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WV Code § 5F-2-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5F. Reorganization of the Executive Branch of State Government|Article 2. Transfer of Agencies and Boards|§5F-2-8. Special Merit-Based Personnel System for Department of Transportation Employees

(a) In order to attract and retain employees in the Department of Transportation, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and scientific methods governing the appointment, promotion, transfer, layoff, removal, discipline, classification, compensation, and welfare of its employees, and other incidents of state employment. All appointments and promotions to positions shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness for the position.(b) The Department of Transportation personnel system shall be founded on effective performance management principles that set clear goals, provide efficient and effective services for our citizens, and appraise and reward employees for being responsible and performing as required. (c) Beginning on January 1, 2022, notwithstanding any provision of this code or any rule to the contrary, employees and positions within the various agencies, boards, commissions, and divisions within the Department of Transportation currently governed by the provisions of 29-6-1 et seq. of this code shall be subject to the personnel system created pursuant to this section: Provided, That such employees and positions shall be deemed to retain their classified or classified-exempt status and all rights and privileges thereof. The employees of the Department of Transportation shall be afforded due process protections through 6C-2-1 et seq. of this code or other procedures established by the department that assure all of the protections required by law. (d) The Department of Transportation personnel system is not exempt from the provisions of this code prohibiting nepotism, favoritism, discrimination, or unethical practices related to the employment process.(e) The Department of Transportation personnel system may not be applied in any manner that would disqualify the department or its agencies, boards, commissions, or divisions for eligibility for any federal funding or assistance.(f) The Division of Personnel shall, upon request of the Secretary of Transportation, take any action necessary to assist the Department of Transportation in completing the transition to the departments personnel system in an orderly and efficient manner.(g) The Secretary of Transportation may propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of 29A-3-1 et seq. of this code and may promulgate emergency rules pursuant to the provisions of 29A-3-15 of this code to implement the provisions of this section.
WV Code § 5F-3-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5F. Reorganization of the Executive Branch of State Government|Article 3. Future Reorganization; Severability|§5F-3-1. Recommendations for Further Reorganization

The Governor shall submit to the Legislature on or before January 1, 1991, a report setting forth the reorganization implemented by executive action pursuant to this chapter and resulting cost savings as determined by the Governor, any recommendations for further reorganization requiring legislative action and drafts of recommended legislation to implement the reorganization requiring legislative action.
WV Code § 5F-3-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5F. Reorganization of the Executive Branch of State Government|Article 3. Future Reorganization; Severability|§5F-3-2. Operative Dates

The provisions of this chapter shall become operative as to any department created in section two, article one of this chapter upon the appointment of the secretary of such department.
WV Code § 5F-3-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5F. Reorganization of the Executive Branch of State Government|Article 3. Future Reorganization; Severability|§5F-3-3. Severability

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or invalid, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
WV Code § 5G-1-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5G. Procurement of Architect-Engineer Services by State and Its Subdivisions|Article 1. Procurement of Architect-Engineer Services|§5G-1-1. Declaration of Legislative Policy

The Legislature hereby declares it to be the policy of the state, and its political subdivisions, to procure architectural or engineering services or both on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualification for the type of professional services required.
WV Code § 5G-1-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5G. Procurement of Architect-Engineer Services by State and Its Subdivisions|Article 1. Procurement of Architect-Engineer Services|§5G-1-2. Definitions

As used in this section:(a) The term "agency" means all state departments, agencies, authorities, quasi-public corporations and all political subdivisions, including cities, counties, boards of education and public service districts, except, for the purposes of this section, the term "agency" does not include the state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University.(b) The term "architectural and engineering services" includes those professional services of an architectural or engineering nature as well as incidental services that members of those professions and those in their employ may logically or justifiably perform.(c) The term "director of purchasing" means any individual assigned by any agency to procure the services of architects and engineers.(d) The term "firm" or "professional firm" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity permitted by law to practice the professions of architecture and engineering.
WV Code § 5G-1-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5G. Procurement of Architect-Engineer Services by State and Its Subdivisions|Article 1. Procurement of Architect-Engineer Services|§5G-1-4. Contracts for Architectural and Engineering Services; Selection Process Where Total Project Costs Are Estimated to Cost Less Than $250,000; Division of Highways Procurements

