Bill Text: WV HB3093 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Clarifying language relating to offenses occurring at the State Capitol
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-10 - To House Judiciary [HB3093 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2011-HB3093-Introduced.html
(By Delegates Howell, Hartman, Hall,
R. Phillips, Sobonya, Walker,
Hamilton, Storch and Skaff)
[Introduced February 10, 2011; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §61-6-19 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to offenses occurring at the State Capitol Complex; carrying of weapons.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §61-6-19 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. CRIMES AGAINST THE PEACE.
§61-6-19. Willful disruption of governmental processes; offenses occurring at State Capitol Complex; penalties.
(a) If any person willfully interrupts or molests the orderly and peaceful process of any department, division, agency or branch of state government or of its political subdivisions, he or she is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than §100, or imprisoned in jail not more than six months, or both fined and imprisoned: Provided, That any assembly in a peaceable, lawful and orderly manner for a redress of grievances shall not be a violation of this section.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to bring upon the State Capitol Complex any weapon as defined by the provisions of section two, article seven of this chapter. It is unlawful for any person to willfully deface any trees, wall, floor, stairs, ceiling, column, statue, monument, structure, surface, artwork or adornment in the State Capitol Complex. It is unlawful for any person or persons to willfully block or otherwise willfully obstruct any public access, stair or elevator in the State Capitol Complex after being asked by a law-enforcement officer acting in his or her official capacity to desist.
Any person who violates any provision of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than §100 or confined in jail not more than six months, or both.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to clarify language relating to offenses occurring at the State Capitol.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.