Senate Bill No. 122
(By Senators Wiedebusch, Yoder, Minear, Wagner,
Bowman, Grubb, Sharpe and Blatnik)
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[Introduced January 24, 1996;referred to the
Committee on Government Organization.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section four, article eleven, chapter
five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuing the West
Virginia human rights commission until the first day of
July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four, article eleven, chapter five of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 11. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
§5-11-4. Human rights commission continued; status, powers and
objects.
The West Virginia human rights commission, heretofore created, is hereby continued. The commission shall have the
power and authority and shall perform the functions and services
as in this article prescribed and as otherwise provided by law.
The commission shall encourage and endeavor to bring about mutual
understanding and respect among all racial, religious and ethnic
groups within the state and shall strive to eliminate all
discrimination in employment and places of public accommodations
by virtue of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry,
sex, age, blindness or handicap and shall strive to eliminate all
discrimination in the sale, purchase, lease, rental or financing
of housing and other real property by virtue of race, religion,
color, national origin, ancestry, sex, blindness, handicap or
familial status.
Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of
this code, the West Virginia human rights commission shall
continue to exist until the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-seven, to allow for monitoring of compliance with
recommendations contained in the preliminary performance review
and to allow for further review by the joint committee on
government operations.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to continue the West
Virginia Human Rights Commission until July 1, 1997, pursuant to
the West Virginia Sunset Law.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.
This bill is recommended by the Joint Committee on
Government Operations for passage during the 1996 regular session
of the Legislature.)