COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 415
(By Senators Buckalew and Sharpe)
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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
reported March 28, 1997.]
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A BILL to amend article twenty, chapter thirty-one of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
five-b, relating to prohibiting use or possession of tobacco
products by inmates held in facilities operated solely by
the regional jail and correctional facility authority.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article twenty, chapter thirty-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 five- b, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 20. WEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL JAIL AND CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY AUTHORITY.
§31-20-5b. Prohibition against use or possession of tobacco
products by inmates held by regional facility authority in
regional jails operated solely by the authority; authorization to establish smoking cessation program.
Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary,
the authority shall prohibit the use or possession of tobacco
products by inmates held in facilities operated solely by the
authority. The authority may establish smoking cessation
programs to facilitate the prohibition set forth in this section.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to direct the regional
jail authority to prohibit possession or use of tobacco products
by inmates and to allow for the establishment of smoking
cessation programs.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that
would be added.)