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WV Code § 7-14-17b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14. Civil Service for Deputy Sheriffs|§7-14-17b. Sick Leave for Deputy Sheriffs

(a) The county commission of each county shall allow the sheriff's deputies sick leave with pay to be computed as follows: Full-time deputies are entitled to one and one-half days sick leave for each calendar month worked, or greater part thereof; part-time deputies are entitled to sick leave at the same rate and in the same proportion that hours actually worked bears to hours regularly scheduled for full-time deputies.(b) Sick leave may be granted only when illness on the part of or injury to the deputy incapacitates him or her for duty: Provided, That the sheriff of the county in which the deputy is employed has the authority to require the deputy to produce a statement from an attending physician for each day of sick leave beyond two days. This statement shall include dates of treatment and also state that the deputy was unable to work. In the absence of the physician's statement, if required, annual leave shall be charged for the entire period.(c) In the event of illness, a full-time deputy may take without limit emergency sick leave without pay after all accrued sick leave, annual leave and compensatory time available to the full-time deputy has been exhausted.
WV Code § 7-14-17c (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14. Civil Service for Deputy Sheriffs|§7-14-17c. Salary Increment

 Every deputy sheriff with one year or more of service shall receive an annual salary increase in the sum of $5 per month for each year of service. Any incremental salary increase in effect prior to the effective date of this section that is more favorable to the deputy sheriffs entitled to such increase shall remain in full force and effect to the exclusion of the provisions of this section.
WV Code § 7-14-17d (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14. Civil Service for Deputy Sheriffs|§7-14-17d. Right to Receive Complete Standard Uniform; and Right to Acquire Badge

A deputy sheriff, upon honorable retirement, shall be authorized to maintain at his or her own cost a complete standard uniform from the law-enforcement agency of which he or she was a member, and shall be issued an identification card indicating his or her honorable retirement from the law-enforcement agency. The uniform may be worn by the officer in retirement only on the following occasions: Police Officer's Memorial Day, Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, at the funeral of a law-enforcement officer or during any other police ceremony. The honorably retired officer is authorized to acquire a badge of the law-enforcement agency from which he or she is retired with the word "retired" placed on it.
WV Code § 7-14-17e (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14. Civil Service for Deputy Sheriffs|§7-14-17e. Deputy Sheriffs Who Are Required to Work During Holidays; How Compensated

From the effective date of this section, if any deputy sheriff is required to work during a legal holiday as specified in section one, article two, chapter two of this code, or if a legal holiday falls on the deputy sheriff's regular scheduled day off, the sheriff shall decide either that, the deputy sheriff shall be allowed equal time off at a time approved by the sheriff under whom the deputy sheriff serves, or in the alternative, shall be paid at a rate not less than one and one-half times the deputy sheriff's regular rate of pay.
WV Code § 7-14-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14. Civil Service for Deputy Sheriffs|§7-14-18. Offenses and Penalties

Any person who makes an appointment or promotion to any position, or selects a person for employment, contrary to the provisions of this article, or wilfully refuses or neglects otherwise to comply with, or to conform to, any of the provisions of this article, or violates any of such provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.Any commissioner or examiner, or any other person, who shall wilfully, by himself or in cooperation with one or more persons, defeat, deceive or obstruct any person with respect to his right of examination or registration according to this article, or to any rules and regulations prescribed pursuant thereto, or who shall wilfully or corruptly, falsely mark, grade, estimate or report upon such examination or proper standing of any person so examined, registered, or certified, pursuant to the provisions of this article, or aid in so doing, or who shall wilfully or corruptly furnish to any person any special or secret information, for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects or chances of appointment or promotion to any position of any person so examined, registered or certified, or to be so examined, registered, or certified; or who shall impersonate any other person, or permit or aid in any manner any other person to impersonate him in connection with any examination or registration, or application or request to be examined or registered, shall, for each offense, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.Any person convicted of any such misdemeanor offense shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year, or both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court.
WV Code § 7-14-19a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14. Civil Service for Deputy Sheriffs|§7-14-19a. Additional Police Work for Deputy Sheriffs in Noncivil Service Counties

