HB4100 H JUD AMT 1-23 #1

The Committee on the Judiciary moves to amend the title of the bill as follows:
H. B. 4100 -- " A Bill to repeal §28-5-2, §28-5-10, §28-5-11, §28-5-12, §28-5-13, §28-5-14, §28-5-15, §28-5-16, §28-5-17, §28-5-18, §28-5-19, §28-5-20 and §28-5-21 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to outdated provisions addressing the operation of the penitentiary by the Commissioner of Public Institutions; allowing the warden to hire out inmates as domestics ; allowing the Commissioner to advertise and hire out inmate labor by contract ; establishment of bid and rate specifications for inmate labor ; establishment of bond requirements for labor bids; establishment of opening and acceptance standards for inmate labor bids ; establishment of the general requirements of inmate labor contract and provisions for modifying or terminating that contract; termination date of inmate labor contracts made by the same party; sixty day limit to procure machinery and make preparations necessary for the labor contract ; two months notice of default, forfeiture of bond, termination of contact, and liability for damages; state to furnish steam power necessary for contract machinery ; convicts limited to nine hour work day; and billing procedures for inmate labor ."