H. B. 2104
(By Delegate Kiss, By Request)
[Introduced January 20, 1995; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article eight, 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
eleven, relating to crimes and their punishment; and
providing that sniffing paint is a misdemeanor with a
criminal penalty.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article eight, 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
eleven, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 8. CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY, MORALITY AND DECENCY.
§61-8-11. Sniffing paint; penalty.
Any person who sniffs paint in any form with the purpose and
with the intent to derive some perverse pleasure, high or
intoxication therefrom, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than one hundred
dollars.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is make the sniffing of
paint for the purpose of becoming intoxicated or the like is a
misdemeanor.
§61-8-11 is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring
have been omitted.