ENGROSSED
Senate Bill No. 598
(By Senators Wooton, Anderson, Bowman, Buckalew, Deem, Dittmar,
Grubb, Ross, Wiedebusch and Yoder)
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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
reported March 1, 1996.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section twenty-four, article six,
chapter twenty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to posting of
job openings and giving current qualified employees
simultaneous consideration for available positions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twenty-four, article six, chapter twenty-nine of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
§29-6-24. Posting of job openings.
Whenever a job opening occurs within the classified service,
the appointing authority shall, in addition to any other
requirement of law or regulation for the posting of job opening notices, at least ten working days before making an appointment to
fill the job opening, post a notice within the building or facility
where the duties of the job will be performed and throughout the
agency post a notice within any department, division, bureau,
board, council, agency or authority of this state, which notice
states that a job opening has occurred and describes the duties to
be performed by a person employed in that position. Current
qualified employees shall receive simultaneous consideration with
eligible applicants.