§ 23-8.3. Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to terrorism hoax incident.

Any person who is convicted of a violation of Code of Virginia § 18.2-46.6 subsection B or C when his violation of such section is the proximate cause of any incident resulting in an appropriate emergency response, shall be liable at the time of sentencing or in a separate civil action, to the city, to any volunteer rescue squad, or both, which may provide such emergency response for the reasonable expense thereof, in an amount not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) in the aggregate for a particular incident occurring in the city. In determining the "reasonable expense," the city may bill a flat fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) or a minute-by-minute accounting of the actual costs incurred. As used in this section, "appropriate emergency response" includes all costs of providing law-enforcement, fire-fighting, rescue and emergency medical services. The provisions of this section shall not preempt or limit any remedy available to the commonwealth, to the city or to any volunteer rescue squad to recover the reasonable expenses of an emergency response to an incident not involving a terroristic hoax as set forth herein.

(Ord. No. 2885, 6-14-05; Ord. No. 3508, 6-20-17, eff. 7-1-17)

(Ord. No. 2885, 6-14-05; Ord. No. 3508, 6-20-17, eff. 7-1-17)