§5B-2-5. Economic development representatives.
(a) The director may employ economic development
representatives to be paid a base salary within legislative
appropriations to the West Virginia Development Office, subject to
provisions set forth by the council in its reorganization plan and
applicable contract provisions pursuant to section four of this
article. Economic development representatives may receive
performance-based incentives and expenses paid from private funds
from a nonprofit corporation contracting with the West Virginia
Development Office pursuant to the provisions of section four of
this article. The director shall establish job descriptions and
responsibilities of economic development representatives, subject
to the provisions of any contract with a nonprofit corporation
entered into pursuant to section four of this article.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the
contrary, economic development representatives employed within the
West Virginia Development Office are not subject to the procedures
and protections provided by articles six and six-a, chapter
twenty-nine of this code. Any employee of the West Virginia
Development Office on the effective date of this article who
applies for employment as an economic development representative is
not entitled to the protections of article six, chapter twenty-nine
with respect to hiring procedures and qualifications; and upon
accepting employment as an economic development representative, the
employee relinquishes the protections provided for in article two, chapter six-c and article six, chapter twenty-nine of this code.