Senate Bill No. 420
(By Senators Minard, Fanning and Sharpe)
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[Introduced February 1, 2007; referred to the Committee on
Government Organization; and then to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §7-7-2 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to transferring certain in-service
training programs from the State Tax Commissioner to the
Auditor for certain county offices; and transferring certain
in-service training programs for circuit clerks from the State
Tax Commissioner to the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §7-7-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be
amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. COMPENSATION OF ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIALS.
§7-7-2. Establishment of county in-service training programs;
further additional duties for prosecuting attorney in
any county in excess of two hundred thousand.
There is hereby established county in-service training
programs as hereinafter set forth.
The Attorney General is hereby authorized and directed to establish
such in-service training programs as in his
or her
opinion will do most to assist the prosecuting attorneys in the
performance of their duties. The Attorney General is authorized to
accept any federal aid which may be made available or any financial
assistance which may be available from any private nonprofit
organization for the purposes of this section. The prosecuting
attorney in any county having a population in excess of two hundred
thousand shall also discharge the additional duties imposed upon
him
or her by the provisions of section thirteen-a, article five,
chapter forty-nine of this code.
The
state Tax Commissioner State Auditor is hereby authorized
and directed to establish
such in-service training programs for
county commissioners, county clerks,
circuit clerks, assessors,
sheriffs and their assistants and employees as in his
or her
opinion will do most to modernize and improve the services of their
respective offices.
The Supreme Court of Appeals is hereby
authorized and directed to establish in-service training programs
for circuit clerks as in its opinion will do most to modernize and
improve the services of the circuit clerks' offices. The
state Tax
Commissioner is the State Auditor and the Supreme Court of Appeals
are authorized to accept any federal aid which may be made
available or any financial assistance which may be available from
any private nonprofit organization for the purpose of this article.
Each of the county officials mentioned in this section, and,
at his
or her option, one or more of his
or her assistants,
deputies and employees, shall participate in the programs established under this section.
The county court is authorized and directed to expend funds
for the purpose of reimbursing such officials and employees for the
actual amount expended by them for food, lodging and registration
while in attendance at meetings called by the Attorney General,
State Auditor or the
Tax Commissioner Supreme Court of Appeals for
the purpose of this section, not to exceed thirty-five dollars per
day, with mileage not to exceed the rate of ten cents per mile to
be computed according to the distance by the nearest practicable
route for travel to and from such meetings.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to transfer certain
in-service training programs from the State Tax Commissioner to the
Auditor for certain county offices and to transfer certain
in-service training programs for circuit clerks from the State Tax
Commissioner to the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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