CHAPTER 42
An Act to amend and reenact the second enactment of Chapter 1010 of the Acts of Assembly of 2000, as amended by Chapter 407 of the Acts of Assembly of 2001, and to amend and reenact the second enactment of Chapter 727 of the Acts of Assembly of 2001, relating to animal pounds and shelters; civil penalties.
Approved February 28, 2002
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the second enactment of Chapter 1010 of the Acts of Assembly of 2000, as amended by Chapter 407 of the Acts of Assembly of 2001, is amended and reenacted as follows:
2. That the provisions of this act providing for civil penalties as added in
subsection H of § 3.1-796.96 and subsection C of § 3.1-796.120 shall become
effective on January 1, 2002, 2003, and that the remainder of those sections
shall remain in effect as of January 1, 2002.
2. That the second enactment of Chapter 727 of the Acts of Assembly of 2001 is amended and reenacted as follows:
2. That the provisions of this act providing for civil penalties as added in
subsection E of § 3.1-796.96:2 shall become effective on January 1, 2002 2003,
and that the remainder of that section shall remain in effect as of January 1,
2002.
3. That the provisions of the first and the second enactments of this act shall become retroactively effective on January 1, 2002.
4. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.