H. B. 2261
(By Delegates Houvouras and Richards)
[Introduced February 24, 1993; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section sixteen, article fourteen-b,
chapter seven of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to reducing
the number of hours of retraining programs required for all
correctional officers from forty to eight.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section sixteen, article fourteen-b, chapter seven of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 14B. CIVIL SERVICE FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS
§7-14B-16. Training and retraining programs for all
correctional officers required.
(a) The civil service commission of any such the county
shall establish or prescribe a training program which every
correctional officer first appointed a correctional officer of
such the county on or after the effective date of this article,
must satisfactorily complete during his probationary period.
(b) The civil service commission of any such the county
shall also establish or prescribe annual retraining programs of
at least forty hours which every correctional officer, whether
first appointed such the correctional officer before or after the
effective date of this article, must satisfactorily complete from
time to time after the effective date of this article, in order
to continue as a correctional officer of such the county or to be
eligible for promotion. When the correctional officer has been
employed twenty-four months, the required annual training shall
be reduced to least sixteen hours, and after forty-eight months
of employment the required annual training shall be reduced to
eight hours.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to reduce the number of
hours of annual retraining programs required for all correctional
officers from forty hours after twenty-four months, to sixteen
hours, then to eight hours after forty-eight months.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.