HB2907 S JUD AMT #1 2-27

Smith 7883

The Committee on Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 2907—A Bill to amend and reenact §62-7-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section designated §62-7-10a, all relating to commitment order forms; providing forms for state correctional facility and jail commitments; requiring use of statutory forms after July 1, 2019; requiring magistrate court and circuit court clerks immediately provide judicially entered orders to the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation; requiring that orders sent to prisons must be signed by the circuit judge with jurisdiction over the matter; requiring that orders sent to jails must be signed by the circuit court judge or magistrate with jurisdiction over the matter; acknowledging that the costs of incarceration in jail pending transfer to a state correctional facility shall be paid by the Commissioner from the calendar date following the date of the conviction forward as of July 1, 2019; clarifying the method of transmittal of commitment orders; and establishing an internal effective date.

Adopted

Rejected