Cost Recovery Ordinance. To receive public comment on its intent to adopt an ordinance to authorize cost recovery for incidents resulting in convictions for a violation of Virginia Code § 18.2-46.6 (subsections B and C only); a felony violation of § 18.2-83 or § 18.2-84; or a violation of § 18.2-212 or § 18.2-461.1 which is the proximate cause of any incident resulting in an appropriate emergency response by a local agency. The proposed ordinance would authorize reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to terrorism hoax incidents, bomb threats, or malicious activation of fire alarms and would take effect immediately, as enabled by Virginia Code § 15.2-1716.1.

Ordinance Public Hearing Introduced July 25, 2024

Where it was heard