Senate Bill No. 11
(By Senator Craigo)
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[Introduced January 12; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on
Finance.]
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A BILL to amend article six, chapter seven of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section eight-a,
relating to requiring all county officials who collect or
otherwise handle public moneys to make daily deposits of
such moneys.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article six, chapter seven of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
eight-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. COUNTY DEPOSITORIES.
§7-6-8a. Duty of county officials or employees to make daily
deposits.
Not withstanding any provision to the contrary, any county official or employee who routinely collects or otherwise handles
public moneys as the result of their duties for such county shall
make daily deposits in the public depositories of all public
money received by him or her, except as such is necessary to meet
current demands.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require county
officials and employees who collect or otherwise handle public
moneys to deposit same on a daily basis.
Section eight-a is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.