Senate Bill No. 313

(By Senators Snyder, McCabe and Miller)

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[Introduced January 9, 2014; referred to the Committee on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §24-1-10, relating to requiring the Director of the Consumer Advocate Division of the Public Service Commission be appointed by the Governor with advice and consent of the Senate.

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 §24-1-10, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

§24-1-10. Governor to appoint director of Consumer Advocate Division.

    The director of the Consumer Advocate Division shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The person appointed by the commission shall continue to serve until appointed or replaced by the Governor’s appointee. The term of appointment shall be for four years, mirroring the Governor’s normal four-year term of office.

    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that the director of the Consumer Advocate Division of the Public Service Commission be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.

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