Senate Bill No. 656

(By Senator Chafin)

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[Introduced March 20, 2009; referred to the Committee on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to authorize and empower the county commission of Mercer County to appoint an emergency operations center board to oversee the operation of the enhanced emergency telephone system serving Mercer County.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER BOARD FOR MERCER COUNTY.
§1. Mercer County authorized to appoint an emergency operations center board.
The county commission of Mercer County is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a board to be known as the "Emergency Operations Center Board" with the power to oversee the operation of the enhanced emergency telephone system serving Mercer County.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the county commission of Mercer county to appoint an Emergency Operations Center Board.