HB4940 S JUD AMT #1 2-27

Mowen  7888

The Committee on 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 4940—H. B. 4940 -- A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; by adding thereto a new section, designated as §37-6-31; and to amend said Code by adding thereto a new article, designated as §55-3C-1 and §55-3C-2; all relating to squatting and the remedies therefor; defining a term; clarifying that squatting is a wrongful occupation of property; excluding squatting from the provisions of certain sections of Code; providing that petition and eviction are not appropriate remedies to remove squatters from property; defining terms; providing that squatters are not tenants; noting that squatting is the same as trespass; and providing that petition and eviction are not appropriate remedies to remove squatters from property.

Adopted

Rejected