COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2326
(By Delegates Johnson, Fleischauer, Hutchins,
Rowe, Riggs and Trump)

(Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary)
[February 24, 1999]

A BILL to amend article one, chapter seven of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section three-gg, relating generally to authorizing county commissions to employ county facilities security personnel; and prohibiting security personnel from undertaking certain law-enforcement activities.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter seven of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section three-gg, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND OFFICERS.
§7-1-3gg. Authority of county commissions to employ county facility security officers.
County commissions may employ persons to provide security at county facilities as the county commission deems necessary. No security officer herein authorized may, in the course of his or her employment, conduct any duties granted solely to certified law enforcement officers of this state, pursuant to the provisions of section five, article twenty-nine, chapter thirty of this code.