H. B. 4041
(By Delegate Blass)
[Introduced January 11, 1996; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article three, chapter five of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section two-b,
relating to the discretion of the attorney general to attend
to the criminal business of the state in any court thereof.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter five of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
two-b, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ยง5-3-2b. Discretion to attend to criminal business of the state
in any court thereof.
The attorney general shall have the discretion to attend to
the criminal business of the state in any court of the state.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to grant the Attorney
General the discretion to attend to the criminal business of the
state in any court of the state.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.