Bill Text: WV SB570 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allowing State Police Academy expand sale of items from post exchange to general public
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-10 - To Government Organization [SB570 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2017-SB570-Introduced.html
WEST virginia Legislature
2017 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 570
By Senator Boso
[Introduced March 10,
2017; Referred
to the Committee on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on
Finance]
A BILL to amend and reenact §15-2-17 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §15-2E-3 and §15-2E-5 of said code, all relating to the sale of items in the State Police Academy post exchange to the public.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §15-2-17 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted; and that §15-2E-3 and §15-2E-5 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE.
§15-2-17. Unauthorized use of uniform, badge or other insignia; impersonation of member; penalty.
Every person who is not a member of the department is
hereby forbidden to wear, use, order to be used or worn, copy or imitate in any
respect or manner the uniform badge and insignia prescribed for members
of the department of public safety West Virginia State Police,
and any person who shall violate the provisions of this article, for which no
other penalty is expressly provided, and any person who shall falsely represent
himself or herself to be an officer or member of the department of
public safety, or to be under the order or direction of any officer or member
of said department, or who shall, unless an officer or member thereof, wear the
uniform prescribed for members of said department, or the badge or other
insignia adopted or used by said department, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $200, or imprisoned
confined in the county jail for not more than six months, or both fined
and imprisoned confined: Provided, That items sold at the
State Police post exchange as outlined in article two-e of this chapter do not
qualify as agency issued uniforms, badge, insignia or equipment.
ARTICLE 2E. STATE POLICE ACADEMY POST EXCHANGE.
§15-2E-3. Operation of post exchange.
(a) The State Police post exchange may offer certain
limited items for sale as approved by the superintendent. to
persons attending training at the State Police academy, to persons actively
employed by the State Police and to persons retired from employment with the
State Police
(b) The post exchange may only be open at such times as may be established by the superintendent.
(c) The superintendent shall appoint state police employees to supervise the operation of the post exchange.
(d) The superintendent shall establish a system of bookkeeping, accounting and auditing procedures for the proper handling of funds derived from the operation of the post exchange.
(e) The superintendent shall post a sign in the post exchange which states: "In accordance with the provisions of section seventeen, article two, chapter fifteen of the code, it is unlawful for every person who is not a member of the State Police to wear or use the State Police uniform, badge, emblem or other insignia. Any person, who is not a member of the State Police, who wears or uses the State Police uniform, badge, emblem or other insignia shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined or jailed or both fined and jailed".
§15-2E-5. Use of funds from post exchange revenue.
All proceeds derived from the operation of the post exchange and any money derived from the operation of vending machines, after the payment of operating expenses, notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, must be used exclusively for the publication of the cadet class yearbook, capital outlay, equipment and for repair and alteration of the State Police academy.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow the superintendent the ability to expand the sale of items from the post exchange to the general public.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
