Senate Bill No. 29
(By Senators Burdette, Mr. President, and Boley,
By Request of the Executive)
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[Introduced January 14, 1994; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization; 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 the board
of parole, membership and salaries.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twelve, article twelve, chapter sixty-two of
the 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.
§62-12-12. Board of parole generally.
There shall be a state board of probation and parole, known
as the "West Virginia Board of Probation and Parole." The board
shall consist of five three members, not more than three two of
whom shall at any one time belong to the same political party.
The board shall be appointed by the governor by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate. Each member of the board shallhave 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 three 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. The additional two appointments made
pursuant to the amendments made to this section during the
regular session of the Legislature in the year one thousand nine
hundred ninety-four, shall be for six years each, with such terms
to commence on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-four. Any member shall be eligible for reappointment.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section two-a, article seven of
chapter six of this code, the members shall receive an annual
salary of forty thousand 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 increase the size of
the Board of Parole from three to five members and to increase
members' salaries to &40.000.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.