ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 390
(By Senators Palumbo, Yost and Green)
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[Passed March 10, 2010; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact §30-18-11 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to penalties for violations of
private investigative and security services regulations.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §30-18-11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 18. PRIVATE INVESTIGATIVE AND SECURITY SERVICES.
§30-18-11. Penalties.
(a) Any person, licensed or unlicensed, who violates any of
the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $5,000
or be confined in jail for not more than one year, or both.
(b) In the case of a violation of subsection (a) of section
eight, a fine is assessed by the court for each day that an
individual conducted the private investigation business or security guard business. In the case of a firm license, the fine is based
on each day that the private investigative or security services
were provided multiplied by the number of unauthorized persons
providing those services.