Senate Bill No. 38
(By Senator Ross)
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[Introduced January 14, 2004; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §6-5-13, relating to
prohibiting certain county officeholders from holding another
full-time state position.
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 §6-5-13
, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 5. TERMS OF OFFICE; MATTERS AFFECTING THE RIGHT TO HOLD
OFFICE.
§6-5-13. Disqualification by holding full-time elected public
office.
A sheriff, prosecuting attorney, county commissioner, county
assessor, county clerk or circuit court clerk may not hold any
full-time state office and any such officeholder who is elected or appointed to a full-time state position must resign his or her
county position prior to assuming the state position. The
provisions of this section shall apply only to persons who assume
a full-time state position after the first day of July, two
thousand four.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit certain county
officeholders from holding another full-time state position.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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