Localities; penalties for violation of ordinances; civil penalties. Permits any locality to adopt an ordinance that establishes a uniform schedule of civil penalties for violations of ordinances. The bill provides that the civil penalty, unless elsewhere authorized, shall not exceed (i) $500 for the initial summons, (ii) $1,000 for the second violation, or (iii) $1,500 for the third or subsequent violation. The bill further provides that a locality that has charged an individual criminally under the ordinance may also issue summonses for civil penalties for continued or additional violations of the ordinance.

Statutes affected:
House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103077D: 15.2-1429