West Virginia Code § 49-4-713

Graduated penalties for juvenile alcohol consumption; fines; community
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service; revocation of driver's license.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, in addition to any other
penalty available to the court, any child who is adjudicated to have consumed alcoholic
liquor or nonintoxicating beer as defined in section five, article one, chapter sixty of this
code, shall: e
(1) Upon a first adjudication, he or she shall be ordered to perform community service for
not more than eight hours or fined not more than $25, or both performing community
service and fined. u
(2) Upon a second adjudication, he or she shall be ordered to perform community service for
not more than sixteen hours or fined not more than $50, or both performing community
service and fined.
(3) Upon a third or subsequent adjudication, he or lshe shall be ordered to perform not more
than twenty-four hours of community service osr fined not more than $100, or both
performing community service and fined.
(b) In addition to the penalties set forth in subsection (a) of this section and notwithstanding
the provisions of subdivision (4), subsection (a), section seven hundred fifteen of this article,
any child adjudicated a second time for consumption of alcoholic liquor or nonintoxicating
beer shall have his or her license to operate a motor vehicle suspended for a definite term of
not less than five nor more than ninety days. Any child adjudicated a third or subsequent
time for consumption of an alcoholic liquor or nonintoxicating beer shall have his or her
license to operate a motor vehicle suspended until he or she attains the age of eighteen
years.

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