H. B. 2578
(By Delegates Hunt, Linch, Compton, Faircloth,
Jenkins and Riggs)
[Introduced February 1, 1999; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article nine,
chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating
to authorizing the governor's committee on crime,
delinquency and correction to promulgate a legislative
rule relating to the protocol for law enforcement
response to domestic violence
.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three, article nine, chapter sixty-four
of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted, to read
as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-9-3. Governor's committee on crime, delinquency and correction.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register
on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-seven, under the authority of section three, article
twenty-nine, chapter thirty of this code, modified by the
governor's committee on crime, delinquency and correction
to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making
review committee and refiled in the state register on the
seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety- eight, relating to the governor's committee on crime,
delinquency and correction (basic training academy,
annual in-service and biennial in-service training
standards, 149 CSR 2), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register
on the twenty-eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-seven ninety-eight, authorized under the authority
of section nine, article two-a, chapter forty-eight of this
code, modified by the governor's committee on crime, delinquency and correction to meet the objections of the
legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the
state register on the seventh ninth day of January
November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, relating
to the governor's committee on crime, delinquency and
correction (protocol for law enforcement response to
domestic violence, 149 CSR 3), is authorized with the
amendments set forth below:
On page six, by adding a new subsection 5.2 to read as
follows:
"5.2 A dispatcher, who receives a domestic call for
an incident which occurred or is occurring outside the
jurisdiction of the police department or police departments
which supervise the dispatcher, shall immediately notify a
police department in the appropriate jurisdiction.";
And,
On pages six and seven, be renumbering the remaining
subsections.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction
to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Protocol
for Law Enforcement Response to Domestic Violence.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be
stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates
new language that would be added.