(a) In the procurement of architectural and engineering services for projects estimated to cost less than $250,000, competition shall be sought by the agency. The agency shall conduct discussions with three or more professional firms solicited on the basis of known or submitted qualifications for the assignment prior to the awarding of any contract: Provided, That if a judgment is made that special circumstances exist and that seeking competition is not practical, the agency may, with the prior approval of the director of purchasing, select a firm on the basis of previous satisfactory performance and knowledge of the agency’s facilities and needs. After selection, the agency and firm shall develop the scope of services required and negotiate a contract.(b) The Division of Highways may procure the services of architectural and engineering firms under the provisions of this section in an amount not to exceed $750,000 for the services per project.
WV Code § 5H-1-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5H. Survivor Benefits|Article 1. West Virginia Emergency Responders Survivor Benefit Act|§5H-1-1. Title and Legislative Intent

(a) This article is known as the "West Virginia Emergency Responders Survivor Benefit Act.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the payment of survivor benefits to the surviving spouse, designated beneficiary, children, or parents of firefighters, EMS personnel, law-enforcement agency personnel, and Division of Forestry personnel killed in the performance of their emergency response duties.
WV Code § 5H-1-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5H. Survivor Benefits|Article 1. West Virginia Emergency Responders Survivor Benefit Act|§5H-1-3. Effective Date

(a) The effective date for this act is January 1, 2007. The operation of the amendments to this article enacted during the year 2012 shall be effective retroactively to January 1, 2012.(b) The operation of the amendments to this article enacted during the 2018 First Extraordinary Session of the Legislature shall be effective retroactively to January 1, 2018.
WV Code § 6-1-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 1. Oaths of Office|§6-1-1. Members of Congress

Every person elected or appointed a member of the United States Senate or of the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States shall take the oath of office prescribed by, and at the time and in the manner provided by, the laws of the United States of America, effective at the time of the election of such person.
WV Code § 6-1-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 1. Oaths of Office|§6-1-2. Members of State Legislature

Every person elected or appointed a member of the Senate, or a member of the House of Delegates, in the Legislature of this state, shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, take and subscribe the oath or affirmation prescribed by, and in the manner specified in, section 16 of article VI of the Constitution of the State.
WV Code § 6-1-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 1. Oaths of Office|§6-1-3. Other Officers

Except as provided in sections one and two of this article, every person elected or appointed to any office in this state, before proceeding to exercise the authority or discharge the duties of such office, shall take the oath or affirmation prescribed in section 5 of article IV of the Constitution of this state; but this section shall not be construed to require any executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, curator, committee, special commissioner, election officer, registration officer, or person authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony, to take any oath other than that otherwise required of by law.
WV Code § 6-1-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 1. Oaths of Office|§6-1-4. Before Whom Taken

Any oath of office may be taken in this state before any court of record or before any person having at the time authority to administer oaths. Any person residing out of this state, who shall be appointed to any office, agency or service to be performed out of this state, may take the oath required of before any person authorized to administer oaths in the jurisdiction in which such person resides, or in which the duties of the office, agency or service are to be performed.
WV Code § 6-1-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 1. Oaths of Office|§6-1-5. When Taken

The oaths required by section three of this article shall be taken after the person shall have been elected or appointed to the office, and before the date of the beginning of the term, if a regular term; but if to fill a vacancy, within ten days from the date of the election or appointment, and in any event before entering into or discharging any of the duties of the office.
WV Code § 6-1-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 1. Oaths of Office|§6-1-6. Where Certificates of Oaths Filed and Recorded; Destruction of Originals

