Senate Bill No. 672

(By Senator Bailey)

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[Introduced February 20, 2006; referred to the Committee

on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §61-1-10, relating to requiring felons to report to sheriff when visiting a county courthouse; and providing criminal penalty for violation.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §61-1-10, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. CRIMES AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
§61-1-10. Felons required to report to sheriff when entering county courthouse.

(a) Upon arriving at a county courthouse and before proceeding to any other area in the courthouse an individual who has been convicted of a felony, either in this state or another state, is required to report directly to the sheriff's office and inform the sheriff or the sheriff's designated employee that the individual is a convicted felon and describe the purpose of the individual's visit to the courthouse.
(b) In a county where the sheriff does not have an office in the county courthouse an individual who has been convicted of a felony, either in this state or another state, before entering the courthouse, is required to report to the sheriff's office and inform the sheriff or a designated employee that the individual is a convicted felon and describe the purpose of the individual's visit to the courthouse.
(c) A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require felons to report to sheriff when visiting a county courthouse.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.