Bill Text: WV SB211 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to alternative nicotine products

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - To Health and Human Resources [SB211 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2014-SB211-Introduced.html

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Senate Bill No. 211
(By Senators Bowman, Bailey, Prezioso, Unger, Minard, Rowe and White)
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[Introduced January 22, 2003; referred to the Committee on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section eleven, article one, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to compensation paid to members of professional licensing boards; and clarifying that members may be compensated only for days on which they attend official meetings and not for travel days.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eleven, article one, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL STATE BOARDS OF EXAMINATION OR REGISTRATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER.

§30-1-11. Compensation of members; expenses.
(a) Each member of every board referred to in this chapter shall receive compensation for attending official meetings or engaging in official duties not to exceed the amount paid to members of the Legislature for their interim duties as recommended by the citizens legislative compensation commission and authorized by law: The limitations contained in this section do not apply if they conflict with provisions of this chapter relating to a particular board and enacted after the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five Provided, That members will be compensated only for days during which they actually attend official meetings or engage in official duties, and not for days spent only in travel.
(b) A board may reimburse actual and necessary expenses incurred for each day or portion thereof engaged in the discharge of official duties in a manner consistent with guidelines of the travel management office of the department of administration.
(c) No member of any board referred to in this chapter may receive compensation as an employee of the board.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to clarify that members of professional licensing boards may be compensated only for days which they attend official meetings and not for travel days.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

This bill is recommended for passage during the 2003 regular session by the Joint Standing Committee on Government Operations.