H. B. 4150


(By Delegates Leach, Compton, Hubbard,
Douglas, Yeager and Smirl)

[Introduced January 25, 2000; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization then Finance.]



A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article twenty, chapter twenty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the salary of the executive director of the women's commission.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three, article twenty, chapter twenty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 20. WOMEN'S COMMISSION.
§29-20-3. Commission administrative personnel.
The commission may, consistent with state personnel procedures and with the approval of the secretary of the department of health and human resources or his or her designee, appoint an executive director, who shall act as the chief administrative officer of the commission, in addition to such other duties as he or she may be assigned. The commission may also, consistent with state personnel procedures and with the approval of the secretary of the department of health and human resources or his or her designee, appoint such other personnel as may be deemed considered necessary to accomplish its objectives. All persons so employed shall be paid from funds received by the department of health and human resources or the commission under section four of this article: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the commission may set the salary of the executive director of the commission, with the approval of the secretary of the department of health and human resources.


Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.