Senate Bill No. 542
(By Senator Chafin)
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[Introduced February 19, 1996; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization.]
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A BILL to amend article one, chapter five of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-
eight, relating to the governor; and providing that the
person next in line of succession to the governor shall also
be known as the lieutenant governor of the state of West
Virginia.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter five of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by
adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-eight, to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. THE GOVERNOR.
§5-1-28. Designation of lieutenant governor.
The official next in line of succession to the governor, as
set forth in article seven, section sixteen of the constitution
of West Virginia, shall also be known as the lieutenant governor
of the state of West Virginia.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that the
person next in line of succession to the governor shall also be
known as the Lieutenant Governor of the State of West Virginia.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.