Senate Bill No. 746

(By Senators Bowman, Barnes, Boley, Foster, Jenkins, McCabe, Plymale, Stollings, Sypolt, White and Yoder)

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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization; reported February 22, 2007.]

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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section designated §29-6-7a, relating to Division of Personnel; and requiring the director to report on a centralized personnel system.

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 §29-6-7a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM.
§29-6-7a. Report on a centralized personnel system.
Before the thirtieth day of September, two thousand seven, the director of the Division of Personnel shall report to the Joint Committee on Government Organization on the following:
(1) A centralized personnel/human relations system for the state;
(2) The benefits, cost effect and drawbacks of a centralized system;
(3) The structure for the system, including a recommendation on the number of satellite offices; and
(4) Any other recommendations the director finds beneficial to satisfy the personnel/human relations needs of the state.