ENROLLED

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 4472


(By Delegate Fragale)

[Passed March 8, 2008; in effect ninety days from passage.]



AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18A-4-21, relating to school personnel; and providing that a board of education must wait ten days before posting a new job opening following the death of an employee.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18A-4-21,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.

§18A-4-21. Posting of position opening following death of incumbent.

A county board may not declare a position vacant and post a job opening sooner than ten days following the death of an individual employed in that position.