ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 155
(Senators Wooton, Ball, Dittmar, Kessler, Mitchell, Oliverio,
Ross, Snyder
and McKenzie, original sponsors)
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[Passed March 10, 1999; to take effect July 1, 1999.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact section eight, article two, chapter
fourteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to increasing the per
diem compensation and expenses of judges of the court of
claims.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eight, article two, chapter fourteen of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE.
§14-2-8. Compensation of judges; expenses.
Each judge of the court shall receive one hundred sixty
dollars for each day actually served and expenses incurred in the
performance of his or her duties paid at the same per diem rate as members of the Legislature. In addition to the expense per diem,
each judge may, when using his or her own vehicle, be reimbursed
for mileage at the mileage rate equal to the amount paid by the
travel management office of the department of administration. The
number of days served by each judge shall not exceed one hundred in
any fiscal year, except by authority of the joint committee on
government and finance: Provided, That in computing the number of
days served, days utilized solely for the exercise of duties
assigned to judges and commissioners by the provisions of article
two-a of this chapter shall be disregarded. Requisitions for compensation and expenses
shall be accompanied by sworn and itemized statements, which shall
be filed with the auditor and preserved as public records. For the purpose of
this section, time served shall include time spent in the hearing
of claims, in the consideration of the record, in the preparation
of opinions and in necessary travel.