Senate Bill No. 199
(By Senators Green, Plymale, Wells, Love, White, Fanning and
Hunter)
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[Introduced January 10, 2008; referred to the Committee on
Education; and then 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 §18C-1-6, relating to
the recision of higher education loans, scholarships or other
financial aid from students who receive two or more citations
for an open container violation, DUI, underage consumption,
public intoxication or contributing to the delinquency of a
minor.
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 §18C-1-6, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 1. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GENERALLY.
§18C-1-6. Recision of state financial aid for illegal consumption
or possession of alcohol
.
(a) Any student receiving any form of state financial aid,
including, but not limited to, the PROMISE scholarship and other
programs established in chapter eighteen-c of this code, shall lose
that financial aid if they receive two or more citations for a
violation of a state law or municipal ordinance which pertains to
illegal possession or consumption of alcohol, including, but not
limited to, underage consumption or possession, open container
violation, DUI, public intoxication or contributing to the
delinquency of a minor.
(b) This section is effective and pertains to citations
received on and after the first day of July, two thousand eight.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to rescind state financial
assistance from students
who receive two or more citations for an
open container violation, DUI, underage consumption, public
intoxication or contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.