Senate Bill No. 206
(By Senator Smith, By Request)
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[Introduced January 19, 2004; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated
§17-15-9
, relating to
making it unlawful to offer for sale or sell products created,
wholly or in part, by county or regional jail inmates; and
providing criminal penalty.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §17-15-9, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 15. COUNTY CONVICT ROAD FORCE.
§17-15-9. Sale of county or regional jail-made goods prohibited;
penalty.
(a) It is unlawful to sell or offer to sell on the open market
of this state or export for sale to another state any articles,
products or commodities manufactured or produced, wholly or in part, in this state or any other state, by county or regional jail
inmates of this state or another state, except inmates on home
confinement or probation.
(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section is
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more
than five thousand dollars or by confinement in a state
correctional facility for not less than three months nor more than
one year or by both fine and confinement. Each sale or offer for
sale is a separate offense under this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make it unlawful to sell
or offer to sell products made with inmate labor.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.