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Charleston, W. Va., Monday, February 25, 2013
Pending the reading of the Journal of Friday, February 22, 2013,
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2471--A Bill to amend and reenact §15-5-6 and §15-5-19a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to exercise of restricted state and local authority during a declared state of emergency; possession of firearms during a declared state of emergency; prohibiting the restriction or otherwise lawful possession, use, carrying, transfer, transportation, storage or display of a firearm or ammunition during a declared state of emergency; clarifying scope of right to seize or confiscate otherwise lawfully-possessed firearm during a declared state of emergency; providing exceptions thereto; providing a remedy at law and equity for a violations of this article for the improper seizure of firearms or ammunition during a declared state of emergency; providing a cause of action for the return of the ammunition and firearms seized in violation of these proscriptions; establishing a venue for actions; and providing for the award of costs and attorney fees to a prevailing plaintiff.
Senate Bill No. 230, Authorizing CPRB promulgate legislative rule relating to general provisions.
Senate Bill No. 232, Authorizing CPRB promulgate legislative rule relating to Teachers Retirement System.
Senate Bill No. 233, Authorizing CPRB promulgate legislative rule relating to Public Employees Retirement System.
Senate Bill No. 234, Authorizing CPRB promulgate legislative rule relating to State Police.
The bills, under the original double committee references, were then referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, with amendments from the Committee on Pensions pending.
By Senators Jenkins, Plymale, Chafin and McCabe:
Senate Bill No. 358--A Bill to amend and reenact §8-22-18a, §8-22-19a and §8-22-25 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §8-22-18c; and to amend and reenact §8-22A-4 of said code, all relating to municipal policemen and firemen pensions; providing additional investigatory and legal powers and duties of the West Virginia Municipal Pensions Oversight Board; requiring certain notice of lawsuit to the West Virginia Municipal Pensions Oversight Board; limiting certain court orders under certain circumstances; clarifying refunds to members; clarifying circumstances in which a member may retire when the member’s service has been interrupted by duty with the armed forces of the United States; and extending the cut-off date for the West Virginia Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System plan to 2017.
Senate Bill No. 359--A Bill to repeal §18-2-23a and §18-2-32 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to repeal §18-2E-5c of said code; to repeal §18-2I-6 and §18-2I-7 of said code; to repeal §18A-3A-2a and §18A-3A-6 of said code; to amend and reenact §18-2-24 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-39; to amend and reenact §18-2E-5 of said code; to amend and reenact §18-2I-1, §18-2I-2, §18-2I-3, §18-2I-4 and §18-2I-5 of said code; to amend and reenact §18-3-1 and §18-3-12 of said code; to amend and reenact §18-5-18, §18-5-44 and §18-5-45 of said code; to amend and reenact §18-5A-5 of said code; to amend and reenact §18A-2-7 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto two new sections, designated §18A-3-1d and §18A-3-1e; to amend and reenact §18A-3-2a of said code; to amend and reenact §18A-3A-1, §18A-3A-2 and §18A-3A-3 of said code; to amend and reenact §18A-4-2a, §18A-4-7a, §18A-4-8 and §18A-4-14 of said code; to amend and reenact §18A-5-2 of said code; to amend and reenact §18C-4-1, §18C-4-2 and §18C-4-4 of said code; and to amend said code by adding thereto three new sections, designated §18C-4-2a, §18C-4-3a and §18C-4-6, all relating to transforming and improving public education; removing outdated language; requiring the State Board of Education, the Higher Education Policy Commission and the Council for Community and Technical College Education to collaborate in formally adopting uniform and specific college- and career-readiness standards for English/language arts and math; providing methods for determining whether students have met the college- and career-readiness standards; requiring that an explicit focus be embedded in each course on the development of English/language arts and math skills; requiring a twelfth-grade transitional course for both English/language arts and math for students not on track to be college ready; requiring professional development on teaching the college- and career-readiness standards to be included in the State Board’s Master Plan for Professional Staff Development; requiring the State Board to require all teacher preparation programs to include appropriate training for teaching adopted standards in at least grades eight through twelve; requiring the use of certain assessments, exams or tests for determining whether a student is eligible for a remedial course; requiring accountability for increasing the percentage of students who meet the standards and for increasing the percentage of students who are making adequate progress toward meeting the standards; deleting requirement that a school or school system that achieves adequate yearly progress is eligible for no less than full accreditation or approval status as applicable; eliminating obsolete Process for Improving Education Council; establishing new criteria for state accreditation of public schools; removing obsolete language; allowing