WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2024 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 5363

By Delegates Kelly, Hott, Hornby, Holstein, Phillips, Jeffries, Pinson, Brooks, Ward, Steele and Garcia

[Introduced January 30, 2024; Referred to the Committee on Jails and Prisons then the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §15A-5-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to establishing the GOALS Program; requiring the commissioner to continue the GOALS Program; and making technical corrections.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 5. Bureau of Prisons and Jails.

§15A-5-10. Establishing the GOALS Program; Completing completing the GOALS Program satisfies the requirements for the DUI Safety and Treatment Program; certificate of completion.

(a) The commissioner shall continue the Getting Over Addicted Lifestyles Successfully (GOALS) Program for inmates committed to his or her custody in all regional jail facilities where staffing and funding allows.

(a) (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, any individual committed to the custody of the Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation commissioner who successfully completes the Getting Over Addictive Lifestyles Successfully GOALS Program shall be deemed to have also completed the West Virginia DUI Safety and Treatment Program discussed in §17C-5A-3 of this code for purposes of reinstatement of driving privileges.  

(b) (c) The Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation commissioner shall provide each individual that completes the Getting Over Addictive Lifestyles Successfully GOALS Program with a certificate of completion.  Upon completion of the Getting Over Addictive Lifestyles Successfully GOALS Program, the individual shall provide the certificate of completion to the Division of Motor Vehicles.  The Division of Motor Vehicles shall accept the certificate as evidence of completion of the DUI Safety and Treatment Program.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the Commissioner of the Division of Corrections to continue the GOALS Program.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.