ENGROSSED
Senate Bill No. 392
(By Senators Wiedebusch, Bailey, Minard,
Chernenko and Humphreys)
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[Introduced February 21, 1994; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization; and then to the
Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section seventeen-b, article
fourteen, chapter seven of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
eliminating the cap on sick leave that can be accrued by
deputy sheriffs.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section seventeen-b, article fourteen, chapter seven of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 14. CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY SHERIFFS.
§7-14-17b. Sick leave for deputy sheriffs.
(a) The county commission of each county shall allow the
sheriff's deputies sick leave with pay to be computed as follows:
Full-time deputies are entitled to one and one-half days sickleave for each calendar month worked, or greater part thereof;
part-time deputies are entitled to sick leave at the same rate
and in the same proportion that hours actually worked bears to
hours regularly scheduled for full-time deputies.
(b) Sick leave may be granted only when illness on the part
of or injury to the deputy incapacitates him or her for duty:
Provided,
That the sheriff of the county in which the deputy is
employed has the authority to require the deputy to produce a
statement from an attending physician for each day of sick leave
beyond two days. This statement shall include dates of treatment
and also state that the deputy was unable to work. In the
absence of the physician's statement, if required, annual leave
shall be charged for the entire period.
(c) In the event of illness, a full-time deputy may take
without limit emergency sick leave without pay after all accrued
sick leave, annual leave and compensatory time available to the
full-time deputy has been exhausted.