§47-27-1. Fair Trade Standards for Use of Court Reporter Services
(a) The purpose of this article is to ensure the integrity of the use of court reporter services by establishing standards for private court reporters and entities providing or arranging for court reporting services. It is declared the policy of the State of West Virginia that fair, ethical and impartial selection and use of court […]
§47-27-2. Prohibited Conduct
(a) A legal proceeding may not be reported by: (1) An individual who engages in a prohibited action as provided in this section;
§47-27-3. Disclosure and Limitations on Practices
(a) Prior to the commencement of a legal proceeding, and at any time during or following the conclusion of a legal proceeding, an attorney or a party to that legal proceeding has the right to an itemized statement of all rates and charges for all services that have been or will be provided by the […]
§47-25-5. Marking of Cigarette Packaging
(a) Cigarettes that are certified by a manufacturer in accordance with section four of this article shall be marked to indicate compliance with the requirements of section three of this article. The marking shall be in eight-point type or larger and consist of: (1) Modification of the product UPC code to include a visible mark […]
§47-25-6. Penalties
(a) A manufacturer, wholesale dealer, agent or any other person or entity who knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes, other than through retail sale, in violation of section three of this article, is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100 for each pack of the cigarettes sold or offered for sale: Provided, […]
§47-25-7. Implementation
(a) The State Fire Marshal or the State Tax Commissioner may promulgate rules, pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article. (b) The State Tax Commissioner in the regular course of conducting inspections of wholesale dealers, agents and retail dealers, as authorized under article […]
§47-25-8. Inspection
To enforce the provisions of this article, the State Tax Commissioner and its duly authorized representatives may examine the books, papers, invoices and other records of any person in possession, control or occupancy of any premises where cigarettes are placed, stored, sold or offered for sale, as well as the stock of cigarettes on the […]
§47-25-9. Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Standard and Fire Prevention Act Fund
All moneys collected as civil penalties under section six of this article shall be deposited in a special account in the state Treasury to be known as the Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Standard and Fire Prevention Act Fund. The moneys shall be deposited to the credit of the fund and shall, in addition to any […]
§47-25-10. Sales Outside of West Virginia
Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit any person or entity from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements of section three of this article, if the cigarettes are or will be stamped for sale in another state or are packaged for sale outside the United States and that person […]
§47-25-11. Preemption
This article shall have no force and effect if a federal law or regulation establishing a national reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard is adopted and becomes effective.