H. B. 2570
(By Delegate Kiss (By Request))
[Introduced February 20, 1995; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article two, chapter sixty-one of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto two new sections, designated
sections nine-b and fourteen-f, all relating to making it a
felony to assault or kidnap a child sixteen years of age or
under within one thousand feet of a school.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter sixty-one of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto two new sections, designated sections
nine-b and fourteen-f, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON.
§61-2-9b. Penalties for malicious or unlawful assault or assault
of a child near a school.
Any person who, under the provisions of section nine of this article, maliciously or unlawfully assaults or assaults a child
sixteen years of age or under within one thousand feet of a
school is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be
punished by confinement in the penitentiary not less than five
nor more than fifteen years.
§61-2-14f. Penalties for abduction of a child near a school.
Any person who, under the provisions of section fourteen of
this article, abducts a child sixteen years of age or under
within one thousand feet of a school is guilty of a felony, and,
upon conviction, shall be punished by confinement in the
penitentiary not less than five nor more than fifteen years.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make it a felony for
any person to assault or abduct a child sixteen years of age or
younger within one thousand feet of a school. The penalty upon
conviction would be five to fifteen years in the state
penitentiary.
Sections nine-b and fourteen-f are new; therefore,
strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.