for college and career readiness standards to be included in student assessment measures; removing language that restricts writing assessments to certain grade levels; removing language that restricts appropriate measures of student performance to be used in an assessment of a school; requiring the board to promulgate a new rule for a revised set of annual measures for the accountability and accreditation system to meet the needs of a federal waiver from No Child Left Behind; removing prescriptive language preventing the accreditation system to adequately measure student performance; requiring the State Board to promulgate a new rule for state accreditation of schools and school systems; mandating a report due to Governor and Legislative Oversight Committee on Education Accountability on or before December 1, 2013; requiring annual reports; setting forth potential measures for the accreditation system; professional development; establishing clear state-level leadership of professional development; providing findings on the importance of professional development; requiring State Board of Education to develop a master plan for professional development; manner in which coordination, development and evaluation of professional development programs by the State Board shall be done; establishing a rule that shall include measurable standards; requiring State Board approval of plans from Department of Education, the Center for Professional Development, state institutions of higher education and regional education service agencies; annual report of professional development; requirements for State Superintendent of Schools; increasing the number of schools to be included in a special community development pilot program; allowing the pilot program to consult the Center for Professional Development for professional development resources; requiring kindergarten and early childhood aides to be licensed; exempting those eligible for retirement before July 1, 2016; requiring early childhood programs to be offered five days a week for the full day; providing for local control of the school calendar; defining terms and establishing findings about a schools calendar; 200-day employment term for teachers; one hundred eighty separate days of actual instruction are to be provided for students; county policy for adding minutes or days to school calendar for time lost to the instructional term; one hundred eighty days must be within a 365-day calendar set by the county board; limiting noninstructional interruptions to instructional day; requiring State Board or State Superintendent approval of proposed county calendar; public meetings for discussions of a school system’s calendar; waiver from code sections that prevent a school system from meeting one hundred eighty instructional days; board rule to implement the calendar section provisions; faculty senate procedure for making employment recommendations; removing language about faculty senates on instructional support and enhancement days; assignment of teachers when a vacancy was not foreseen before March 1 based on pupil-teacher ratio; allowing participants in Teach for America to become classroom teachers; creating a critical need alternative teacher certificate; two-year certificate and a one-year renewal of the critical need alternative teacher certificate; minimum requirements to receive a critical need alternative teacher certificate; creating a professional support team for these new teachers; recommendation for certification of teachers on the critical need alternative teaching certificate by support team and State Superintendent; amending requirements for professional teaching certificates through alternative certifications; further defining “critical need alternative teaching certificates”; removing language that limits the number of board-certified teachers who can receive reimbursement per year; clarifying that teachers can receive reimbursement for recertification; adding seniority to the list of factors to be considered for hiring of filling vacancies in professional positions of employment; eliminating restrictive hiring language for classroom teaching positions; allowing county boards to give consideration to recommendations made by the principal and the faculty senate; allowing released employees to be hired for specific vacancies prior to the job being posted; limiting bumping to within a school; allowing for multiple postings within a thirty-day period; removing language that limits internal school bumping to elementary school; reassigning a teacher within their school upon consent of teacher and county board; eliminating the 43-week restriction of service personnel contracts; defining the three different types of early childhood classroom assistant teacher certificates; clarifying the length of a teacher’s duty-free planning period; duties of other school employees and substitute teachers during a teacher’s planning period; clarifying that not all holidays will be counted toward as a day of the employment term; snow days not counted as days of employment or days of instruction; calculation of pay for professional and service personnel on snow days; loan assistance for teachers in critical need areas; awarding loan assistance; determining eligibility for loan assistance; criteria for teacher compliance with terms of loan assistance agreement; payments made directly to a lending entity; model contract agreements for loan assistance; amount, limits and duration of loan assistance; and repayment if loan assistance conditions are not met by applicant.
