Senate Bill No. 344
(By Senators Ross, Anderson,
Bowman
and Boley)
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[Introduced January 28, 1999;
referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
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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.