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H. B. 3012
(By Delegate Stalnaker)
[Introduced
March 27, 2001
; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article six, chapter sixty-one of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-four,
relating to
imposing misdemeanor penalties for obstructing a
law-enforcement officer or giving false statements to a
law-enforcement officer acting in the course of duty.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article six, chapter sixty-one of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
twenty-four, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. CRIMES AGAINST THE PEACE.
§61-6-24. Obstructing law-enforcement officer or providing false information to a law-enforcement officer; penalties.
A person who knowingly obstructs or impedes a law-enforcement
officer acting in the course of duty, or a person who knowingly
gives a false statement to a law-enforcement officer acting in the
course of duty, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars or
imprisoned in the county or regional jail not more than ten days,
or both fined and imprisoned.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to impose misdemeanor
penalties for obstructing a law-enforcement officer or giving false
statements to a law-enforcement officer acting in the course of
duty.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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