HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 71
(By Delegates Caputo, DeLong, Boggs, Manchin and Longstreth)
Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to study
compensating state troopers for off-duty time when required to
be on standby to be called back to work.
Whereas, There are areas of the state with limited staffs of
law-enforcement officers to respond to emergencies. As a result,
off-duty state troopers in these areas are restricted in their
plans while off-duty because they are all too often called on and
become responsible for answering the calls for these various
emergencies; and
Whereas, There should be a method of compensating these
troopers for responding to emergency calls during their off-duty
times; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance is hereby
requested to study compensating state troopers for off-duty time
when required to be on standby to be called back to work; and, be
it
Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and
Finance report to the regular session of the Legislature, 2009, on its findings, conclusions and recommendations, together with drafts
of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations;
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this
study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be
paid form legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on
Government and Finance.