§15-9-4. Sentencing Commission Subcommittee
Effective July 1, 2020, the Governors Committee on Crime, Delinquency, and Correction shall establish a subcommittee to be known as the West Virginia Sentencing Commission. To the extent requested or necessary, the commission shall be staffed and supported by the Division of Administrative Services of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety. The commission, […]
§15-9-5. Authorization to Adopt Bylaws, Policies and Procedures, and to Promulgate Legislative Rules
The Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction may adopt and modify bylaws, policies and procedures for the conduct of its meetings and the operation of the committee. The Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction may propose legislative rules, for legislative approval, pursuant to article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, for purposes consistent […]
§15-9-6. Other Responsibilities of the Committee
(a) The committee shall receive reports from the subcommittees and direct those reports to be filed with the Governor and the Joint Committee on Government and Finance on or before September 30 of each year. (b) The committee may direct by vote its executive director, staff or any subcommittee to perform tasks related to the […]
§15-9-7. Coordinated Program for Substance Abuse Treatment Referral
(a) The committee shall, on or before December 31, 2020, establish a program to coordinate with state, county, and local law enforcement, the Board of Medicine, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Board of Pharmacy to develop policies and protocols for law enforcement and medical professionals to create treatment referral programs for persons suffering […]
§15-9-3. Ascertaining Compliance With Applicable Standards in Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facilities
The Governor’s Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction or its designee shall ascertain the compliance of juvenile detention and juvenile correctional facilities operated by or under contract with the Division of Juvenile Services, created pursuant to §49-2-902 of this code, with standards for the structure, physical plant, operation, and maintenance of the facilities, promulgated by […]
§15-7-6. Contingent Method of Designating Emergency Interim Successors
Prior to an attack, if a legislator fails to designate the required minimum number of emergency interim successors within thirty days following the effective date of this article or, after such period, if for any reason the number of emergency interim successors for any legislator falls below the required minimum and remains below such minimum […]
§15-7-7. Recording and Publication of Successor's Name
Each designation of an emergency interim successor shall become effective when the legislator or floor leader authorized by section six of this article to make such designation files with the Secretary of State the successor's name, address and rank in order of succession. The removal of an emergency interim successor or change in order of […]
§15-7-8. Oath of Emergency Interim Successors
Promptly after designation each emergency interim successor shall take the oath required for the legislator to whose powers and duties he is designated to succeed. No other oath shall be required.
§15-7-9. Duty of Emergency Interim Successors
Each emergency interim successor shall keep himself generally informed as to the duties, procedures, practices and current business of the Legislature, and each legislator shall assist his emergency interim successors to keep themselves so informed.
§15-7-10. Place of Legislative Session in Event of Attack, etc.
Whenever in the event of an attack, or upon findings that an attack may be imminent, the Governor deems the place of session then prescribed to be unsafe, he may change it to any place within or without the state which he deems safer and convenient.