H. B. 3197


(By Delegates Mahan, Stalnaker, Campbell, Staton,
Poling, Varner, Boggs, Martin and Hrutkay)
[Introduced March 24, 2005; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]



A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §15-2-52, relating to providing for a leave donation program for the president of the West Virginia Troopers' Association.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §15-2-52, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE.
§15-2-52. State Troopers' Association Leave Donation Program.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the code to the contrary, members of the West Virginia Troopers' Association shall be able to donate annual leave time to the president of the West Virginia Troopers' Association or his or her designee on an equal hour for hour exchange use. The accumulated donated annual leave may not exceed one hundred twenty days in a fiscal year nor shall the president and/or designee, each, use more than three days in a work week at a time. The donated annual leave may be used by the president or his or her designee in the performance of his or her duties which includes, but is not limited to: Assistance to members; business of the Association and attendance at meetings and conferences related to the purposes of the West Virginia Troopers' Association.
(b) When the president of the Association or his or her designee uses the donated annual leave he or she is considered on personal annual leave of absence with pay just as if he or she had used his or her annual leave. While the president or his or her designee is donated annual leave, all payroll deductions and employee status shall be maintained as if he or she had used their regularly accrued annual leave.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for the State Troopers' Association Leave Donation Program.

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