Certificates of the oaths of all magisterial district and county officers, and judges of courts of limited jurisdiction within any county, shall be filed, recorded and preserved in the office of the clerk of the county court of the county. Certificates of the oaths of members of boards of education and school officers of any district or independent school district shall be filed, recorded and preserved in the office of the secretary of such board, and certified copies thereof filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county court of the county of such district. Certificates of the oaths of all municipal officers shall be filed, recorded and preserved in the office of the clerk or recorder of such municipality, or other officer created or acting in lieu of such clerk or recorder, and certified copies thereof filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county court of the county in which such municipality is situated. Certificates of the official oaths of the members of the state Senate and House of Delegates shall be filed and recorded as provided in section 16 of article VI of the Constitution of this state. Certificates of the oaths of all other officers shall be filed and preserved in the office of the Secretary of State.At any time after the expiration of the term of office for which the oath was taken, the original certificate or certified copy thereof, but not the record, may be destroyed, unless further preservation thereof shall be required by the order of some court, in which event the same may be destroyed when the preservation thereof is no longer required. It shall be the duty of every person who takes an oath of office to procure and file in the proper office the certified copies of his certificate of oath as provided in this section.
WV Code § 6-1-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 1. Oaths of Office|§6-1-7. Acting Before Taking Oath

No person elected or appointed to any office, civil or military, shall enter into the office, exercise any of the authority or discharge any of the duties pertaining thereto, or receive any compensation therefor, before taking the oath of office: Provided, That this section shall not apply to members of the Legislature of this state.
WV Code § 6-1-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 1. Oaths of Office|§6-1-8. List of County Officers to Be Furnished Secretary of State

The clerk of the county court of each county, within thirty days after the qualification of officers chosen at each general election in his county, shall transmit to the Secretary of State a certified list of all county officers, showing the name of the officer and the title of the office.
WV Code § 6-2-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 2. Official and Other Bonds|§6-2-1. When Official Bonds to Be Given

Any person appointed or elected to any office or position in this state who is required by any statute to enter into or give bond, unless otherwise provided, shall give official bond within sixty days after has been appointed or duly declared elected; but if at the time of his appointment or election shall be absent from the state, circuit, county or district for which is appointed or chosen, shall give such bond within sixty days after notice of his appointment or election. If no term of the court or other tribunal authorized to take and approve such bond shall be held within sixty days after the appointment or declaration of the election of an officer required by law to give bond and qualify before such court or tribunal, or after the person, if absent from the state, county or district, is notified of his appointment or election, shall give bond at the first term of such court or other tribunal next thereafter held: Provided, That the state executive officers shall qualify on or before the first Monday after the second Wednesday of January next after their election: Provided further, That any person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in any office shall give such bond within ten days after notice of such appointment or election, if the court or other tribunal authorized to take and approve such bond shall sit within said period; otherwise, at the first sitting of such court or other tribunal after notice of such appointment or election. No person shall enter into or discharge any of the duties of his office until shall have given the bond required of by law.
WV Code § 6-2-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 2. Official and Other Bonds|§6-2-2. How Bonds Made Payable and Proved; Sureties

Every official bond, and every bond required by law to be taken or approved by, or given before, any court, board or officer, shall, unless otherwise provided, be made payable to the State of West Virginia, and shall be signed by one or more sureties deemed sufficient by such court, board or officer, and be proved or acknowledged before, or approved by, such court, board or officer.
WV Code § 6-2-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 2. Official and Other Bonds|§6-2-3. Condition; Liability

Unless otherwise specially provided, every bond required by any statute of this state of any person undertaking an office or employment shall be conditioned upon the faithful discharge by the principal of the duties of his office or employment, and upon accounting for and paying over, as required by law, all moneys which may come into his possession by virtue of the office or employment. The liability of the principal and his sureties upon such bond shall extend to all moneys received by the principal by virtue of his office or employment under the laws in effect at the time of the execution of the bond, and to all money which shall come into his possession by virtue of his office or employment under the provisions of any law enacted during his continuance in such office or employment.
WV Code § 6-2-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 2. Official and Other Bonds|§6-2-4. Failure to Give Bond; Penalty for Acting Without Giving Bond

