Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb137%20intr.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=137
Timestamp: 2018-03-22 15:04:47
Document Index: 711243204

Matched Legal Cases: ['§5', '§15', '§18', '§18', '§5', '§15', '§18', '§18']

sb137 intr
[Introduced February 13, 2013; referred to the Committee on Labor; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §5A-3-5a; to amend and reenact §15-2-10 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-23b; and to amend and reenact §18B-5-4 of said code, all relating to requiring all uniforms purchased by the state to be used or worn by employees of the state, including State Police officers, State Board of Education employees and employees of state institutions of higher education, to be manufactured in the United States; and providing an effective date.
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §5A-3-5a; §15-2-10 of said code be amended and reenacted; that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-23b; and that §18B-5-4 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
The director shall promulgate and adopt standards that require all uniforms worn or used by employees of the state, including but not limited to the employees of the boards and agencies identified in section one, article two, chapter five-f of this code, be manufactured in the United States. Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, these standards apply to every future purchase of uniforms after June 30, 2013. No purchase by any spending unitis exempt from compliance with these standards.
(b) The standard uniform used by the West Virginia State Police identified in subsection (a) of this section purchased after June 30, 2013 shall be manufactured in the United States.
____(b) (c) The superintendent shall establish the weapons and enforcement equipment which are authorized for use by members of the State Police and shall provide for periodic inspection of the weapons and equipment. He or she shall provide for the discipline of members using other than authorized weapons and enforcement equipment.
(d) (e) The superintendent may purchase and maintain on behalf of members group life insurance not to exceed the amount of $ 5,000 on behalf of each member.
The West Virginia Board of Education, through the State Superintendent of Schools, shall promulgate and establish standards requiring all uniforms worn or used by employees of the State Board of Education purchased after June 30, 2013 to be manufactured in the United States.
(9) Purchases after June 30, 2013 of uniforms to be used or worn by employees of a state institution of higher learning shall be manufactured in the United States; and
_____(9) (10) No fewer than three bids are obtained when bidding is required, except if fewer than three bids are submitted, an award may be made from among those received.
(4) Use purchase cards under terms approved for the commission, the council and governing boards of state institutions of higher education and participate in any expanded program of use as provided in subsection (u) of this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require all uniforms purchased by the state to be used or worn by employees of the state and its agencies to be manufactured in the United States. The bill requires employee uniforms purchased by the State Board of Education and state institutions of higher education to be made in the United States. The bill provides an effective date of July 1, 2013.