COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 78
(By Senators Minard, Kessler, Edgell and Sharpe)
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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
reported January 10, 2002.]
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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 occurring on the grounds at the West Virginia
Industrial home for youth shall be in Harrison County, West
Virginia.
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 to the contrary,
venue for any criminal or civil action arising from acts or omissions occurring on the property comprising the West Virginia
Industrial home for youth, which is established by the provisions
of this article, shall be in the circuit or magistrate courts of
Harrison County, West Virginia.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to clarify that venue for
actions on the property of the Industrial home for youth lies in
Harrison County.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.)