West Virginia Senate Bill 554 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Introduced on March 18 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-18 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to create and authorize a new court to be known as the Intermediate Court of Appeals. The bill sets forth how its judges are to be selected. The bill provides that its judges may not receive additional compensation. The bill sets forth the courts jurisdictional authority. The bill provides that the Supreme Court of Appeals controls its pleading, practice, procedure, scheduling of terms and adjournment. The bill authorizes the hiring of a clerk of the court and other employees. The bill sets forth the duties of the clerk. The bill provides that the courts budget be part of the Supreme Court of Appeals budget. The bill permits appeals to the Supreme Court of Appeals.

Creating Intermediate Court of Appeals

Sen. Mitch Carmichael [R]

Sen. Craig Blair [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-18	Senate	To Judiciary
2013-03-18	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2013-03-18	Senate	To Judiciary then Finance
2013-03-18	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB3130 (Similar To) 2013-03-25 - To House Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
51	1B	1	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	10	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	2	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	3	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	4	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	5	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	6	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	7	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	8	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	9	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=554&year=2013&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb554%20intr.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=554