Bill Text: WV HB2848 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to ethical guidelines for members of professional licensing boards
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-25 - To House Government Organization [HB2848 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2011-HB2848-Introduced.html
(By Delegates Morgan, Talbott, Staggers
and Swartzmiller)
[Introduced January 25, 2011; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §6B-2-5c, relating to authorizing the Ethics Commission to promulgate a legislative rule establishing guidelines under which a member of a state professional licensing board may serve concurrently as an officer of a state professional association.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §6B-2-5c, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA ETHICS COMMISSION; POWERS AND DUTIES; DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL INTEREST BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES; APPEARANCES BEFORE PUBLIC AGENCIES; CODE OF CONDUCT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES.
§6B-2-5c.
Legislative findings; legislative rule for appointees to professional licensing boards.
(a) The Legislature finds it is in the best interest of the state to have a rule establishing guidelines under which a member of a state professional licensing board may serve concurrently as an officer of a state professional association and to ensure that the concurrent service does not impair the board member's impartiality and independent judgment.
(b) The commission may propose a rule for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty- nine-a of this code, to establish guidelines under which a member of a professional licensing board governed by the provisions of chapter thirty of this code may serve concurrently as an officer of a state professional association. The rule may include, but is not limited to:
(1) Receipt by the board member of anything of value, including gifts, meals, travel and lodging expenses, conference tuition, fees and honorariums;
(2) Abstention from deliberating and voting on matters before the board relating to business of the association or its members;
(3) Limitations on the board member's practice before a state board, agency, commission or department;
(4) Financial disclosure requirements; and
(5) Any other matters the commission determines are necessary to meet the purposes of this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Ethics Commission to promulgate a legislative rule to establish guidelines under which a member of a state professional licensing board may serve concurrently as an officer of a state professional association.
§6B-2-5c is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
