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H. B. 4632
(By Delegates Staton, Amores and Craig)
[Introduced February 20, 2006
referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §15-5-15 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to employing homeland security and
emergency service personnel;
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §15-5-15 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§15-5-15. Emergency service personnel.
(a) No person shall may be employed or associated in any
capacity in homeland security or any emergency service organization
established under this article who has been convicted of a felony
or who advocates or has advocated a change by force or violence in
the constitutional form of the government of the United States or
this state or the overthrow of any government in the United States
by force or violence or who has been convicted of or is under
indictment or information charging any subversive act against the United States.
(b) Each person who is appointed to serve in an organization
for homeland security or emergency services shall undergo a
background check and shall, before entering upon his duties, take
an oath, in writing, before a person authorized to administer oaths
in this state, which shall be substantially as follows:
"I, -----------------, do solemnly swear or affirm that
I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and
the Constitution of West Virginia, against all enemies, foreign and
domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;
that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation
or purpose of evasion; that I am not a convicted felon; and that
I will well and faithfully and competently discharge the duties
upon which I am about to enter.
"And I do further swear or affirm that I do not advocate,
nor am I a member of any political party or organization that
advocates, the overthrow of the government of the United States or
this state by force or violence; and that during such time as while
I am a member of the (name of organization) I will not advocate or
become a member of any political party or organization that
advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States or
this state by force or violence."