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Article II. Driving Vehicles or Trains While Under
Influence of Intoxicants or Drugs.[351]

Sec. 19-88. Adoption of state law.

Pursuant to the authority of section 46.1-188 of the Code of
Virginia, as amended, all of the provisions and requirements of
the laws of the state contained in Article 6 of chapter 2 of Title
18.1 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, and in force on January
1, 1973, 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 city, are hereby adopted and incorporated in this
article by reference and made applicable within the city.
References to "highways of the state" contained in such
provisions and requirements hereby adopted shall be deemed to
refer to the streets, highways and other public ways within the
city. Such provisions and requirements are hereby adopted,
mutatis mutandis, and made a part of this article as fully as
though set forth at length herein, and it shall be unlawful for any
person, within the city, to violate or fail, neglect or refuse to
comply with any provision of Article 6 of chapter 2 of Title 18.1 of
the Code of Virginia which is adopted by this section; provided,
that in no event shall the penalty imposed for the violation of
any provision or requirement hereby adopted exceed the penalty
imposed for a similar offense under Article 6 of chapter 2 of Title
18.1 of the Code of Virginia. (3-19-73.)

Secs. 19-89 to 19-92. Repealed.