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A~ ORDINANCE TO A~,'IEND TI~q~ CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH~ VI~- GIN/A, t973, BY ~2~ENDING SECTION 23-309 THE~EO? PERTAINING TO Tf[E OBLIGATIONS OF A DRIVER TO ~LAKE WT~ITTEN REPORTS OF CERTAIN ACCIDENTS TO POLICE; SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS; REPORTS BY WITL~ESSES. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Ports- mouth, Virginia: 1. That the Code of the City of PorLsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended by amending Section 23-309 thereof, such ~mend- ed section to read as follows: Sec. 23-309. Driver to make report of certain accidents to police; supplemental reports; reports by witnesses. (a) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident result- ing in injury to or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) or more shall, within five (5) days after the accident, make a writ- ten report of it to the police department. (b) The chief of police may require any driver of a vehicle involved in any accident of which report must ~e made to file a supplemental report whenever any report is insufficient in his opinion and he may require witnesse~ of accidents to render re- ports to the police department. A wilful failure Lo file the report required in this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable under section 23-23. (c) The driver of a motor vehicle involved i~ any accident of which report must be made shall execute in detail that portion of the accident report relating Lo the certification of insurance or bond if there was mn effect at the time of the accident with respect to the motor vehicle involved: (1) A standard provisions automobile liability policy in form approved by the state corporation commission and issued by an znsurance carrier authorized to do busi- ness in this state or, if the motor vehicle was not registered in this state or was a motor vehicle which was registered elsewhere than in this state at the ef- fective date of the policy, or at its most recent re- newal, an automobile liability policy acceptable to that commission as substantially t~.e equivalent of a standard provisions automobile liability policy; provided, in either event, that every such automobile liability policy is sub- ject to the limits provided in Code of Virginza Section 46.1-504.