H. B. 2622
(By Delegates Thompson, Underwood,
Johnson and Jenkins)
[Introduced March 19, 1997; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article three, 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
seventeen, relating to the larceny of equipment from a
municipal or voluntary fire department; making the offense
a felony regardless of the value of equipment; and providing
criminal penalty.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, 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
seventeen to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY.
§61-3-17. Larceny of equipment of municipal or voluntary fire department; penalty.
Any person who unlawfully takes and carries away or converts
to his or her own use any equipment from a municipal or voluntary
fire department is guilty of the larceny of that equipment, which
is a felony regardless of the value of the equipment, and, upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five hundred
dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the
penitentiary or a correctional facility not less than one nor
more than five years, or both fined and imprisoned.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make the larceny of
any equipment from a municipal or voluntary fire department a
felony.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.