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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0463\">463<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1998, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0783\">783<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0840\">840<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0872\">872<\/a>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0831\">831<\/a>; in 2004, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP1004\">1004<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":350548,"section_number":"18.2-251.02","catch_line":"Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-251.02\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":349853,"section_number":"16.1-69.48:1","catch_line":"Fixed fee for misdemeanors, traffic infractions and other violations in district court; additional fees to be added","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-69.48_1\/"},{"id":350528,"section_number":"18.2-247","catch_line":"Use of terms \"controlled substances,\" \"marijuana,\" \"Schedules I, II, III, IV, V, and VI,\" \"imitation controlled substance,\" and \"counterfeit controlled substance\" in Title 18.2","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-247\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1389299,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349855,"identifier":"16.1-69.48:3","token":"16.1\/4.1\/5\/16.1-69.48_3","url":"\/16.1-69.48_3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-69.48_3\/","token":"16.1\/4.1\/5\/16.1-69.48_3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fees charged to drug offenders","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-69.48:3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Whenever in a general district <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> the costs provided for in subsection C of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Fixed fee for misdemeanors, traffic infractions and other violations in district court; additional fees to be added\" href=\"\/16.1-69.48_1\/\">16.1-69.48:1<\/a> are assessed for a violation of any provision of Article 1 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Use of terms &quot;controlled substances,&quot; &quot;marijuana,&quot; &quot;Schedules I, II, III, IV, V, and VI,&quot; &quot;imitation controlled substance,&quot; and &quot;counterfeit controlled substance&quot; in Title 18.2\" href=\"\/18.2-247\/\">18.2-247<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2, a portion of the costs, as specified in subsection C of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Fixed fee for misdemeanors, traffic infractions and other violations in district court; additional fees to be added\" href=\"\/16.1-69.48_1\/\">16.1-69.48:1<\/a>, shall be included in the taxed costs and paid into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFEES CHARGED TO DRUG OFFENDERS (\u00a7 16.1-69.48:3)\n\nWhenever in a general district court the costs provided for in subsection C of\n\u00a7 16.1-69.48:1 are assessed for a violation of any provision of Article 1 (\u00a7\n18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2, a portion of the costs, as\nspecified in subsection C of \u00a7 16.1-69.48:1, shall be included in the taxed\ncosts and paid into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 463, \u00a7 14.1-134.1; 1998, cc. 783, 840, 872; 2002, c. 831;\n2004, c. 1004.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}