WEST virginia Legislature

2016 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4719

By Delegates Moye, Hicks, Morgan, Perry, Ambler and Cooper

[Introduced February 23, 2016; Referred
to the Committee on Education.]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18A-4-22, relating to allowing service personnel with NAPT certification eligibility for professional positions whose primary duties are the supervision of a county transportation department.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18A-4-22, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.

§18A-4-22. Service Personnel with NAPT Certification eligible for Transportation Management positions.

If a county board posts professional employee position, whose duties include supervision of a county transportation department, any service personnel that possesses a National Association for Pupil Transport (“NAPT”) certification may be considered for the position.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow employees with an NAPT certification to be eligible for transportation management positions, even if they are posted in the professional service.

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