COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2513
(By Delegates Manchin, Prunty and Caputo)
(Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary)
[April 3, 2001]
A BILL to amend and reenact section six, article one, chapter
twenty-nine-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to freedom of
information; modifying penalties.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section six, article one, chapter twenty-nine-b of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. PUBLIC RECORDS.
§29B-1-6. Violation of article; penalties.
Any custodian of any public records who shall willfully
violates the provisions of this article shall be is guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less
than one two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more
than ten twenty days, or, in the discretion of the court, by both
such fine and imprisonment.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.
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