Bill Text: WV SB346 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Changing rate which certain judges are paid for mileage when traveling within state
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-02-11 - To House Finance [SB346 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2019-SB346-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2019 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 346
By Senators Carmichael (Mr. President) and Prezioso
[Introduced
January 18, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on Finance]
A BILL to amend and reenact §6-7-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to changing the rate at which certain judges are paid for mileage when traveling within the state.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 7. COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES.
§6-7-5. Mileage and expenses of judges.
A judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals and of a circuit
court, shall be when using his or her own vehicle, is entitled to
an allowance for mileage at the rate of 15¢ equal to the amount designated
by the Travel Management Office of the Department of Administration for payment
to state employees for each mile, to be computed according to the distance
by the nearest practicable route necessarily traveled from his the
judge’s place of residence, to the place of holding any term of court in a
county other than that of his the judge’s residence, and from
such place to his the judge’s residence; and a judge of the
circuit court shall be paid the sum of $35 per day as expenses while holding
court in a county other than that in which he the judge resides: Provided,
That no judge of a circuit court shall may be paid mileage and
expenses for holding more than 10 terms of court in any county in any one year,
including regular, adjourned and special terms. The mileage and expenses
provided for in this article shall be paid to any judge out of the State
Treasury as and when the salary of such the judge is payable.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals and of circuit courts, when using their own vehicles, to be paid an allowance for mileage at the rate equal to the amount designated by the Travel Management Office of the Department of Administration for payment to state employees, for certain miles driven, instead of 15 cents per mile.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.