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H. B. 4661


(By Delegates Schoen, Porter, Miley and Armstead)

[Introduced February 22, 2010 ; referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary.]





A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §15-3A-8, relating to registration of state-owned or leased cellular phones and mobile communication devices with the national Wireless Amber Alert Initiative.

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 §15-3A-8, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 3A. AMBER ALERT PLAN.

§15-3A-8. Registration of state owned cellular phones and mobile communication devices.
Cognizant of the statistics showing that the first three hours after a child's abduction are most critical to recovery efforts and recognizing that wireless technology can help galvanize communities to assist law enforcement in the search for and return of a missing child, it is thus required that any cellular phone or other mobile communications device, which is capable of receiving text messages, and which is owned or leased by the State of West Virginia or any agency thereof, or, which is otherwise provided to any user using state funds, shall be registered with the national Wireless Amber Alert Initiative, a voluntary partnership between the wireless industry, the United States Department of Justice, and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), which exists to distribute Amber Alerts to wireless subscribers.




NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require registration of state owned cellular phones and mobile communications devices with the national Wireless Amber Alert Initiative.

This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
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