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H. B. 2232
(By Delegates Caputo, Boggs, Staggers, D. Poling
and Hamilton)
[Introduced February 13, 2013; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
A BILL 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 plan to increase the number of
troopers to a minimum of eight hundred troopers by July 1,
2015.
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; training;
special revenue account.
(a) 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 a minimum number of
eight hundred troopers by July 1, 2016. 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 entry-level training
classes for other law-enforcement officers in the state without
cost to those officers, except actual expenses for food, lodging
and school supplies. The superintendent may hold advanced levels
of training classes for other law-enforcement officers in the state
for a reasonable daily fee per student not to exceed $100.
(b) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special
revenue account, which shall be an interest bearing account, to be
known as the Academy Training and Professional Development Fund.
The special revenue account shall consist of training fees, any
appropriations that may be made by the Legislature, income from the
investment of moneys held in the special revenue account and all
other sums available for deposit to the special revenue account from any source, public or private. No expenditures for purposes
of this section are authorized from collections except in
accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twelve of
this code and upon fulfillment of the provisions set forth in
article two, chapter eleven-b of this code. Any balance remaining
in the special revenue account at the end of any state fiscal year
does not revert to the General Revenue Fund but remains in the
special revenue account and shall be used solely in a manner
consistent with this article. The superintendent is authorized to
expend funds from the account to offset operational and training
costs; for building maintenance and repair, for purchases and for
equipment repair or replacement for the West Virginia State Police
Academy; and to defray necessary expenses incidental to those and
other activities associated with law-enforcement training.
NOTE:
This bill
requires the Superintendent of the State
Police to develop a plan to increase the number of troopers to a
minimum of eight hundred troopers by July 1, 2016.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.