local
law-enforcement agency. The imposition of such assessment shall be by ordinance
of the governing body, which may provide for different sums in circuit courts
and district courts. The assessment shall be collected by the clerk of the court
in which the action is filed, remitted to the treasurer of the appropriate
county, city, or town, and held by such treasurer subject to disbursements by
the governing body to a local law-enforcement agency solely to fund software,
hardware, and associated equipment costs for the implementation and maintenance
of an electronic summons system. The imposition of a town assessment shall
replace any county fee that would otherwise apply.

HISTORY: 2014, c. 325; 2015, cc. 546, 643; 2020, c. 342.