COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 111
(By Senators Plymale, Wagner, Anderson,
Felton, Minard, Yoder, Jones, Walker,
Ross, Helmick, Wooton, Dittmar and Whitlow)
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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
reported March 2, 1993.]
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A BILL to amend article seven 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 twelve, relating to crimes against the person; defining wanton endangerment with a deadly weapon as a felony criminal offense; and providing a criminal penalty.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article seven, 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 twelve, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 7. DANGEROUS WEAPONS.

§61-7-12. Wanton endangerment involving a deadly weapon.

Any person who wantonly performs any act with a deadly weapon which creates a substantial risk of death or seriousbodily injury to another shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in the penitentiary for a period of not less than one year or more than five years, or confined in the county jail for not more than one year, or fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars, or both.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create and define the felony offense of wanton endangerment with a deadly weapon.)