Senate Bill No. 247
(By Senators Burdette, Mr. President, and Boley
By Request of the Executive)
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[Introduced March 1, 1993; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section twelve, article twelve,
chapter sixty-two of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to renaming
the board of probation and parole as the parole board;
increasing its membership and eliminating obsolete salary
language.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twelve, article twelve, chapter sixty-two of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 12. PROBATION AND PAROLE.
ยง62-12-12. Board of parole generally.
There shall be a state board of probation and parole, known
as the "West Virginia parole board." of probation and parole The
board shall consist of three five members, not more than two
three of whom shall at any one time belong to the same political
party. The board shall be appointed by the governor by and withthe advice and consent of the Senate. Each member of the board
shall have had experience in the fields of social science or
administration of penal institutions and shall be familiar with
the principles, practices and problems thereof and shall be
otherwise competent to perform the duties of his office. The
members shall be appointed for overlapping terms of six years,
except that the original appointments shall be for terms of two,
four and six years, respectively, such appointments to be made
beginning on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
fifty-three, and except that the appointments of the two new
members appointed as a result of the amendments made to this
section during the regular session of the Legislature held during
the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, shall be for
terms of three and five years, respectively, such appointments to
be made beginning on the first day of May, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-three. Any member shall be eligible for
reappointment. The members shall receive an annual salary, to be
fixed by the governor, not to exceed seventy-two hundred dollars
and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their
official duties. The members of the board shall devote their
full time and attention to their duties as members thereof.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to rename the Board of
Probation and Parole as the Parole Board and to expend its
membership from three to five members.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.