The sheriff of any county with a population of less than twelve thousand five hundred which has not adopted civil service for deputy sheriffs pursuant to the provisions of section nineteen, article fourteen, chapter seven, may allow his deputy sheriffs to do additional police work in addition to their normal duties as a deputy sheriff. However, they may not be allowed to engage in such police work for any party engaged in or involved in any labor trouble or dispute between employer and employee. Before such sheriff shall be allowed to grant such additional police work to his deputy sheriffs, he must prepare a plan setting forth the terms and conditions under which his deputy sheriffs may engage in additional police work. Such terms and conditions must prohibit discrimination between deputies with regard to the allocation of additional police work. Such plans shall be submitted to the county commission of such county and shall be subject to the approval of said county commission. No sheriff may have a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in any outside employment. A deputy sheriff performing additional police work shall wear an identifying armband to indicate special duty.
WV Code § 7-14-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14. Civil Service for Deputy Sheriffs|§7-14-20. Inconsistent Acts Repealed; Once Established Civil Service Remains Mandatory

All acts and parts of acts of the Legislature, whether general, special or local, in relation to deputy sheriffs inconsistent with the provisions of this article are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
WV Code § 7-14-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14. Civil Service for Deputy Sheriffs|§7-14-21. Severability

If any provision of this article or its application to any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or invalid, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article, and to this end the provisions of this article are hereby declared to be severable.
WV Code § 7-14A-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14A. Deputy Sheriffs' Tort Liability|§7-14A-1. Short Title

This article may be cited and referred to as the "West Virginia Deputy Sheriffs' Tort Liability Act."
WV Code § 7-14A-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14A. Deputy Sheriffs' Tort Liability|§7-14A-2. Definitions

For the purpose of this article and as used in this article:(a) "Deputy sheriffs" or "deputies" shall have the same meaning as those terms are given in subdivision (2), subsection (a), section two, article fourteen of this chapter, and shall, when used in this article, be limited, except when specifically authorized or when the context in which used clearly requires a broader or different application and meaning, to those deputy sheriffs serving under civil service protection pursuant to the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter.(b) "County commissions" shall mean the county commission, or tribunal in lieu thereof, in counties wherein a civil service system for deputy sheriffs is required to be in effect or wherein such system is put into effect pursuant to article fourteen of this chapter.(c) "Professional liability insurance" means an insuring agreement wherein the insurer agrees, subject to policy agreements, exclusions, conditions and limits, to pay all sums which the insured deputy sheriff shall or may become legally obligated to pay as damages because of bodily injury (including death) or property damages sustained by others and caused by an occurrence and arising out of such deputy sheriff's occupancy, maintenance or use of official operations or conduct in the performance of official duties.
WV Code § 7-14A-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14A. Deputy Sheriffs' Tort Liability|§7-14A-3. County Commission to Purchase Professional Liability Insurance; Limits; Additional Insurance Authorized; Contribution From Deputies

Effective January 1, 1978, the county commission of each county wherein the provisions of this article are applicable, shall purchase a professional liability insurance policy covering all deputy sheriffs subject to this article, which policy shall provide for minimum coverage of $50,000 for each person injured or damaged in each occurrence and $100,000 total coverage for each occurrence. Every such policy shall be written on an occurrence basis only. Such policy shall be paid for out of the county General Revenue Fund. The county commission may purchase additional coverage and, as to such additional coverage, may pay all or any part of the premiums as it and its sole discretion deems appropriate or, as to such additional coverage may require contributions in whole or in part from the sheriff and from the deputy sheriffs required to be covered by such insurance. Such additional insurance may not be purchased and the premiums in whole or in part paid by such deputies except with the consent of the majority of the deputies to be covered thereby.
WV Code § 7-14A-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14A. Deputy Sheriffs' Tort Liability|§7-14A-4. Liability of Sheriff, County and County Commission Limited

