WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2024 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 5308

By Delegates Steele, Kirby, Foggin, Akers, Garcia, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Phillips, McGeehan, Summers, Ellington, and C. Pritt

[Introduced January 29, 2024; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to repeal §61-3-36 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the anchoring or beaching of shanty boats on lands of another.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

§1. Repeal of section creating the offense of anchoring or beaching of shanty boats on lands of another without permission.

That §61-3-36 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is repealed.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to repeal the section of the Code creating the offense of anchoring or beaching of shanty boats on lands of another without permission.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.