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Senate Bill No. 246

(By Senators Sprouse, Minear, Anderson and Sharpe)

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[Introduced February 28, 2001; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend article one, chapter twenty-five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twelve, relating to requiring division of corrections to compile and maintain a database of violent offenders; and creating the violent offender registry act.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter twenty-five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twelve, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. ORGANIZATION AND INSTITUTIONS.

§25-1-12. The violent offenders registry act.
Effective the first day of July, two thousand one, the division of corrections shall create and maintain a database and internet site with the names, photographs and criminal records of all violent offenders. The database shall be made available to the general public.
For the purposes of this section, which shall be known as the "Violent Offenders Registry Act," a violent offender is a person who has been convicted of an offense involving force against the person or the threat of violence, or whose criminal acts result in the injury or death of any person.



NOTE: This bill creates the "Violent Offenders Registry Act" which requires the Division of Corrections to compile and maintain a database of violent offenders and to make this information available to the general public.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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