Senate Bill No. 510
(By Senators Ross and Love)
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[Introduced February 11, 2004; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §29-1A-1 of the code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to the commission on uniform state
laws; increasing to ten the number on the panel from which the
governor will select commissioners; and increasing the number
of commissioners to five.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §29-1A-1 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1A. COMMISSION ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS.
§29-1A-1. Appointment and qualification; how vacancies filled.
Within thirty days after the effective date of this article,
the governor, upon the recommendation of the executive council of
the West Virginia bar association, of a list of
seven ten eligible
persons, shall appoint therefrom
three five commissioners, no more
than two of whom shall be members of the same political party and each of whom shall be members of the bar of this state, in good
standing, or of the judiciary of this state, who shall constitute
and be known as the commission on uniform state laws and upon the
death, resignation or refusal to serve of any of the commissioners
so appointed, the governor, upon like recommendation, shall make an
appointment to fill the vacancy so caused, such new appointment to
be for the unexpired balance of the term of the original appointee.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase by three the
number of attorneys in good standing from which the governor is to
select commissioners and increasing by one the number of
commissioners to be named.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.)
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