If any person elected or appointed to any office, or position, of whom an official bond is required, shall fail to give the bond within the time prescribed by law, the office or position shall be deemed vacant; and any person who shall enter into or discharge any of the duties pertaining to such office or position, before shall have given the bond required by law, shall forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $1,000.
WV Code § 6-2-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 2. Official and Other Bonds|§6-2-5. Bonds of Officers Appointed to Fill Vacancies

The bond of any officer appointed to fill a vacancy until the ensuing general election, or for the unexpired term, shall be in the same penalty and contain like conditions as the bond required by law of an officer for the regular or full term, and shall be given before and approved by the same person, court or body authorized to take and approve the bond of a person elected or appointed to such office for the full term.
WV Code § 6-2-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 2. Official and Other Bonds|§6-2-6. Bonds of Certain State Officers

The following officers shall give bonds to be approved by the Governor, in the penalties hereinafter named: Secretary of state, $25,000; Auditor, $50,000; treasurer, $500,000; state superintendent of free schools, $3,000; and commissioner of agriculture, $5,000.
WV Code § 6-2-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 2. Official and Other Bonds|§6-2-7. Approval of Form and Execution by Attorney General

Every bond requiring the approval of the Governor, the board of public works, the state commissioner of public institutions, or any other state officer, board or commission, shall be first submitted to the Attorney General, and if be of opinion that the bond is in proper form and regularly executed, shall indorse thereon approval of its sufficiency in form and manner of execution.
WV Code § 6-2-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 2. Official and Other Bonds|§6-2-8. Bond of Clerk of Supreme Court of Appeals

The clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals shall give bond, to be approved by said court, in a penalty of not less than $3,000 nor more than $10,000, as the court shall prescribe.
WV Code § 6-2-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 2. Official and Other Bonds|§6-2-9. Where Bonds of Clerk and State Officers Filed and Recorded

The bond of the clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals, and the bond of any state officer or employee that is required to be approved by the Governor, the board of public works, the state commissioner of public institutions, or any other state officer, board or commission, except the bond of the Secretary of State, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, and the bond of the Secretary of State shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Auditor and a certified copy thereof in the office of the Secretary of State.
WV Code § 6-2-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers|Article 2. Official and Other Bonds|§6-2-10. Bonds of County Officers; Required for Deputy Sheriffs

Every commissioner of a county commission and every clerk of a circuit court shall give bond with good security, to be approved by the circuit court, or the judge thereof in vacation; and every sheriff, deputy sheriff, surveyor of lands, clerk of a county commission, assessor, county superintendent of schools, notary public and magistrate shall give bond with good security, to be approved, unless otherwise provided by law, by the county commission of the county in which such officer is to act. The penalty of the bond of each commissioner of a county commission shall be not less than $20,000 and not more than $200,000, the amount to be fixed by the circuit court of the county, or the judge thereof in vacation, by order entered of record on the proper order books of both the county and circuit courts; of the clerk of the circuit court, not less than $10,000 nor more than $50,000; of the sheriff, not less than $100,000 nor more than the aggregate amount of all state, county, district, school, municipal and other moneys which will probably come into his hands during any one year of his term of office; of the deputy sheriff, not less than $35,000 nor more than $100,000; of the surveyor of lands, not less than $1,000 nor more than $3,000; of the clerk of the county commission, not less than $10,000 nor more than $50,000; of the assessor, not less than $2,000 nor more than $5,000; of the county superintendent of schools, not less than $10,000 nor more than $50,000; of a notary public, not less than $250 nor more than $1,000. Any public body required to pay the premiums on official bonds may provide a blanket bond policy for two or more such official bonds: Provided, That the bond herein required to be given by a notary public may be given before the clerk of the county commission, in the vacation of said commission, and approved by it at its next regular session.For the purposes of this section, "deputy sheriff" shall mean a person appointed by a sheriff as his deputy whose primary duty as such deputy is within the scope of active, general law enforcement and as such is authorized to carry deadly weapons, patrol the highways, perform police functions, make arrests or safeguard prisoners.The bond described in this section is not required for deputy sheriffs if a county purchases professional liability insurance pursuant to the provisions of section three, article fourteen-a, chapter seven of this code.