Bill Text: WV HB5217 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizing United States currency as legal tender for all transacations private and public.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-26 - To House Banking and Insurance [HB5217 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2024-HB5217-Introduced.html
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 5217
By Delegates Sheedy, Willis, Chiarelli, Criss, Adkins, Hornby, Hite, E. Pritt, Holstein, Mazzocchi, and DeVault
[Introduced January 26, 2024; Referred
to the Committee on Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §47-6-1a, relating to the fact that the State of West Virginia solely recognizes United States coins and currency as legal tender for all transactions, public and private.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 6. MONEY AND INTEREST
§47-6-1a. Recognizing United States currency as legal tender for transactions.
The State of West Virginia to shall recognize United States coins and currency as legal tender for all transactions, public and private.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is for West Virginia to recognize United States currency and coins as legal tender for all transactions.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
