H. B. 4606

(By Delegate Overington (By Request))
[Introduced February 22, 2002; referred to the
Committee on Political Subdivisions then Finance.]

A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article fourteen-e, chapter seven of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to lowering the fee charged for certain public reports provided by the deputy sheriff's office to a reasonable amount to cover copying costs .

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article fourteen-e, chapter seven of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 14E. ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN FEES; DEDICATION OF FEE TO DEPUTY SHERIFF'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

§7-14E-2. Statewide uniform fees for reports generated by
sheriff's offices; dedication of fees.
(a) Effective the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight two thousand two, the county commission of each county in this state shall set a fee for obtaining certain reports. This fee shall be set at a minimum of ten dollars for each report, with a maximum of twenty dollars

for each report. Ten dollars of the charge for each report shall be deposited into the deputy sheriff's retirement fund created in section six, article fourteen- d, chapter seven of this code. The reports for which only a copying charge may be made applied are traffic accident reports, criminal investigation reports, incident reports and property reports.
(b) Effective the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, all sheriff's offices in this state shall collect a fee of five dollars for performing the following services: Adult private employment fingerprinting; fingerprinting for federal firearm permits; motor vehicle number identification; adult identification card and photo-identification card. Upon collection, these fees shall be deposited into the deputy sheriff's retirement fund created in section six, article fourteen-d of this chapter.
(c) Effective the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, all sheriff's offices in this state shall collect a fee of five dollars for each nongovernmental background investigation report. Upon collection, these fees shall be deposited into the deputy sheriff's retirement fund created in section six, article fourteen-d, chapter seven of this code.
(d) No charge may be made under this section for any report or reports made to governmental agencies.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to change the fee charged for certain public reports provided by the deputy sheriff's office from a minimum of ten dollars and a maximum of twenty dollars to a reasonable amount to cover copying costs.

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