Senate Bill No. 619
(By Senators Bowman and Bailey)
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[Introduced February 17, 2003; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend article fifteen, chapter eight of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section sixteen-a,
relating to paid municipal fire departments; providing that a
paid municipal fire department with an apprentice program for
firefighters must terminate an apprentice after three
unsuccessful attempts to pass the final apprenticeship
examination; and setting forth effective date.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article fifteen, chapter eight of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
sixteen-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 15. FIRE FIGHTING; FIRE COMPANIES AND DEPARTMENTS; CIVIL
SERVICE FOR PAID FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
PART IV. CIVIL SERVICE FOR PAID FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
§8-15-16a. Apprenticeship programs.
Any paid municipal fire department may have an apprenticeship
program. If a paid municipal fire department has an apprenticeship
program and the program has a final apprenticeship examination, an
apprentice shall be terminated from employment after three
unsuccessful attempts to pass the final apprenticeship examination.
The provisions of this section apply to apprentices hired after the
last day of March, two thousand three.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to mandate that an
apprentice fireman be terminated from employment following three
unsuccessful attempts at passing an apprentice examination.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.