Senate Bill No. 445
(By Senator Bailey)
____________
[Introduced February 5, 1999; referred to the Committee on
Government Organization; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
____________
A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article two, chapter
fifteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to state police
organizational structure.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three, article two, chapter fifteen of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE.
§15-2-3. State police structure; how established.
The superintendent shall create, appoint and equip the state
police which shall consist of the number of troops, districts and
detachments be structured as required for the proper
administration of the state police. Each troop, district or detachment state police office shall be composed of the number of
officers and members the superintendent determines are necessary
to meet operational needs and are required for the efficient
operation of the state police. The superintendent shall
establish the general organizational structure of the state
police by interpretive rule in accordance with the provisions of
article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. The
superintendent shall provide adequate facilities for the training
of all members of the state police and shall prescribe basic
training requirements for newly enlisted members. He or she
shall also provide advanced or in-service training from time to
time for all members of the state police. The superintendent
shall hold training classes for other peace officers in the state
without cost to those officers, except actual expenses for food,
lodging and school supplies.
NOTE: The purpose of the bill is to authorize modification
of state police organizational structure.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.