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ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 4397
(By Delegates Caputo, Boggs, Pethtel, Martin, D. Walker,
Staggers, D. Poling, T. Walker, Spencer, Campbell, Hamilton)
[Passed March 12, 2010; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §15-2-3 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to requiring the Superintendent of
the State Police to develop a program to increase the number
of troopers up to eight hundred troopers by July 1, 2016; and
requiring the superintendent to annually report to the Joint
Committee on Government and Finance on the progress of said
program.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §15-2-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE.
§15-2-3. State police structure; how established.
The superintendent shall create, appoint and equip the State
Police which shall consist of the number of troops, districts and
detachments required for the proper administration of the State
Police. Each troop, district or detachment shall be composed of the number of officers and members the superintendent determines
are necessary to meet operational needs and are required for the
efficient operation of the State Police. The superintendent shall
develop a program to enable the state to attain up to eight hundred
troopers by July 1,
2016: Provided, That the superintendent shall
annually report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance on
the progress of said program.
The superintendent shall establish
the general organizational structure of the State Police by
interpretive rule in accordance with the provisions of article
three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. The superintendent
shall provide adequate facilities for the training of all members
of the State Police and shall prescribe basic training requirements
for newly enlisted members. He or she shall also provide advanced
or in-service training from time to time for all members of the
State Police. The superintendent shall hold training classes for
other peace officers in the state without cost to those officers,
except actual expenses for food, lodging and school supplies.