Bill Text: WV SB365 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to administration of Conservation Agency programs

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-04-14 - Chapter 4, Acts, Regular Session, 2014 [SB365 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2014-SB365-Introduced.html

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Senate Bill No. 365

(By Senators Miller, Snyder and Williams)

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[Introduced January 16, 2014; referred to the Committee on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §6B-2-5c, relating to providing an exception to certain provisions of the West Virginia Ethics Act for elected conservation district supervisors who participate in the West Virginia Conservation Agency Agricultural Enhancement Program.

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. Exception.

    The provisions of section five of this article do not apply to elected Conservation District Supervisors and their immediate family when the elected Conservation District Supervisor is participating in the West Virginia Conservation Agency Agricultural Enhancement Program: Provided, That the elected Conservation District Supervisor does not consider, act or vote on matters that affect the elected Conservation District Supervisor or his or her immediate family.

    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide an exception to certain provisions of the West Virginia Ethics Act for elected Conservation District Supervisors who participate in the West Virginia Conservation Agency Agricultural Enhancement Program.

    This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.