H. B. 4119

(By Delegates C. White, Givens, Pino,
Stemple, Perry, Shelton and Hrutkay)

[Introduced January 22, 2002; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization.]

A BILL to amend and reenact section six, article twenty-nine, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to a law-enforcement officer, who is a member of the armed forces, national guard, or reserve of any such group, and called into active duty serving for a period of one year, to have his or her annual in-service law-enforcement training program waived for that year.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section six, article twenty-nine, 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 29. LAW-ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION.
§30-29-6. Review of certification.
Certification of each West Virginia law-enforcement officer shall be reviewed annually following the first certification and until such time as the officer may achieve exempt rank. Certification may be revoked or not renewed if any law-enforcement officer fails to attend annually an in-service approved law-enforcement training program, or if a law-enforcement officer achieving exempt rank fails to attend biennially an approved in-service supervisory level training program. When a law-enforcement officer is a member of the United States air force, army, coast guard, marines or navy, or a member of the national guard or reserve military forces of any such armed forces, and has been called to active duty, serving for at least a period of one year, his or her annual in-service approved law-enforcement training program shall be waived for that year.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow a law-enforcement officer, who is a member of the armed forces, national guard, or reserve of any such group, and called into active duty serving for at least one year, to have his or her annual in-service law- enforcement training program waived for that year.

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