Senate Bill No. 395

(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Minard,

Snyder, Boley and Minear)

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[Introduced January 25, 2002; referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend article six, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section two, relating to authorizing the state police to promulgate a legislative rule relating to professional standards, investigations, employee rights, early identification system, psychological assessment and progressive discipline.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article six, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section two, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS AND
PUBLIC SAFETY TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-6-2. State police.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-fifth day of July, two thousand one, under the authority of section twenty-five, article two, chapter fifteen, of this code, modified by the state police to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the eleventh day of January, two thousand two, relating to the state police (professional standards, investigations, employee rights, early identification system, psychological assessment and progressive discipline, 81 CSR 10), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Police to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Professional Standards, Investigations, Employee Rights, Early Identification System, Psychological Assessment and Progressive Discipline.

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