ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 337
(By Senators Kessler, White and Yoder)
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[Passed March 5, 2008; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact §51-1-11 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to the removal of obsolete language
concerning the Clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §51-1-11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS.
§51-1-11. Appointment and compensation of the clerk and employees
of the clerks' office; compensation.
The justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals may appoint a
clerk, who shall post bond as required by article two, chapter six
of this code. The annual compensation of the clerk shall be
established by the court. The justices of the Supreme Court of
Appeals may appoint any other full-time and part-time professional
and clerical assistants necessary to efficiently perform the functions and duties of the office of the clerk. Such employees
shall serve at the will and pleasure of the justices of the Supreme
Court of Appeals. The salary of any person employed to staff the
office of the clerk shall be established by the justices of the
Supreme Court of Appeals and paid out of the appropriations made by
the Legislature, personal service account, for the spending unit of
the Supreme Court of Appeals, by requisitions drawn against the
Auditor of the State of West Virginia according to law. . If the
position of clerk shall become vacant while the Supreme Court of
Appeals is in vacation, the position may be filled by appointment,
in writing, issued by the justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals.