SB290 SFAT Kessler 1-28

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Senator Kessler moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill 290--A Bill to amend and reenact §21-5-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to assignment of wages by employers and payment of wages by payroll card; authorizing assignment without notarization or required statement that assignment cannot be for more than twenty-five percent of employee’s wages; requiring that assignment be appropriately witnessed by an individual who shall sign and provide his or her name in print; allowing wage assignments to be valid for longer than one year; removing requirement for written agreement to pay employee by payroll card; declaring that an employee paid by payroll card is not assessed certain fees or restricted in certain uses; and requiring the employer to reimburse the employee paid by payroll card for any assessed fees.