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WEST virginia legislature

2019 regular session

ENROLLED

Committee Substitute

for

House Bill 2907

By Delegates Steele, Miller, Caputo and Maynard

(By Request of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety)

[Passed March 6, 2019; in effect from passage.]

 AN ACT to amend and reenact §62-7-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section designated §62-7-10a, all relating to commitment order forms; providing forms for state correctional facility and jail commitments; requiring use of statutory forms after July 1, 2019; requiring magistrate court and circuit court clerks immediately provide judicially entered orders to the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation; requiring that orders sent to prisons must be signed by the circuit judge with jurisdiction over the matter; requiring that orders sent to jails must be signed by the circuit court judge or magistrate with jurisdiction over the matter; acknowledging that the costs of incarceration in jail pending transfer to a state correctional facility shall be paid by the Commissioner from the calendar date following the date of the conviction forward as of July 1, 2019; clarifying the method of transmittal of commitment orders; and establishing an internal effective date.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:


ARTICLE 7. EXECUTION OF SENTENCES; STAYS.


§62-7-10. Prison Commitment order.

The clerk of a circuit court in which a person is sentenced to serve a period of incarceration in a state prison shall transmit to the Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation a certified commitment order in the form provided for in this section. A person may not be committed to a prison unless the commitment order is signed by the circuit judge with jurisdiction over the matter. The amendments to this section enacted during the 2019 regular session of the Legislature are effective July 1, 2019.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ____________________COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA

State of West Virginia

v.                                             circuit court Case No.___________________

Defendant:  ______________________________

DOB:  ________________ SSN: XXX-XX-______ Gender:  _____Male/______Female

WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION CERTIFIED PRISON COMMITMENT ORDER

On the ______day of __________________, 20___, the State of West Virginia, by _____________________________________, and the defendant appeared in person and with counsel,________________________________________________.

 The defendant has been convicted of the following offense(s):

_____________________________________________________________________

The defendant is committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections and Rehabilitation for a period of: ___________________________________________________________________________.

Conviction Date:  _______________   Sentence Date: __________________

Effective Sentence Date: _____________ Resentence Date: _____________________ Consecutive to: ____ Concurrent with:

____________________________________________________________________________

Credit for Jail/Prison Time Served: ______days     Credit for Home Incarceration: ______days

Credit for Home Incarceration Parole: ______days      Other NonPenal Credit: ________days

Additionally, the court finds:

________________________________________________________________________

The defendant shall be transported to and held in a facility under the control of the Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The court further orders that the cost of incarceration in the jail pending transfer shall be paid by the Commissioner consistent with the provisions of §15A-3-16 of this code.

Special Instructions:  ___________________________________________________________

It is further ordered that the Circuit Clerk shall immediately transmit a certified copy of this commitment order to the Central Office Inmate Records Manager of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation by facsimile at (fax number), by email at (email address) or other electronic transmission, or by mail at (street address).

Enter this _____day of __________, 2____.

                                                                        ___________________________________

                                                                        Circuit Judge

§62-7-10a. Jail Commitment order.


The clerk of a circuit court or magistrate court in which a person is sentenced to serve a period of incarceration in a jail facility under the control of the Commissioner of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall transmit to the Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation a certified commitment order in the form provided for in this section.  A person may not be committed to a jail unless the commitment order is signed by the circuit court judge or magistrate with jurisdiction over the matter. The amendments to this section enacted during the 2019 regular session of the Legislature are effective on July 1, 2019.

IN THE CIRCUIT/MAGISTRATE COURT OF ____________________COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA

State of West Virginia

v.                                             circuit/magistrate court Case No.___________________

Defendant:  ______________________________

DOB:  ________________ SSN: XXX-XX-______ Gender:  _____Male/______Female

WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION CERTIFIED JAIL COMMITMENT ORDER

On the ______day of __________________, 20___, the State of West Virginia, by _____________________________________, and the defendant appeared in person and with counsel,________________________________________________.

 The defendant has been convicted of the following offense(s):

_____________________________________________________________________

The defendant is committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections and Rehabilitation for a period of: __________________________________________________________________________.

Conviction Date:  _______________   Sentence Date: __________________

Effective Sentence Date: _____________ Resentence Date: _____________________ Consecutive to: ____ Concurrent with:

____________________________________________________________________________

Credit for Time Served: ______days     Credit for Home Incarceration: ______days

Credit for Home Incarceration Parole: ______days      Other NonPenal Credit: ________days

Additionally, the court finds:

______________________________________________________________________

The defendant shall be transported to and held in a jail facility for the prescribed period of confinement in accordance with law. The court further orders that the cost of incarceration of misdemeanants sentenced to confinement in a jail shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of §15A-3-16 of this code.

Special Instructions:  ___________________________________________________________

It is further ordered that the Circuit Clerk or Magistrate Court Clerk shall immediately transmit a certified copy of this commitment order to the Central Office Inmate Records Manager of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation by facsimile at (fax number), by email at (email address) or other electronic transmission, or by mail at (street address).

Enter this _____day of __________, 2____.

                                                                        ___________________________________

                                                                        Circuit Judge/Magistrate

 

 

 

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