Senate Bill No. 103

(By Senators Ross, Sharpe and Rowe)

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[Introduced January 10, 2003; referred to the Committee on Government Organization.]

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A BILL to amend article five, chapter six of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section thirteen, relating to prohibiting certain county officeholders from holding another full-time state position.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five, chapter six of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section thirteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. TERMS OF OFFICE; MATTERS AFFECTING THE RIGHT TO HOLD OFFICE.

§6-5-13. Disqualification by holding full-time elected public office.

A sheriff, prosecuting attorney, county commissioner, county assessor, county clerk or circuit court clerk may not hold any full-time state office and any such officeholder who is elected or appointed to a full-time state position must resign his or her county position prior to assuming the state position. The provisions of this section shall apply only to persons who assume a full-time state position after the first day of July, two thousand three.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit certain county officeholders from holding another full-time state position.

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