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H. B. 2376


(By Delegates Caputo, Prunty, Manchin,

Stalnaker, Varner, Marshall and Shaver)


[Introduced February 20, 2001 ; referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend article eight, 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 eleven, relating to creating the misdemeanor offense of huffing, snorting or inhaling gasoline or helium or other similar products, elements or substances; and providing a criminal penalty.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article eight, 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 eleven, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 8. CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY, MORALITY AND DECENCY.

§61-8-11. Inhaling or snorting gasoline or helium or any other similar substances; penalty.

It is unlawful for any person to use gasoline or helium or any other similar product, element or substance for the purposes of huffing, snorting or inhaling in order to derive some state of intoxication, stupefication, euphoria, excitement, stimulation or depression. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or be confined in a county or regional jail for not more than sixty days, or both fined and imprisoned.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create a misdemeanor crime for huffing, snorting or inhaling gasoline or helium or similar products, elements or substances.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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