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H. B. 2021
(By Delegate Caputo)
[Introduced February 13, 2013; referred to the
Committee on Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic
Development and Small Business.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §22A-1-25 and §22A-1-27 of the Code of
West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to requiring the
Mine Foreman Examiner to review the employment history and
certify that the applicant for the position of underground
assistant mine foreman has met the underground mine experience
requirements for the position.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §22A-1-25 and §22A-1-27 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. OFFICE OF MINERS' HEALTH, SAFETY AND TRAINING;
ADMINISTRATION; ENFORCEMENT.
§22A-1-25. Duties of mine foreman examiner.
The duties of the mine foreman examiner are to:
(a) Prepare and conduct examinations of mine foremen, assistant mine foremen and fire bosses;
(b) Prepare and certify to the director a register of all
persons who successfully completed the examination with a passing
grade of eighty percent.
(c) Certify to the director, as provided in section twenty-
seven of this article, that applicants for the position of
underground assistant mine foreman have met the underground
experience requirements set forth in section seven, article one of
this chapter.
§22A-1-27. Preparation of examinations; notice of intention to
take examination; investigation of applicants.
The mine foreman examiner shall, with the approval of the
director, prepare and, from time to time, modify examinations to be
administered to applicants for certification as mine foremen and
fire bosses.
All persons who desire to appear for examination shall notify
the mine foreman examiner of their intentions to appear, if
possible, not less than ten days prior to the date set for the
examination.
The mine foreman examiner shall inquire into the character and
qualifications of the applicants who present themselves for
examination. For underground assistant mine foreman applicants, the
mine foreman examiner shall review and certify the work history of
the applicant to determine that the applicant has the requisite experience, including underground mine face experience, required by
section seven, article two of this chapter. The underground
assistant mine foreman's application must include with it a signed
statement from an underground foreman at the mine where the
applicant is employed verifying the applicant's underground mine
experience.
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_______________NOTE: The purpose of this bill is require the Mine Foreman
Examiner to review and certify that the employment history of an
applicant for the position of underground assistant mine foreman
meets the underground experience requirements of section seven,
article one, chapter twenty-two-A of this code.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.