Senate Bill No. 158
(By Senator Sprouse)
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[Introduced January 10, 2008; 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 §61-2-3a, relating to
prohibiting a convicted murderer from living within one
thousand yards of the victim's family.
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 §61-2-3a, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON.
§61-2-3a. Convicted murderers prohibited from residing within one
thousand yards of the victim's family.
Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary,
any person convicted of first degree murder or second degree murder
may not reside within one thousand yards of a victim's family
member.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
prohibit a convicted
murderer from living within one thousand yards of the victim's
family
.
This section
is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.