WEST virginia legislature

2017 regular session

Committee Substitute

for

Senate Bill 192

By Senator Weld

[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
reported on March 13, 2017]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §37-12-3, relating generally to licensed surveyors; and providing that licensed surveyors may not be held liable for defamation or slander of title while performing their professional duties, except in cases of professional negligence, incompetence, malicious intent, fraud or deceit.

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 §37-12-3, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 12. SURVEYORS.

§37-12-3. Qualified privilege.

A licensed surveyor performing professional duties within the scope of his or her practice, as defined in section ten, article thirteen-a, chapter thirty of this code, may not be held liable for defamation or slander of title while performing his or her professional duties, except in cases of professional negligence, incompetence, malicious intent, fraud or deceit.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.