Senate Bill No. 471
(By Senators Wooton, Plymale, Bailey, Chafin,
Walker, Wagner, Miller and Deem)
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[Introduced February 19, 1996; 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 two, article five, chapter
ten of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the
educational broadcasting authority to set the annual salary
of its executive director.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article five, chapter ten of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY.
§10-5-2. West Virginia educational broadcasting authority;
members; organization; officers; employees;
meetings; expenses.
The West Virginia educational broadcasting authority,
heretofore created, is hereby continued as a public benefit
corporation. It shall consist of eleven voting members, who
shall be residents of the state, of whom one shall be the state
superintendent of schools, one shall be a member of the West
Virginia board of education to be selected by it annually, one
shall be a member of the university of West Virginia board of
trustees to be selected by it annually, and one shall be a member
of the board of directors of the state college system to be
selected by it annually. The other seven members shall be
appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate for overlapping terms of seven years, one term
expiring each year, except that the appointment to fill the
membership position for the term expiring in the year one
thousand nine hundred eighty-three, shall be for a term of six
years. Not less than one appointive member shall come from each
congressional district. Employees of noncommercial broadcasting
stations in West Virginia are not eligible for appointment to the
authority. The present members of the authority shall continue
to serve out the terms to which they were appointed. Any vacancy
among the appointive members shall be filled by the governor by appointment for the unexpired term.
The chairperson and vice chairperson of the authority as of
the effective date of this section shall continue in their
respective offices until their successors are elected.
Thereafter, at its annual meeting in each year the authority
shall elect one of its members as chairperson and one as vice
chairperson. The authority is authorized to select an executive
director and such other personnel as may be necessary to perform
its duties and to fix the compensation of the executive director
and such other personnel to be paid out of moneys appropriated
for this purpose. The executive director shall keep a record of
the proceedings of the authority and shall perform such other
duties as it may prescribe. The authority is authorized to
establish such office or offices as may be necessary for the
proper performance of its duties.
The authority shall hold an annual meeting and may meet at
such other times and places as may be necessary, such meetings to
be held upon its own resolution or at the call of the chairperson
of the authority. The members shall serve without compensation
but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incident to the
performance of their duties upon presentation to the chairperson of an itemized sworn statement thereof.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the
educational broadcasting authority to set the salary of its
executive director.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.