Bill Text: WV HB3142 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Increasing the allowable number of magistrate court deputy clerks by five
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-21 - To House Finance [HB3142 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2011-HB3142-Introduced.html
(By Delegates Manchin, Longstreth, Caputo,
White, M. Poling, Miley and Barill)
[Introduced February 15, 2011; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §50-1-9a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to increasing the allowable number of magistrate court deputy clerks by five.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §50-1-9a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. COURTS AND OFFICERS.
§50-1-9a. Magistrate court deputy clerks; duties; salary.
(a) Whenever required by workload and upon the recommendation of the judge of the circuit court, or the chief judge of the circuit court if there is more than one judge of the circuit court, the Supreme Court of Appeals may, by rule, provide for the appointment of magistrate court deputy clerks, not to exceed
(b) Magistrate court deputy clerks
(c) A magistrate court deputy clerk may not be an immediate family member of any magistrate, magistrate court clerk, magistrate assistant or judge of the circuit court within the same county, may not have been convicted of a felony or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude and must reside in this state. For purposes of this subsection, "immediate family member" means a mother, father, sister, brother, child or spouse.
(d) Magistrate court deputy clerks shall be paid an annual salary by the state on the same basis and in the same amounts established for magistrate assistants in each county, as provided in section nine of this article.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the allowable number of magistrate court deputy clerks by five.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.