(a) No person may knowingly use the telephone number of an emergency telephone system or enhanced emergency telephone system to report an emergency if he or she knows that no such emergency exists.
(b) No person may disclose or use, for any purpose other than for an emergency telephone system or enhanced emergency telephone system, any information contained in the database used for either an emergency telephone system or an enhanced emergency telephone system established pursuant to this article.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $200 nor more than $5,000, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year, or both fined and imprisoned.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 24. Public Service Commission
Article 6. Local Emergency Telephone System
§24-6-1a. Municipal Emergency Telephone Systems
§24-6-3. Adoption of Emergency Telephone System Plan
§24-6-4. Creation of Emergency Telephone Systems
§24-6-5. Enhanced Emergency Telephone System Requirements
§24-6-6. Enhanced Emergency Telephone System Proposed Requirement
§24-6-6a. Alternate Procedure for Proposal by the Department of Public Safety
§24-6-6b. Wireless Enhanced 911 Fee; Public Safety Wireless Fee; Wireless Tower Fee
§24-6-7. Resolution of Conflicts
§24-6-8. Limitation of Liability
§24-6-9. Prohibitions and Penalty
§24-6-10. Prohibition Against Using "911" in Company Name
§24-6-11. Confidentiality of Proprietary Information
§24-6-12. Dispatching of Towing Services for Emergency Towing of Vehicles; Exceptions