Senate Bill No. 256
(By Senators Burdette, Mr. President, and Boley,
By Request of the Executive)
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[Introduced February 3, 1994;
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article eight, chapter forty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to giving the chief justice of the West Virginia supreme court of appeals the authority to appoint the administrator of the interstate compact on juveniles.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three, article eight, chapter forty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 8. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES.

§49-8-3. Juvenile compact administrator.

Pursuant to said compact, the chief justice of the West Virginia supreme court of appeals is hereby authorized and empowered to designate an employee of the court who shall be the compact administrator and who, acting jointly with like officersof other party states, shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. Said compact administrator shall serve subject to the will and pleasure of the chief justice. The compact administrator is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to cooperate with all departments, agencies and officers of and in the government of this state and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or of any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by this state hereunder.

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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to transfer the authority to administrate the interstate compact on juveniles from the executive branch to the judicial branch.)