SECOND ENROLLMENT
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 3194
(By Delegates Ferro and Hamilton)
[Amended and again passed May 27, 2009, as a result of the
objections of the Governor; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §31B-1-114, relating
to the creation of a criminal penalty for knowingly filing
materially false information regarding a limited liability
company with the Secretary of State.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §31B-1-114, to read as
follows:
§31B-1-114. Penalty for signing false document.
Any person who signs a document required to be filed with the
Secretary of State by this chapter which he or she knows is false
in any material respect is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or confined
in jail not more than one year, or both fined and confined.