Bill Text: WV SB53 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-12 - To Judiciary [SB53 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2022-SB53-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2022 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 53
By Senator Hamilton
[Introduced January 12, 2022;
referred to the
Committee on The Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §3-10-5a, relating to requiring one-year residency within the district or county prior to appointment to fill a vacancy to a seat in the Legislature.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
Article 10. Filling vacancies.
§3-10-5a. Residency within district or county required for one year prior to appointment to vacancy in State Legislature.
No person shall be appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of State Senator or as a member of the House of Delegates who has not for one year preceding the appointment been a resident within the district or county he or she will represent.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to the require residency of a person within the district or county he or she will represent for one year prior to any appointment to a vacancy in the office of State Senator or as a member of the House of Delegates.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
