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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 4234

(By Delegates L. White, Staton, Hunt, Trump,

Beane, Smirl and Manuel)


(Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary)

[February 10, 1998]


A BILL to amend article three, 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 fifty-three, relating to creating a felony offense for taking another person's name for the purpose of conducting financial or credit transactions in that person's name; and excepting certain persons therefrom.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, 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 fifty- three, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY.
§61-3-53. Taking identity of another person; penalty.
Any person who knowingly takes the name, birth date, social security number or other identifying information of another person, without the consent of that other person, with the intent to fraudulently represent that he or she is the other person for the purpose of making financial or credit transactions in the other persons name, is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary not more than five years, or fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both: Provided, That the provisions of this section do not apply to any person who obtains another person's drivers license or other form of identification for the sole purpose of misrepresenting his or her age.

Note: The purpose of this bill in to make it a felony to steal someone's identity for the purpose of making financial or credit transactions.

§61-3-53 is new; therefore strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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