WEST virginia Legislature
2017 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 337
By Senator Blair
[Introduced February 16,
2017; Referred
to the Committee on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on the
Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §25-1-11f, relating to the hiring of correctional officers without regard to their placement on the correctional officer register.
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 §25-1-11f, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. ORGANIZATION AND INSTITUTIONS AND CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT.
25-1-11f. Hiring of Correctional Officer Is Without Regard to Position on the Register.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and any rule promulgated thereunder, any person applying for employment as a Correctional Officer I with the Division of Corrections shall be hired based on passage of the correctional officer assessment without regard to his or her position on the Correctional Officer I Register, and shall be placed in the civil service system as covered employees: Provided, That no such person shall be hired before an otherwise qualified person on a preference register.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow the Division of Corrections to hire a person as a Correctional Officer no matter their placement on the correctional officer register.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.