HB2367 S JUD AMT

Lovell 7980

The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 2367--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §61-3A-7, relating to establishing the offenses of organized retail theft and knowing purchase of materials obtained by organized retail theft; establishing elements of offenses; defining terms; establishing criminal penalties; providing for the cumulation of merchandise values; providing for prosecution in any county in which any part of an offense occurs; providing for seizure and forfeiture of cash, assets or other property derived in part or total from any proceeds from participating in a violation of the section; and authorizing a sentencing court to order disgorgement of illegal gains.