ENGROSSED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 562
(By Senators Minard, Kessler, Edgell and Sharpe)
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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;
reported March 26, 2001.]
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A BILL to amend article three, chapter twenty-eight of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
one-b, relating to clarifying that venue for criminal or civil
actions arising at the West Virginia Industrial home for youth
is in Harrison County
.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter twenty-eight of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated section one-b
,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. INDUSTRIAL HOME FOR YOUTH.
§28-3-1b. Venue for industrial home for youth.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, venue for any
criminal or civil actions arising on the grounds and buildings of
the West Virginia Industrial home for youth
, established in this
article, lies in the circuit or magistrate courts of Harrison
County.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to clarify that venue for
actions on the grounds and buildings of the Industrial home for
youth lies in Harrison County.)