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Senate Bill No. 612
(By Senators Fanning, Bowman and Barnes)
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[Introduced February 16, 2007; referred to the Committee on
Natural Resources; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact
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20-7-9 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to increasing the fines for certain
violations of said chapter.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That
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20-7-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. LAW ENFORCEMENT, MOTORBOATING, LITTER.
§20-7-9. Violations of chapter generally; penalties.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter
or rules and regulations promulgated under the provisions of this
chapter, the punishment for which is not prescribed, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall for
each offense be fined not less than twenty nor more than three
hundred dollars, or confined in jail not less than ten nor more than one hundred days, or be both fined and imprisoned within the
limitations aforesaid, and, in the case of a violation by a
corporation, every officer or agent thereof directing or engaging
in such violation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be subject to the same penalties and
punishment as herein provided: Provided, That any person
violating subdivision three, section five, article two of this
chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars and shall be imprisoned for not
less than ten days nor more than one hundred days: Provided,
however, That any person violating sections forty-three and
forty- five forty-two-d, forty-two-
e and forty-two-f
, article two
of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than two hundred
fifty dollars nor more than three five hundred dollars, or
confined in jail not less than ten nor more than one hundred
days, or both fined and imprisoned within the limitations
aforesaid: Provided further, That any person violating any
parking or speeding regulations as promulgated by the director on
any state parks, state forests, public hunting and fishing areas
and all other lands and waters owned, leased or under the control
of the department of natural resources, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than two nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in
the county jail not more than ten days, or both fined and
imprisoned.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to clarify the language
regarding restrictions on carrying a crossbow afield and in a
vehicle.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.
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