                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TRAFFIC SCHOOLS; REQUIRING ATTENDANCE BY PERSONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN VIOLATIONS
(§ 46.2-1314)

The governing body of any county or city may by ordinance provide for the
establishment of a traffic school in the locality, at which instruction
concerning laws and ordinances for the regulation of vehicular traffic, safe
operation of vehicles, and such other subjects as may be prescribed shall be
given. The ordinance shall provide for the supervision of the school, the days
and hours of its operation, and its personnel. In the discretion of the
governing body, the ordinance establishing a traffic school may vest the
direction and conduct of the school in the general district court charged with
hearing traffic cases.
		The governing body of any county or city may, alternatively, by ordinance
provide for the designation of an existing traffic school or course operated as
part of a county or city adult education program as a traffic school for the
purposes of this section.
		Any court in a county or city which provides for a traffic school under this
section may require any person found guilty of a violation of any provision of
Chapter 8 (§ 46.2-800 et seq.) of this title or local ordinance governing the
operation of motor vehicles to attend a traffic school in the county or city
where the person is a resident or any traffic school that has been established
in any jurisdiction contiguous to the county or city of residence of the
convicted violator for a period specified in the order requiring the attendance
if the governing body of that contiguous jurisdiction consents thereto. The
requirement for attendance may be in lieu of or in addition to the penalties
prescribed by § 46.2-113 or any such ordinance. Failure to comply with the
order of the court shall be punishable as contempt.

HISTORY: 1964, c. 267, § 46.1-16.1; 1968, c. 47; 1973, c. 389; 1989, c. 727;
1993, c. 72.