ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 4426
(By Delegates Modesitt, L. Smith, Stemple, Willison, Angotti,
Manchin and Ashley)
[Passed March 11, 2000; in effect ninety days from passage.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section eight, article nineteen,
chapter forty-seven of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
the sale of drug paraphernalia; and prohibiting the sale of
drug paraphernalia outdoors.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eight, article nineteen, chapter forty-seven of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 19. DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
§47-19-8. Sale of drug paraphernalia at certain events or
outdoors prohibited.
(a) Any person who attempts to sell or offer for sale drug
paraphernalia as such is defined in section three of this article
at any fair, festival, musical or theatrical production or at any
event performed or conducted outdoors is guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
(b) Any person who attempts to sell or offer for sale items
as described in section three of this article at any temporary
roadside booth or table along any municipal street or highway is
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not
less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.