WEST virginia legislature
2021 regular session
ENGROSSED
House Bill 2253
By Delegate Steele
[Introduced February 10, 2021; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §29-22-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to forgery and other crimes concerning lottery tickets; requiring any sentencing be by determinate sentence.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 22. STATE LOTTERY ACT.
§29-22-12. Crimes; forgery, counterfeiting, etc. of lottery tickets; penalties.
Any person who, with intent
to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes or counterfeits a
lottery ticket is guilty of a felony misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or be imprisoned in the
penitentiary a state correctional facility for not less
not more than one year, or both fined and imprisoned.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that any sentence for violation of this statute be for a determinate period.
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