H. B. 2211
(By Delegate R. M. Thompson)
[Introduced
January 14, 2003
; referred to the
Committee on Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article three, 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
seventeen, relating to the larceny of equipment from a
municipal or voluntary fire department; making the offense a
felony regardless of the value of equipment; and providing
criminal penalty.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, 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
seventeen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY.
§61-3-17. Larceny of equipment of municipal or voluntary fire
department; penalty.
Any person who unlawfully takes and carries away or converts
to his or her own use any equipment from a municipal or voluntary
fire department is guilty of the larceny of that equipment, which
is a felony regardless of the value of the equipment and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five hundred
dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned in a
state correctional facility not less than one nor more than five
years, or both fined and imprisoned.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make the larceny of any
equipment from a municipal or voluntary fire department a felony.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.