Senate Bill No. 157
(By Senator Bailey)
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[Introduced January 19, 2007; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §61-1-10, relating to
requiring felons to report to sheriff when visiting a county
courthouse; and providing criminal penalty for violation.
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 §61-1-10, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 1. CRIMES AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
§61-1-10. Felons required to report to sheriff when entering
county courthouse.
(a) Upon arriving at a county courthouse and before proceeding
to any other area in the courthouse an individual who has been
convicted of a felony, either in this state or another state, is
required to report directly to the sheriff's office and inform the
sheriff or the sheriff's designated employee that the individual is a convicted felon and describe the purpose of the individual's
visit to the courthouse.
(b) In a county where the sheriff does not have an office in
the county courthouse an individual who has been convicted of a
felony, either in this state or another state, before entering the
courthouse, is required to report to the sheriff's office and
inform the sheriff or a designated employee that the individual is
a convicted felon and describe the purpose of the individual's
visit to the courthouse.
(c) A person who violates any provision of this section is
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand
dollars.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
require felons to report
to sheriff when visiting a county courthouse.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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