HB3331 S JUD AMT #1 3-8

Curia  7824

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. House Bill 3331—H. B. 3331 – A BILL to amend and reenact §50-1-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §50-1-8, §50-1-9, and §50-1-9a of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §50-1-9c; to amend and reenact §51-2-1 of said code; and to amend and reenact §51-2A-3 and §51-2A-6 of said code; all relating generally to the circuit composition and staffing of circuit courts, family courts, and magistrates; establishing the number of magistrates per county before and after a date certain; establishing magisterial term length and election dates; setting forth process for Supreme Court of Appeals to undertake magistrate caseload study and submit administrative order regarding magistrate allocation; eliminating limit on maximum number of magistrates; eliminating restriction against reducing number of magistrates; removing payment of magistrates salaries based on population; establishing certain magistrate staff salaries and payment periods; authorizing additional magistrate assistants per magistrate based on workload, subject to certain restrictions; altering the county composition of certain circuit court circuits; establishing the number of circuit court judges per circuit before and after a date certain; providing for concurrent jurisdiction in single judge circuit; altering the county composition of certain family court circuits; establishing the number of family court judges per family court circuit before and after a date certain; establishing salaries of family court judges; establishing certain family court staff salaries and payment periods; permitting Supreme Court of Appeals to increase number of family case coordinators; authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create staff classifications and to appoint additional support staff to family court judges based on workload, subject to certain restrictions; and providing internal effective dates.

Adopted

Rejected