(a) Any person who operates or attempts to operate a clandestine drug laboratory is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be confined in a state correctional facility for not less than two years nor more than ten years or fined not less than $5,000 nor more than $25,000, or both.
(b) Any person who operates or attempts to operate a clandestine drug laboratory and who as a result of, or in the course of doing so, causes to be burned any dwelling, outbuilding, building or structure of any class or character is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000, or imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less than one nor more than five years, or both fined and imprisoned.
(c) For purposes of this section, a “clandestine drug laboratory” means any property, real or personal, on or in which a person assembles any chemicals or equipment or combination thereof for the purpose of manufacturing methamphetamine, methylenedioxymethamphetamine or lysergic acid diethylamide in violation of the provisions of section four hundred one of this article.
(d) The offenses in subsections (a) and (b) of this section are separate and distinct offenses and subsection (a) of this section shall not be construed to be a lesser included offense of subsection (b) of this section.
(e) For purposes of section one, article two of this chapter, both subsection (a) and (b) of this section shall be deemed qualifying felony offenses of manufacturing and delivery of a controlled substance.
(f) Any person convicted of a violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be responsible for all reasonable costs, if any, associated with remediation of the site of the clandestine drug laboratory.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 60A. Uniform Controlled Substances Act
Article 4. Offenses and Penalties
§60A-4-401. Prohibited Acts; Penalties
§60A-4-402. Prohibited Acts B; Penalties
§60A-4-403. Prohibited Acts C; Penalties
§60A-4-404. Penalties Under Other Laws
§60A-4-405. Bar to Prosecution
§60A-4-407. Conditional Discharge for First Offense of Possession
§60A-4-408. Second or Subsequent Offenses
§60A-4-409. Prohibited Acts Transportation of Controlled Substances Into State; Penalties
§60A-4-411. Operating or Attempting to Operate Clandestine Drug Laboratories; Offenses; Penalties
§60A-4-412. Defeating Drug and Alcohol Screening Tests; Penalties
§60A-4-413. Unlawful Production, Manufacture or Possession of Salvia Divinorum
§60A-4-415. Unlawful Manufacture, Delivery, Transport Into State, or Possession of Fentanyl
§60A-4-416. Drug Delivery Resulting in Death; Failure to Render Aid
§60A-4-417. Sale of Dextromethorphan
§60A-4-418. Use of a Minor to Commit a Felony Drug Offense; Penalties