Senate Bill No. 536

(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Love and Sharpe)

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[Introduced March 20, 2001; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend article five, chapter six of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section thirteen, relating to disqualification of persons appointed or elected to full-time public offices who hold other elected full-time or part-time public offices.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five, chapter six of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section thirteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. TERMS OF OFFICE; MATTERS AFFECTING THE RIGHT TO HOLD OFFICE.
§6-5-13. Disqualification by holding full or part-time elected public office.

Any person who holds a full-time or part-time elected public office in this state, may not be elected or appointed to any other full-time office under the laws of this state; and, if any person, while holding a full-time or part-time elected public office, is elected or appointed to any other full-time public office, that person must vacate the prior full-time or part-time elected office.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit persons holding full-time or part-time elected public offices in this state from being appointed to, or being elected to, any other full-time public office unless the previous office is vacated by that person.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.