H. B. 2364
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegate Trump)
[By Request of the Executive]
[Introduced January 25, 1999; 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 two new sections, designated
sections twenty-four and twenty-five, all relating to
public safety; false reports concerning explosive devices
on government property; attempts to destroy government
property; threats of bodily injury to teachers, students,
and government employees; and criminal penalties.
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 two new sections, designated sections
twenty-four and twenty-five, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. CRIMES AGAINST THE PEACE.
§61-6-24. False reports concerning explosive devices on
government property; penalties.
Any person who shall impart or convey or cause to be
imparted or conveyed any false information, knowing or having
reasonable cause to believe such information to be false,
concerning the presence of any bomb or other explosive device in,
at, on, near, under or against any property owned or leased by
the state or any of its political subdivisions, including, but
not limited to, schools, dwelling houses, structures,
improvements, buildings, bridges, motor vehicles, vessels, boats,
railroad cars, airplanes, real estate or any other place, or
concerning an attempt or alleged attempt being made or to be made
to so place or explode any such bomb or other explosive device,
shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall
be committed to the custody of the division of corrections for
not less than one year nor more than three years or fined not
more than five thousand dollars, or both, or, in the discretion
of the court, may be punished by a fine of not less than two
hundred dollars not more than one thousand dollars, or by
confinement in the county jail or regional jail for not more than
one year, or both.
§61-6-25. Threats of bodily injury to teachers, students, and
government employees; penalties.
Any person who shall threaten, convey a threat or cause to
threaten bodily injury through use of a deadly weapon to a
teacher, student or employee of the state or any of its political
subdivisions shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be committed to the custody of the division of
corrections for not less than one year nor more than three years
or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both, or, in the
discretion of the court, may be punished by a fine of not less
than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or
by confinement in the county jail or regional jail for not more
than one year, or both.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make it a felony to
threaten or attempt to blow up a government building and to
threaten bodily injury to a teacher, student or employee through
the use of a deadly weapon.
These sections are new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.