ENROLLED
H. B. 2670
(By Delegates Beane, Kuhn, Ferrell, Martin,
Tucker, Talbott and Leggett)







[Passed March 8, 2003; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact section seventeen, article five,
chapter twenty-three of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
continuation of
the office of judges
.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section seventeen, article five, chapter twenty-three of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. REVIEW.
§23-5-17. Continuation of office of judges.

The office of judges shall continue to exist
, pursuant to the
provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, until the
first day of July, two thousand four, unless sooner terminated,
continued or reestablished pursuant to the provisions of that
article.