By Senators Laird, Kessler (Mr. President), Barnes, Boley, Carmichael, Green, D. Hall, M. Hall, Jenkins, Miller, Nohe, Yost, Wells, Plymale, Chafin, Palumbo, Fitzsimmons, Williams, McCabe and Cann:
Senate Bill No. 360--A Bill to amend and reenact §7-14-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring that deputy sheriffs be issued ballistic vests upon law-enforcement certification.
By Senators Unger and Nohe:
Senate Bill No. 361--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §31-17B-1, §31-17B-2, §31-17B-3, §31-17B-4, §31-17B-5, §31-17B-6, §31-17B-7, §31-17B-8, §31-17B-9, §31-17B-10, §31-17B-11, §31-17B-12, §31-17B-13, §31-17B-14, §31-17B-15, §31-17B-16, §31-17B-17, §31-17B-18, §31-17B-19, §31-17B-20 and §31-17B-21, all relating to creating the West Virginia Homeowner Bill of Rights; stating legislative findings and purpose in relation to foreclosures in the state generally; requiring mortgage servicers to contact the borrower prior to filing a notice of default; requiring mortgage servicers to explore options for the borrower to avoid foreclosure; requiring the borrower to be provided with specified information in writing prior to recordation of a notice of default; establishing additional procedures to be followed regarding a first lien loan modification application and the denial of an application; providing for a borrower’s right to appeal a denial; authorizing a borrower to seek an injunction and damages for violations; authorizing the greater of treble actual damages or $50,000 in statutory damages if a violation is found to be intentional or reckless or resulted from willful misconduct; providing that violations by licensees of certain state agencies are also violations of those respective licensing laws; requiring a mortgage servicer who conducts more than one hundred seventy-five foreclosure sales per year or annual reporting period to establish a single point of contact with the borrower; requiring that, before recording or filing any of certain documents, a mortgage servicer shall ensure that it has reviewed competent and reliable evidence to substantiate the borrower’s default and the right to foreclose, including the borrower’s loan status and loan information; authorizing administrative enforcement against licensees by certain state agencies; defining terms; setting forth requirements; establishing effective and termination dates; and authorizing rulemaking.
Senate Bill No. 362--A Bill to amend and reenact §11-22-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to redistributing an existing excise tax paid upon the transfer of real property so that the tax is paid to the county where the property is situate instead of to the state; requiring counties to dedicate this excise tax to support regional jails; providing this be accomplished incrementally over a five-year period; and stylistic changes.
Senate Bill No. 363--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto three new sections, designated §5A-3-10d, §5A-3-10e and §5A-3-60; and to amend and reenact §9-2-9b of said code, all relating generally to purchasing; authorizing reverse auction pilot program for purchasing commodities; defining “reverse auction”; permitting third-party vendors to administer reverse auctions; affording the Director of the Purchasing Division rule-making authority to implement reverse auction pilot program; providing that reverse auction pilot program expires on July 1, 2017; authorizing prequalification agreements and the secondary bid process for the direct procurement of commodities; defining “state”, “prequalification agreement”, “prequalified vendor” and the “secondary bid process”; requiring approval of the Director of the Purchasing Division for prequalification agreement and secondary bid process procurements anticipated to cost in excess of $50,000; affording the Director of the Purchasing Division rule-making authority to establish procedures regarding prequalification agreements, prequalification, the secondary bid process and related matters; requiring certain executive department officials to attend annual training on purchasing procedures; and repealing the Department of Health and Human Resources’ Medicaid purchasing exemption.
