Bill Text: WV SB554 | 2017 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to false swearing in legislative proceeding

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-23 - Chapter 146, Acts, Regular Session, 2017 [SB554 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2017-SB554-Enrolled.html

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WEST virginia Legislature

2017 regular session

ENROLLED

Senate Bill 554

By Senator Weld

[Passed April 8, 2017; in effect 90 days from passage]

AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §4-1-6a, relating to false swearing in a legislative proceeding; providing criminal penalty; and providing disqualification from holding office or position of honor, trust or profit, and serving as a juror.

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 §4-1-6a, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 1. OFFICERS, MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES; APPROPRIATIONS; INVESTIGATIONS; DISPLAY OF FLAGS; RECORDS; USE OF CAPITOL BUILDING; PREFILING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS; STANDING COMMITTEES; INTERIM MEETINGS; NEXT MEETING OF THE SENATE.

§4-1-6a.  False swearing in a legislative proceeding; penalty.

(a) A person may not willfully swear falsely, under oath or affirmation lawfully administered, in a legislative proceeding concerning any matter or thing material or not material, or procure, or attempt to procure, another person to do so.

(b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 and, in the discretion of the court, be confined in jail not more than one year.

(c) A person convicted of violating subsection (a) of this section is ineligible to hold any office or position of honor, trust or profit in this state, and to serve as a juror.