H. B. 2284
(By Delegates Douglas, Kuhn, Caputo,
Stalnaker and Azinger)
[Introduced February 19, 2001
; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section eleven, article one, chapter
thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating to changing limits on
compensation and expense reimbursement for members of various
boards and commissions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eleven, article one, chapter thirty of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL STATE BOARDS OF
EXAMINATION OR REGISTRATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER.
§30-1-11. Compensation of members; expenses.
Each member of every board which is referred to in this chapter shall receive compensation and expense reimbursement which
shall for attendance at official meetings not to exceed the amount
paid to members of the Legislature for their interim duties as
recommended by the citizens legislative compensation commission and
authorized by law. A board may reimburse actual and necessary
expenses incurred for each day or portion thereof engaged in the
discharge of official duties in a manner consistent with guidelines
of the travel management office of the department of
administration. The limitations contained in this section do not
apply if they conflict with provisions of this chapter relating to
a particular board and enacted after the first day of January, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-six.
NOTE: This bill would allow a State Board to reimburse its
members for actual and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in
the discharge of their duties, if the reimbursement is consistent
with the guidelines of the Travel Management Office of the
Department of Administration. The bill also provides that the
limitations on compensation, requiring that compensation not exceed
the amount paid to members of the Legislature for interim duties,
do not apply if they conflict with provisions relating to a
particular board that were enacted after January 1, 1996.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.