Senate Bill No. 464
(By Senators Bowman, McCabe, Stollings, Unger, Plymale and
Chafin)
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[Introduced February 4, 2010; referred to the Committee on
Government Organization.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §29-6-5 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to clarifying provisions relating
to functions of the Division of Personnel.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §29-6-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM.
§29-6-5. Division of Personnel continued; functions.
(a) The Division of Personnel is continued within the
Department of Administration.
(b) The Division of Personnel shall perform the following
functions:
(1)
Applicant services Evaluating applicants for appointment
or promotion to positions in the classified service;
(2)
Classification and compensation Establishing and applying
a system of classification for positions in the classified and
classified-exempt service;
(3)
Management development and training Establishing and
applying a system of compensation for positions in the classified
service;
(4)
Program evaluation and payroll Establishing and maintaining
records of employment for classified employees;
(5)
Employee services Advising appointing authorities and
supervisory personnel regarding disciplinary matters, the provisions
of this article, rules implementing the provisions of this article,
and laws and rules affecting human resource management;
(6)
Employee relations; and Providing training in human
resource management and the operation of the state personnel system;
(7)
Administrative and staff services Assuring compliance with
this article and rules implementing the provisions of this article;
and
(8) Other functions necessary to the establishment of a system
of personnel administration as provided in this article.
(c) Each section shall be under the control of a section chief
to be appointed by the Director who shall be qualified by reason of
exceptional training and experience in the field of activities of
the respective section. The Director may establish additional
sections necessary to carry out the purposes of this article.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to clarify provisions
relating to the functions of the Division of Personnel.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.)