Bill Text: WV SB565 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to residency requirements for deputy assessors
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-25 - Referred to Rules on 2nd reading [SB565 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2019-SB565-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2019 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 565
By Senator Boso
[Introduced February
11, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on Government Organization]
A BILL to amend and reenact §11-2-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to removing the residency requirements for hiring deputy assessors.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
article 2. assessors.
§11-2-3. Selection of deputy assessors.
The deputy assessors,
including the transfer and office deputies, shall be residents and voters in
the county: Provided, That a deputy assessor whose primary
responsibility is that of updating the assessor's maps may be a resident and
voter of a contiguous county of this state
The deputy assessors shall be appointed by the assessor with the advice and
consent of the county commission, and may be removed at any time in the
discretion of the assessor. Vacancies occurring from any cause in the office of
any deputy assessor shall be filled by the assessors.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to remove the residency requirements for hiring deputy assessors.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
