Senate Bill No. 62

(By Senators Bailey, Unger, Love and Dempsey)

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[Introduced January 8, 2003; referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.]

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A BILL to amend article seven, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section four-c, relating to allowing conservation officers to work overtime in the national forests and parks as patrol officers pursuant to a contract with the appropriate federal authority.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article seven, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section four-c, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. LAW ENFORCEMENT, MOTORBOATING, LITTER.
§20-7-4c. Authorization to work overtime as conservation or patrol officers in national forests or parks.
Conservation officers subject to the provisions of this article are authorized to work under the authority of the national park service or other appropriate federal authority as conservation or patrol officers in national parks and forests: Provided, That no conservation officer may perform services pursuant to the authority granted in this section which in any way interferes or detracts from his or her regular or designated work hours, schedule and duties as a conservation officer subject to the provisions of this article.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow conservation officers employed by the state to work in national forests and parks under federal authority in their spare time.

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