{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16a-15-2","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16A-15-2","heading":"Financial and employment interests.","body":"(a) Financial interests. — A public official, or an immediate family member thereof, shall not intentionally or knowingly hold a financial interest in a medical cannabis organization or in a holding company, affiliate, intermediary or subsidiary thereof, while the individual is a public official and for one year following termination of the individual’s status as a public official.\n(b) Employment. — No public official, or an immediate family member thereof, shall be employed by a medical cannabis organization or by any holding company, affiliate, intermediary or subsidiary thereof, while the individual is a public official and for one year following termination of the individual’s status as a public official.\n(c) For purposes of this section, “public official” and “immediate family” shall have the same definitions as those phrases are defined in section three, article one, chapter six-b of this code.","path":["CHAPTER 16A. MEDICAL CANNABIS ACT.","ARTICLE 15. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16A-15-2/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:47Z","sha256":"2ef4dd55663da6b630852d4850b2bbc79f32479d277a4f612399e9f23fdb54de","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16a-15-1","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16a-15-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}