H. B. 2089
(By Delegate Spencer)
[Introduced January 12, 2007; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §60A-10-16, relating
to
requiring the State Police to maintain a registry of names
of those convicted of crimes related to methamphetamine
production or distribution; and, requiring the circuit clerks
to provide abstracts of judgment to the State Police that
reflect criminal convictions of persons relative to
methamphetamine production or distribution.
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 §60A-10-16,
to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 10. METHAMPHETAMINE LABORATORY ERADICATION ACT.
§60A-10-16. State Police to maintain registry of names of persons
convicted of methamphetamine manufacture.
(a) The Criminal Identification Division of the State Police
shall maintain a registry containing the names of persons convicted
under the provisions of section four hundred eleven, article four,
chapter sixty-a of this code and under the provisions of article
ten, chapter sixty-a of this code. The registry shall be
maintained by the Criminal Identification Division and made
available for public inquiry on the Internet. The registry shall
consist of the person's name, date of birth, the offenses for which
he or she was convicted requiring their inclusion on the registry
and any other identifying information considered necessary to
properly identify the person: Provided, That in no event may the
information include a person's social security number.
(b) The circuit clerks throughout the state shall forward
certified copies of abstracts of judgment containing any criminal
convictions had under the provisions of section four hundred
eleven, article four, chapter sixty-a of this code or under article
ten, chapter sixty-a of this code to the Criminal Identification
Division of the State Police within forty-five days of the order of
conviction.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
require the State Police
to maintain a registry of names of those convicted of crimes
related to methamphetamine production or distribution while
requiring the circuit clerks to provide abstracts of judgment to
the State Police that reflect criminal convictions of persons for
methamphetamine production or distribution.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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