H. B. 2809
(By Delegates Nicol, Johnson and Staton)
[Introduced March 31, 1993; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article six, chapter sixty-one of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
twenty-three, relating to making prurient peering, ogling or
leering through a window or other aperture of another
person's place of abode for titillative purposes a criminal
offense; and criminal penalties.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article six, chapter sixty-one of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
twenty-three, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. CRIMES AGAINST THE PEACE.
§61-6-23. Prurient peering, ogling and leering.
No person may pruriently peer, ogle or leer through a window
or other aperture of another person's place of abode for
titillative purposes. Any person who commits this act is guiltyof a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
one hundred dollars or imprisoned in jail not more than twenty
days, or both fined and imprisoned.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make prurient peering,
ogling or leering through a window or aperture of another
person's place of abode for titillative purposes a misdemeanor
criminal offense.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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