Adopted by House 3-5-08
SB263 HJUD AMT 3-3 #1
The Committee on Judiciary
moves to amend the title of the
bill as follows:
S. B. 263 -- "
A Bill to amend and reenact §25-1-3, §25-1-3b;
§25-1-11a and §25-1-11c of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as
amended; and to amend and reenact §25-4-4, of the Code of West
Virginia, 1931,
as amended,
all relating generally to the Division
of Corrections; updating the statutory list of correctional
facilities over which the commissioner has control; providing that
the commissioner is authorized to contract with the McDowell County
Commission to house and incarcerate inmates at the Stevens
Correctional Center; removing the Commissioner's authority to serve
on the Commission for Distribution of Surplus Food; providing that
when a commissary in a division facility is operated by a vendor,
the negotiated commission paid by the vendor is to be deposited
into the facility's inmate benefit fund; clarifying that wardens
and administrators of correctional facilities are subject to the
direction of the commissioner; specifying that all employees of
the Division of Corrections are responsible for enforcing rules and
laws necessary for the control and management of correctional
units; modifying duties of those employees designated as
correctional peace officers; and providing that wardens of centers
for housing young adult offenders have the same powers and duties
as other wardens of correctional facilities
."