WEST virginia Legislature
2017 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2083
By Delegate Rodighiero and Frich
[Introduced February
8, 2017; Referred
to the Committee on Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then the
Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §60A-10-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the Uniform Controlled Substances Act; the Methamphetamine Laboratory Eradication Act; and increasing the felony criminal penalties for exposing children to methamphetamine manufacturing.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §60A-10-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. METHAMPHETAMINE LABORATORY ERADICATION ACT.
§60A-10-12. Exposure of children to methamphetamine manufacturing; penalties.
(a) Any person eighteen years of age or older who
knowingly causes or permits a minor to be present in a location where methamphetamine
is manufactured or attempted to be manufactured is guilty of a felony and, upon
conviction, shall be confined imprisoned in a state correctional
facility for not less than one five nor more than five thirty
years, fined not more than $10,000, or both fined and imprisoned.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)
of this section, the penalty for a violation of said the
subsection when the child suffers serious bodily injury as such is
defined in the provisions of section one, chapter article eight-b,
chapter sixty one of this code shall be confined imprisoned
in a state correctional facility for not less than three ten nor
more than fifteen thirty years, fined not more than $25,000,
or both fined and imprisoned.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the penalties for exposing children to methamphetamine manufacturing.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.