ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 249
(By Senators Bowman, Bailey, Ball,
Kessler, Plymale and Buckalew)
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[Passed February 16, 1998; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact section twenty-four, article four,
chapter forty-eight-a of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
continuation of the family law masters system.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twenty-four, article four, chapter forty-eight-a
of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended an reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. PROCEEDING BEFORE A MASTER.
§48A-4-24. Continuation of family law masters system.
After having conducted a performance and fiscal audit through
its joint committee on government operations, pursuant to article
ten, chapter four of this code, the Legislature hereby finds and
declares the family law masters system should be continued and
reestablished. Accordingly, notwithstanding the provisions of said article, the family law masters system shall continue to exist
until the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine,
so that the joint committee on government operations may monitor
compliance by the family law masters system with the
recommendations of the performance audit.