SECOND ENROLLMENT

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 3194


          (By Delegates Ferro and Hamilton)

[Amended and again passed May 27, 2009, as a result of the objections of the Governor; in effect ninety days from passage.]



AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §31B-1-114, relating to the creation of a criminal penalty for knowingly filing materially false information regarding a limited liability company with the Secretary of State.

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 §31B-1-114, to read as follows:
§31B-1-114. Penalty for signing false document.
     Any person who signs a document required to be filed with the Secretary of State by this chapter which he or she knows is false in any material respect is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or confined in jail not more than one year, or both fined and confined.