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Introduced Version House Bill 2186 History

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H. B. 2186


(By Delegate L. Smith)

[Introduced February 14, 2001; 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-four, relating to establishing the crime of interfering with or misleading a law-enforcement officer; penalties therefor.

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-four, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. CRIMES AGAINST THE PEACE.

§61-6-24. Interfering with or misleading a law-enforcement officer prohibited; penalties therefor.

Any person who at any time intercepts, molests or interferes with any law-enforcement officer of the state while on duty or who knowingly gives false or misleading information to any law-enforcement officer of the state while on duty, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars or imprisoned in the county or regional jail for not more than ten days, or both fined and imprisoned.


NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to impose misdemeanor penalties for interfering with or misleading a law-enforcement officer.

Section six is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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