                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RESTRICTED PERMITS TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE; IGNITION INTERLOCK SYSTEMS (§
18.2-271.5)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any criminal case for any
violation of Article 7 ( § 46.2-852 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 46.2 where a
defendant&#8217;s license to operate a motor vehicle, engine, or train in the
Commonwealth is subject to revocation or suspension and the court orders a
defendant, as a condition of probation or otherwise, to enter into and
successfully complete an alcohol safety action program in the judicial district
in which such charge is brought or in any other judicial district upon such
terms and conditions as the court may set forth, the court may, in its
discretion and for good cause shown, issue the defendant a restricted license to
operate a motor vehicle in accordance with the provisions of subsection E of §
18.2-271.1 where the only restriction of such restricted license that the court
shall impose is to prohibit the defendant from operating a motor vehicle that is
not equipped with a functioning, certified ignition interlock system for a
period of not less than six consecutive months without alcohol-related
violations of the interlock requirements.
		In no event shall a defendant be permitted to enter any such alcohol safety
action program that is not certified as meeting minimum standards and criteria
established by the Commission on the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program
(VASAP) pursuant to § 18.2-271.2.
		No restricted license issued pursuant to this section shall permit any person
to operate a commercial motor vehicle as defined in the Virginia Commercial
Driver&#8217;s License Act (§ 46.2-341.1 et seq.).
		The provisions of subsections E and F of § 18.2-271.1 shall apply to this
section mutatis mutandis, except as herein provided.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 279.