Senate Bill No. 127

(By Senator Hunter, Mitchell and Kessler)

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[Introduced January 18, 2000; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section one thousand three hundred one, article thirteen, chapter thirty-one-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to adding social workers to the list of professionals who may organize professional limited liability companies.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one thousand three hundred one, article thirteen, chapter thirty-one-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 13. PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES.
§31B-13-1301. Definitions.
As used in this article:
(1) "Licensing board" means the governing body or agency established under chapter thirty of this code which is responsible for the licensing and regulation of the practice of the profession which the professional limited liability company is organized to provide;
(2) "Professional limited liability company" means a limited liability company organized under this chapter for the purpose of rendering a professional service; and
(3) "Professional service" means the services rendered by the following professions: Attorneys-at-law under article two, physicians and podiatrists under article three, dentists under article four, optometrists under article eight, accountants under article nine, veterinarians under article ten, architects under article twelve, engineers under article thirteen, osteopathic physicians and surgeons under article fourteen, chiropractors under article sixteen, and psychologists under article twenty-one and social workers under article thirty, all of chapter thirty of this code.

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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to add social workers to the professionals allowed to combine in a limited liability company.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.)