Any other provision of this code or rule of law to the contrary notwithstanding, on and after January 1, 1978, no sheriff shall be held jointly or severally liable on his official bond or otherwise for any act or conduct of any deputies subject to the provisions of this article committed on or after such date, except in cases where such deputy is acting in the presence of and under the direct, immediate and personal supervision of such sheriff, nor shall the county commission of a county nor the county itself be held so liable, and the liability of such sheriff, county or county commission in such cases shall be no greater than would be the liability of the superintendent of the department of public safety, or such department or the State of West Virginia under the same or substantially similar circumstances.
WV Code § 7-14B-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14B. Civil Service for Correctional Officers|§7-14B-1. Appointments and Promotions of Correctional Officers

Notwithstanding the provisions of article three, chapter six, and article seven, chapter seven of this code, all appointments and promotions of full-time correctional officers, as defined in section two of this article, in the offices of sheriffs of counties of twenty-five thousand population or more, shall be made only according to qualifications and fitness to be ascertained by examinations, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive, as hereinafter provided. On and after the effective date of this article, no person except a correctional officer appointed as jailer pursuant to the provisions of section two, article eight of this chapter shall be appointed, promoted, reinstated, removed, discharged, suspended or reduced in rank or pay as a full-time correctional officer, as defined in said section two, of any county in the State of West Virginia subject to the provisions hereof, in any manner or by any means other than those prescribed in this article.
WV Code § 7-14B-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14B. Civil Service for Correctional Officers|§7-14B-2. Definitions; Population

(a) For the purpose of this article:(1) "Appointing officer" or "appointing sheriff" shall mean the sheriff of the county in which the appointment of a correctional officer shall be made pursuant to this article; and(2) "Correctional officer" shall mean persons appointed by a sheriff whose sole duties as such correctional officer are within the scope of active operation and management of the county jail.(b) For the purpose of this article, population shall be determined by reference to the last preceding census taken under the authority of the United States or of the Legislature of West Virginia.
WV Code § 7-14B-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14B. Civil Service for Correctional Officers|§7-14B-4. Clerk of Commission

The clerk of the county commission shall be ex officio clerk of the civil service commission and shall supply to the commission all necessary clerical and stenographic services for the work of the civil service commission.
WV Code § 7-14B-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14B. Civil Service for Correctional Officers|§7-14B-5. Office and Supplies for Commission; Appropriations Required

It shall be the duty of the county commission of every such county to cause suitable and convenient rooms and accommodations to be assigned and provided, furnished, heated and lighted for carrying on the work and examinations of the civil service commission. The civil service commission may order from the proper authorities the necessary stationery, postage stamps, official seal and other articles to be supplied, and the necessary printing to be done, for its official use. It shall be the duty of the county commission and other county officials of every such county to aid the civil service commission in all proper ways in carrying out the provisions of this article, and to allow the reasonable use of public buildings, and to heat and light the same, for holding examinations and investigations and in all proper ways to facilitate the same.The county commission of each such county is hereby required to appropriate sufficient funds for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article.
WV Code § 7-14B-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14B. Civil Service for Correctional Officers|§7-14B-7. Rules and Regulations of Commission; Notice and Distribution Thereof; Probationary Period for Appointees

