ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2001
(By Delegates Beane, Love, J. Martin, Mezzatesta
and Rowe)

[Passed January 26, 1995; in effect ninety days from passage.]

AN ACT to amend article one, chapter five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-seven, relating to the superintendent of the division of public safety or his or her designee providing state flags for funeral services for all employed law-enforcement officers.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-seven, to read as follows:

CHAPTER 5. GENERAL POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR,
SECRETARY OF STATE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL; BOARD
OF PUBLIC WORKS; MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS,
OFFICES, PROGRAMS, ETC.
ARTICLE 1. THE GOVERNOR.
§ 5-1-27. Draping of state flag to honor the passing of law-
enforcement officers.
When any law-enforcement officer employed by the state or any of its political subdivisions dies while on active duty or after being honorably discharged or honorably retired, upon the request of next of kin, the state shall honor the officer by providing a state flag, at no cost, for draping the coffin at the funeral service of the deceased officer. The superintendent of the West Virginia state police or his or her designee shall upon request provide the flag upon verifying the deceased's service.