HB 3308 Text

H. B. 3308

(By Delegate Evans)
[Introduced March 23, 2009; referred to the
Committee on Education.]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-1d, relating to prohibiting members of the same family within a certain degree of relationship to occupy more than one seat on a board of education simultaneously.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-1d, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-5-1d. Disqualification from county board membership.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, two or more individuals who share at least a second degree of relationship with each other may not serve on the same county school board at the same time. This second degree of relationship includes the individual and their spouse and:
(1) Their brothers;
(2) Sisters;
(3) Stepbrothers;
(4) Stepsisters;
(5) Half brothers;
(6) Half sisters;
(7) Father;
(8) Mother;
(9) Stepfather;
(10) Stepmother;
(11) Son;
(12) Daughter;
(13) Stepchildren;
(14) Son-in-law;
(15) Father-in-law;
(16) Mother-in-law;
(17) Daughter-in-law;
(18) Brother-in-law; and
(19) Sister-in-law.
(b) This section may not be waived by any vote of the applicable county board.

NOTE: This bill shall prohibit members of the same family within a certain degree of relationship to occupy more than one seat on a Board of Education simultaneously.

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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