HB 885

            
2020 SESSION


20106070D

HOUSE BILL NO. 885

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the House Committee on Transportation

on January 23, 2020)

(Patrons Prior to Substitute--Delegates Sickles and Campbell,
J.L. [HB 1374])

A BILL to amend and reenact �� 46.2-862 and 46.2-878.3 of the
Code of Virginia, relating to reckless driving; exceeding speed limit.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That �� 46.2-862 and 46.2-878.3 of the Code of Virginia
are amended and reenacted as follows:

� 46.2-862. Exceeding speed limit.

A person shall be is guilty of reckless driving
who drives a motor vehicle on the highways in the Commonwealth (i) at a speed
of twenty 20 miles per hour or more in excess of the applicable
maximum speed limit or (ii) in excess of eighty 85 miles per hour
regardless of the applicable maximum speed limit. 

� 46.2-878.3. Prepayment of fines for violations of speed
limits.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Traffic
Infractions and Uniform Fine Schedule adopted by the Supreme Court for
prepayment of fines shall, in all instances where prepayment of a fine is
permitted, include a fine of $6 per mile-per-hour in excess of posted speed
limits provided for in this article. However, such Traffic Infractions and
Uniform Fine Schedule shall include a fine of $7 per mile-per-hour in excess of
posted speed limits for a violation of �� 46.2-873 and 46.2-878.1 and $8 per
mile-per-hour in excess of posted speed limits for a violation of � 46.2-878.2.
Any person who drives a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 80 miles per hour
but below 85 miles per hour on any highway in the Commonwealth having a maximum
speed limit of 70 miles per hour shall be subject to an additional fine of
$100.