H. B. 2186
(By Delegate L. Smith)
[Introduced February 14, 2001; 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 a new section, designated section
twenty-four, relating to establishing the crime of
interfering with or misleading a law-enforcement officer;
penalties therefor.
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 a new section, designated section
twenty-four, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. CRIMES AGAINST THE PEACE.
§61-6-24. Interfering with or misleading a law-enforcement
officer prohibited; penalties therefor.
Any person who at any time intercepts, molests or
interferes with any law-enforcement officer of the state while on
duty or who knowingly gives false or misleading information to
any law-enforcement officer of the state while on duty, is guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not
less than one hundred dollars or imprisoned in the county or
regional jail for not more than ten days, or both fined and
imprisoned.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to impose misdemeanor
penalties for interfering with or misleading a law-enforcement
officer.
Section six is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.