H. B. 3171
(By Delegate Stalnaker)
[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §15-2-16 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended,
relating to criminalizing the giving of
false or misleading information to county and municipal
officers.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §15-2-16 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE.
§15-2-16. Interference with officers or members; false
information; penalty.
Any person who at any time intercepts, molests or interferes
with any officer or member of the department of public safety West
Virginia State Police while on duty, or any state, county or
municipal officer or person then under the charge and direction of
some officer or member of the department of public safety West Virginia State Police while on duty, or who knowingly gives false
or misleading information to a member of the department or any
state, county or municipal officer
, is guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five
dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the
county jail for not more than sixty days, or both fined and
imprisoned.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make it a crime for
persons to give false or misleading information to county and
municipal officers.
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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