H. B. 2772
(By Delegates Rodighiero, Eldridge, Moye,
Louisos, J. Miller and D. Poling)
[Introduced January 13, 2010; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §60A-10-12 of the Code of West
Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to increasing the
penalties for exposing children to methamphetamine
manufacturing.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §60A-10-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. METHAMPHETAMINE LABORATORY ERADICATION ACT.
§60A-10-12. Exposure of children to methamphetamine
manufacturing; penalties.
(a) Any person eighteen years of age or older who knowingly
causes or permits a minor to be present in a location where
methamphetamine is manufactured or attempted to be manufactured is
guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be
confined
imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less than
one five nor more than
five thirty years, fined not more than $10,000,
or both.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this
section, the penalty for a violation of said subsection when the
child suffers serious bodily injury as such is defined in the
provisions of section one, chapter eight-b of this code shall be
confined imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less
than
three ten nor more than
fifteen thirty years, fined not more
than $25,000, or both.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the penalties
for exposing children to methamphetamine manufacturing.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.