ENROLLED
H. B. 2234
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chambers, and Delegate Rowe)
[Passed April 10, 1993; in effect ninety days from passage]
AN ACT to amend and reenact section seven, article two, chapter
fifteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to age
qualifications for members of the division of public safety.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section seven, article two, chapter fifteen of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. DIVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
§15-2-7. Cadet selection board; qualifications for and
appointment to membership in division; civilian
employees.
(a) The superintendent shall establish within the division
of public safety a cadet selection board which shall be
representative of commissioned and noncommissioned officers
within the division.
(b) The superintendent shall appoint a member to the
position of trooper from among the top three names on the current
list of eligible applicants established by the cadet selection
board.
(c) Preference in making appointments shall be givenwhenever possible to honorably discharged members of the armed
forces of the United States and to residents of West Virginia.
Each applicant for appointment shall be a person not less than
twenty-one years of age, of sound constitution and good moral
character; shall be required to pass any mental and physical
examination and meet other requirements as may be provided for in
rules promulgated by the cadet selection board:
Provided,
That a
former member may, at the discretion of the superintendent, be
reenlisted.
(d) No person may be barred from becoming a member of the
division because of his religious or political convictions.
(e) The superintendent shall adhere to the principles of
equal employment opportunity set forth in article eleven, chapter
five of this code, and shall take positive steps to encourage
applications for division membership from females and minority
groups within the state.
(f) Except for the superintendent, no person may be
appointed or enlisted to membership in the division at a grade or
rank above the grade of trooper.
(g) The superintendent shall appoint such civilian employees
as may be necessary, and all such employees may be included in
the classified service of the civil service system except those
in positions exempt under the provisions of article six, chapter
twenty-nine of this code.