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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Bill No. 113

(By Senator Green)

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[Originating in the Committee on Education;

reported March 4, 2009.]

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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18C-1-6, relating to the recision of state-supported financial aid under certain circumstances; requiring legislative rule; and authorizing release of certain information.

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 §18C-1-6, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GENERALLY.
§18C-1-6. Recision of state financial aid for certain violations pertaining to illegal use of alcohol or drugs.

(a) A student receiving any form of state-supported financial aid, including, but not limited to, the PROMISE scholarship and other programs established in this chapter, shall lose that financial aid upon conviction of two or more violations within a five-year period of a state law or municipal ordinance which pertains to illegal possession or consumption of alcohol, possession of illegal narcotics or illegal possession of prescription drugs. These violations include, but are not limited to, driving under the influence, public intoxication, contributing to the delinquency of a minor or illegal possession of drugs.
(b) The commission shall propose a rule for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of section six, article one of this chapter and article three-a, chapter twenty-nine of this code to implement the provisions of this section. Any agency or jurisdiction which has possession of records which are necessary for the implementation of this section is authorized to provide this information to the commission as requested.
(c) This section pertains to citations received on and after July 1, 2009.
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