WEST virginia legislature
2019 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 233
By Senators Hamilton and Cline
[Introduced
January 10, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on Government Organization]
A BILL to amend and reenact §7-14-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the age requirements of persons for the position of deputy sheriff.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 14. CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY SHERIFFS.
§7-14-8. Form of application; age requirements; exceptions.
The Civil Service
Commission in each such county shall require persons applying for
admission to any competitive examination provided for under this article or
under the rules and regulations of the commission to file in its office, within
a reasonable time prior to the proposed competitive examination, a formal
application in which the applicant shall state under oath or affirmation:
(1) His or her full name, residence, and post-office address;
(2) His or her United States citizenship, age, and the place and date of his or her birth;
(3) His or her health and his or her physical capacity for the position of deputy sheriff;
(4) His or her business, employments, and residences for at least three previous years; and
(5) Such other information as may reasonably be required, relative to the applicant’s qualifications and fitness for the position of deputy sheriff.
Blank forms for such
the applications shall be furnished by the commission, without charge,
to all persons requesting the same applications. The commission
may require, in connection with the application, such certificates of citizens,
physicians, or others, having pertinent knowledge concerning the applicant, as
the good of the service may require.
No application
for original appointment shall may be received on and after the
effective date of this article, if the person applying is less than 18 years of
age or more than forty-five years 50 years of age at the date of
his or her application: Provided, That in the event if
any applicant formerly served as a deputy sheriff for a period of more than six
months in the county to which he or she makes application, and resigned
as a deputy sheriff at a time when there were no charges of misconduct or other
misfeasance pending against him or her, within a period of two years
next preceding the date of his or her application, and at the time of
his or her application resides within the county in which he or she
seeks appointment by reinstatement, then such the applicant shall
be is eligible for appointment by reinstatement in the discretion of
the Civil Service Commission, even though such the applicant shall
be is over the age of forty-five years 50 years,
provided he or she is not 65 years of age or over, and such the
applicant, providing his or her former term of service as a deputy
sheriff so justifies, may be reappointed by reinstatement without a competitive
examination, but such the applicant shall undergo a medical
examination; and if such the applicant shall be so is
appointed by reinstatement as aforesaid, he or she shall be the
lowest in rank in the sheriff’s office next above the probationers of the
office.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to change the cut off age for persons applying for appointment as deputy sheriffs from 40 years of age to 50 years of age.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.