The armorial bearings adopted by the Senate of Virginia as their official armorial bearings shall carry the following protections on their use:
1. Only current and former members of the Senate of Virginia and the Clerk of the Senate shall have the authority to utilize such armorial bearings or any facsimile or representations of the armorial bearings.
2. Representations of such armorial bearings used by former members of the Senate shall be colored blue.
3. Such use shall not be for any commercial purpose.
4. Any person violating the provisions of subdivision 1 shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Any person violating the provisions of subdivisions 2 and 3 shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
2005, c. 839.