Senate Bill No. 364--A Bill to amend and reenact §3-5-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §3-5-22 of said code, all relating to elections and nominating procedures; requiring a candidate in a partisan election to have been affiliated with the same political party for a period of sixty days before filing a certificate of announcement of candidacy; providing that political parties may not nominate candidates by party convention and by primary election during the same election year; requiring notice of intent to conduct a primary election; and deleting inconsistent language.
By Senators Kessler (Mr. President), Chafin, Laird, Miller and Stollings:
Senate Bill No. 365--A Bill to amend and reenact §61-11-26 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the expungement of certain criminal convictions generally; permitting expungement of certain felony convictions; establishing the amount of time after conviction of a felony before expungement may be sought; and creating exceptions.
By Senators McCabe, Cann, Facemire, Green, D. Hall, Walters and Kessler (Mr. President):
Senate Bill No. 366--A Bill to amend and reenact §11-6D-2, §11-6D-4 and §11-6D-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-6D-10, all relating generally to use of alternative-fuel motor vehicles; eliminating the availability of a tax credit for vehicles that are capable of running on ethanol and certain fuel mixtures containing ethanol, methanol or other alcohols; removing the requirement that a converted vehicle must operate exclusively on an alternative fuel in order to take the credit; eliminating a rule requirement; allowing pass-through entities to distribute credits to pass-through equity owners in any manner such equity owners see fit; permitting the transfer of tax credits for purchase of alternative-fuel vehicles, conversion to an alternative-fuel vehicle or construction of alternative-fuel vehicle infrastructure; setting forth how those transfers of tax credits may be accomplished; providing an exception; and permitting government entities and nonprofit entities to utilize certain tax credits.
By Senators Miller, Snyder, Unger, Chafin and Laird:
Senate Bill No. 367--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §7-7-1a, relating to creating the Citizens Elected County Officials Compensation Commission; membership of the commission; terms of the members; powers and duties of the commission; and procedures for enacting the salaries of the elected county officials.
Senate Bill No. 368--A Bill to amend and reenact §48-3-103 and §48-3-105 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to domestic relations law generally; clarifying that conviction of an offense punishable by incarceration for more than one year prior to the marriage and without the knowledge of the other party constitutes a basis for voiding a marriage; and clarifying that a party to a marriage who was unaware at the time of the marriage that his or her spouse had previously been convicted of an offense punishable by incarceration for more than one year may not institute an annulment action if he or she cohabited with that spouse after becoming aware of the conviction.
Senators Laird, Miller and Unger offered the following resolution:
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8--Requesting the Division of Highways to name the portion of Route 38, from its intersection at Route 16 to its intersection at Route 61, in Fayette County, West Virginia, the “Sizemore Moran Veterans Memorial Road”.
Senators Stollings, Kirkendoll and Unger offered the following resolution:
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 9--Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge crossing the Little Coal River in Danville, Boone County, bridge number 3-85/8-0.37, the “Naval Chief Boatswain Fred L. Byrnside and Army Captain Dora Jo Chambers Byrnside Memorial Bridge”.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 10--Requesting the Division of Highways to name the Atenville Beam Span Bridge on Rt. 10, Lincoln County, .1 mile south of South Route 68, bridge number 22-10-6.54, the “Shelton Topping Bridge”.