The civil service commission in each such county shall promulgate rules and regulations providing for both competitive and medical examinations for the position of correctional officer in each such county subject to the provisions of this article, for appointments to the position of correctional officer and for promotions and for such other matters as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. Any such commission shall have the power and authority to require by rules and regulations a physical fitness examination as part of its competitive examination or as a part of its medical examination. Due notice of the contents of all rules and regulations and of any modifications thereof shall be given, by mail, in due season to the appointing officer, and said rules and regulations and any modifications thereof shall also be printed for public distribution. All original appointments on and after the effective date of this article to any position of correctional officer in any county subject to the provisions of this article shall be for a probationary period of one year: Provided, That at any time during the probationary period the probationer may be discharged for just cause in the manner provided in section seventeen of this article. If, at the close of this probationary period, the conduct or capacity of the probationer has not been satisfactory to the appointing sheriff, the probationer shall be notified, in writing, that he will not receive absolute appointment, whereupon his employment shall cease; otherwise, his retention in the position of correctional officer beyond the probationary term shall be equivalent to his absolute appointment.
WV Code § 7-14B-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14B. Civil Service for Correctional Officers|§7-14B-8. Form of Application; Age Requirements; Exceptions

The civil service commission in each such county shall require persons applying for admission to any competitive examination provided for under this article or under the rules and regulations of the commission to file in its office, within a reasonable time prior to the proposed competitive examination a formal application in which the applicant shall state under oath or affirmation:(1) His full name, residence and post-office address;(2) His United States citizenship, age and the place and date of his birth;(3) His health and his physical capacity for the position of correctional officer;(4) His business, employments and residences for at least three previous years; and(5) Such other information as may reasonably be required, relative to the applicant's qualifications and fitness for the position of correctional officer.Blank forms for such applications shall be furnished by the commission, without charge, to all persons requesting the same. The commission may require, in connection with the application, such certificates of citizens, physicians or others, having pertinent knowledge concerning the applicant, as the good of the service may require.No application for original appointment shall be received on and after the effective date of this article, if the person applying is less than eighteen years of age at the date of application: Provided, That in the event any applicant formerly served as a correctional officer for a period of more than one year in the county to which he makes application, and resigned as a correctional officer at a time when there were no charges of misconduct or other misfeasance pending against him, within a period of two years preceding the date of his application, and at the time of his application resides within the county in which he seeks appointment by reinstatement, then such applicant shall be eligible for appointment by reinstatement in the discretion of the civil service commission provided he is not sixty-five years of age or over, and such applicant, providing his former term of service as a correctional officer so justifies, may be reappointed by reinstatement without a competitive examination, but such applicant shall undergo a medical examination; and if such applicant shall be so appointed by reinstatement as aforesaid, he shall be the lowest in rank in the jail next above the probationers of the office.
WV Code § 7-14B-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 14B. Civil Service for Correctional Officers|§7-14B-10. Refusal to Examine or Certify; Review Thereof

The commission may refuse to examine an applicant, or after examination to certify as eligible one, who is found to lack any of the established preliminary requirements for the examination or position of correctional officer for which he applies; or who is physically so disabled as to be rendered unfit for the performance of the duties of the position of correctional officer desired; or who is addicted to the habitual use of intoxicating liquors or drugs; or who has been convicted of a felony; or who has been guilty of infamous or notoriously disgraceful conduct; or who has been dismissed from public service for delinquency or misconduct; or who has made a false statement of any material fact, or practiced or attempted to practice any deception or fraud in his application, in any such examination, or in securing his eligibility; or who refuses to comply with the rules and regulations of the commission.If any applicant feels aggrieved by the action of the commission in refusing to examine him, or after examination in refusing to certify him as eligible, the commission shall, at the request of such applicant, appoint a date, time and place for a public hearing, at which time the applicant may appear, by himself or by counsel or in person and with counsel, and the commission shall then review its refusal to make such examination or certification, and testimony shall be taken. The commission shall subpoena, at the expense of the applicant, any competent witnesses requested by him. After such review, the commission shall file in its records the testimony taken and shall make a decision, which decision shall be final and not subject to judicial review, but under no circumstances shall the provisions of this article be construed, in the case of a refusal to examine an applicant for promotion or to certify an applicant as eligible for promotion, as depriving such applicant of his right to seek a writ of mandamus, if the application for such writ is made within twenty days from the date of the decision (made after hearing as aforesaid) refusing to examine or to certify him as eligible for promotion.