HB2747 HVAHLS AMT 3-17

Wilkinson 3909

The Committee on Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

A BILL to amend and reenact §15A-9-1 and §62-12-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931 as amended, relating to transferring the Parole Board to the Office of Administrative Hearings; specifying that the Chief Hearing Examiner be a resident of the State for five years prior to appointment; removing limitations of practice for the Chief Hearing Examiner; requiring that the governor appoint the Chief Hearing Examiner; requiring that the Governor set the salary of the Chief Hearing Examiner; increasing the number of members of the Parole Board to ten; making the Chief Hearing Examiner a member of the Parole Board; clarifying that no more than five of the board members, appointed to full time positions on the board may at any one time belong to the same political party; removing the residency requirements pertaining to congressional districts; requiring that the Chief Hearing Officer shall be chair of the Board; clarifying that the remaining nine members of the Board serve after being appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate; specifying the powers and duties of the vice chairperson shall be limited to Parole Board duties; clarifying the authority of the chair to hire an administrative employee; authorizing the Chief Hearing Officer to sit on parole panels as necessary; clarifying that the qualifications for board members may include being a graduate of a federal or state law enforcement academy; clarifying that temporary members serve at the will and pleasure of the governor; exempting the Board from Open Meetings; and requiring that parole hearings be open to the public.

Adopted

Rejected