§ 13-1. Adoption of state law.

(a)

Pursuant to the authority of Code of Virginia, §§ 1-13.39:2 and 46.2-1313, as amended, all of the provisions and requirements of the laws of the state contained in Code of Virginia, tit. 46.2, as amended; Code of Virginia, tit. 18.2, ch. 7, art. 2, as amended; and Code of Virginia, tit. 16.1, ch. 11, art. 9, as amended, as in force on July 1, 1996, including any amendments to those statutes which may be adopted by the general assembly in the future, except those provisions and requirements the violation of which constitutes a felony, and except those provisions and requirements which by their very nature can have no application to or within the county, are adopted and incorporated in this chapter by reference and made applicable within the county.

(b)

The following articles of Code of Virginia, tit. 46.2, are specifically excluded from such adoption and incorporation: article 2 of chapter 2; articles 6, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 of chapter 3; articles 4 and 5 of chapter 6; articles 2 and 23 of chapter 10; and chapter 14.

(c)

References to "highways of the state" contained in the provisions and requirements hereby adopted and incorporated shall refer to the streets, highways and other public ways within the county. Such provisions and requirements are hereby adopted, mutatis mutandis, and made a part of this chapter. It shall be unlawful for any person, within the county, to violate or fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any provision or requirement of Code of Virginia, tit. 46.2; as amended, Code of Virginia, tit. 18.2, ch. 7, art. 2, as amended; or Code of Virginia, tit. 16.1, ch. 11, art. 9, as amended, which is adopted by this section, and the penalty imposed for the violation of any provision or requirement hereby adopted shall be the same penalty imposed for a similar offense under Code of Virginia, tit. 46.2; Code of Virginia, tit. 18.2, ch. 7, art. 2, as amended; or Code of Virginia, tit. 16.1, ch. 11, art. 9, as amended.

(Code 1978, § 14.1-1)

(Code 1978, § 14.1-1)