WEST virginia legislature
2018 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4441
By Delegates Phillips, Criss, Hollen, Paynter, Westfall, Marcum, Maynard, Dean, Zatezalo and Rohrbach
[Introduced February 6, 2018;
Referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §3-5-7a, relating to establishing that no officer may qualify as a candidate for other office until he or she has resigned from the office currently held.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
§3-5-7a. Candidate must resign to run for another public office.
No person currently holding a public office filled by the voters of the state or any political subdivision thereof may qualify as a candidate for another public office without resigning from the office he or she presently holds by December 1 of the election year. This provision does not prohibit current office holders from finishing their current terms. This provision does not apply to currently serving federal elected officials.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to establish that no officer may qualify as a candidate for other office until he or she has resigned from the officer currently held.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.