WEST virginia legislature

2023 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 435

[Introduced January 23, 2023; referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §29-1A-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to recognizing the Commission on Uniform State Laws as a deemed presumptive provider of continuing education and session attendance at its annual meeting shall be deemed continuing education credit for commissioners.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 1A. COMMISSION ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS.

§29-1A-2. Term of office; expenses; educational credit for commissioners.

Each of said commissioners shall hold office for a term of four years, and until their successors are duly appointed, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to render a commissioner who has faithfully performed his or her duties ineligible for reappointment. No member of said commission shall receive any compensation for his or her services as commissioner, but each commissioner shall be entitled to receive his or her actual disbursements for expenses in performing the duties of his or her office, and an account of which expenses, shall be approved by the chairman and paid by the State Auditor as other claims authorized by law. The Legislature requests that the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals adopt a rule providing that  the Commission on Uniform State Laws shall be deemed a presumptive provider of continuing legal education for commissioners and session attendance at its annual meeting shall be deemed continuing education credit for commissioners.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to recognize the Commission on Uniform State Laws as a presumptive provider of continuing legal education.  The bill further recognizes session attendance at its annual meeting as continuing legal education credit for commissioners.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.