Whereas, Shelton Topping was born May 11, 1926. He has been married to Edith Maynard Topping for sixty-two years. They had three children, eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. He is an Elder at 14 Mile Church of Christ and upstanding member of the Harts Community. He is a World War II veteran, joining the Army in November, 1944, at seventeen years old. He was awarded the Bronze Star, badges for Marksmanship, the Combat Infantry and a European African Middle Eastern campaign ribbon. Additionally, he has the Honor Service Lapel, commonly known as the ruptured duck. Shelton Topping says the reason for joining the Army was “There were six boys in our family and five of them were in the service. My older brother told me I’d better join up soon, or the war would be over before I’d get to go in.” He was a member of the 3rd Infantry Division of the Army in Company D. Company D was the oldest outfit in the U. S. Army. It was founded and served under General George Washington during the Revolutionary War. When General Patton died in Europe, in December, 1945, Company D served as an Honor Guard at his funeral. Shelton Topping began his military training at Camp Joseph T. Robertson, near Little Rock, Arkansas, was later sent to Fort Meade, Maryland, and then to Camp Shanks in New York before leaving for Europe. He left New York, crossed the English Channel to reach Le Havre, France, and then traveled by train to Germany. In January, 1945, the 3rd Infantry Division had smashed the Colmar pocket and was driving the last German soldier from the area. The division hit the line again in March, 1945. The main Siefgried Line positions south of Sweibruken, Germany, were breached and the 3rd was on its way to the Rhine River a second time. Light opposition was encountered and on March 23, the division was moved on the Rhine Plain, in the triangle formed by Bad Durkheim-Frankenthal-Worms to prepare for a crossing of the river. In March, the division was across the Rhine and driving deep into the heart of Germany. The 3rd’s last major battle was at Nurnberg where the Germans put up their last big effort to deal a mortal blow. After three weeks there, the war ended. Shelton Topping’s company turned to guarding POWs. They had 4,500 prisoners to guard. They processed the prisoners five hundred men at a time and only eight American soldiers would guard this large group of men. Although he was eighteen at the end of the war, he celebrated his nineteenth and twentieth birthdays overseas. Mr. Topping served as a Special Honor Guard at the United Nations building at the American Embassy in Berlin. The Honor Guard was made up of four soldiers from four countries: The United States, England, France and Russia. There were eighteen regular guards and four honor guards. In order to be an American Honor Guard, one had to be a Bronze Star recipient. Upon returning to the United States from active duty, Mr. Topping studied for his GED, then attended Marshall University. He taught in a one-room school in Sand Creek, West Virginia, and later at a one room school in Atenville, WV. Because teaching school made it difficult to support a family at that time, he had to quit teaching and go work in the coal mines. He worked for Island Creek Coal Company in Logan County, until he retired; and
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 11--Requesting the Division of Highways name the section of State Route 214 at Childress Road, from mile marker 8.92 to mile marker 9.92, the “Army Pvt. Parker Meikle Memorial Road”.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 12--Requesting the Division of Highways to name the one-mile section of road on Lick Creek Road, beginning at Route 119, in Boone County, West Virginia, the “PFC Randall Bruce Miller Memorial Road, U. S. Army”.
Senators Unger, Kessler (Mr. President), Snyder, Plymale, Laird, Cookman, Williams and Stollings offered the following resolution:
Senate Resolution No. 19--Recognizing Leadership Berkeley for its service, dedication and commitment to Berkeley County.
Whereas, The 2013 membership of Leadership Berkeley consists of Bethany T. Allen-Perez, Roach Energy; Dana L. Anders, Berkeley County Board of Education; Melissa C. Baker, Frontier Communications; Sara L. Birchenough, Bowles Rice; Jennifer Bishop, MVB Bank; Karen R. Burkhart, Bank of Charles Town; Tina L. Dorsey, Lady Appleseeds, Inc.; Madeline R. Harrison, Susquehanna Bank; Matthew L. Harvey, Taylor & Harvey; Mark V. Jordan, Flowers Unlimited; David D. Langford, United Bank; Lorriane K. Main, VA Medical Center; Amy L. Orndoff, Berkeley Senior Services; Amanda D. Renner, Ecolab; Vicki L. Rohrer, Panhandle Home Health, Inc.; Katrina L. Rosario, Ecolab; Carol A. Rothstein, Blue Ridge Community & Technical College; Kelly M. Tanksley, Martinsburg-Berkeley Co. Public Libraries; Michelle J. Thomas, West Virginia University Hospitals East; Kimberly J. Waggoner, VA Medical Center; and Keith H. Whetsel, Essroc Italcementi Group; therefore, be it
On motion of Senator Unger, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at 11 a.m.