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WV Code § 29-6-10a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 6. Civil Service System|§29-6-10a. Reduction in Work Force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or any rule promulgated thereunder to the contrary, an employee in the classified service who has performed work for a reasonable period of time in a position with a classification that is higher than the position in which he is employed and classified may, in the event that his regular position would be terminated as a result of a reduction in force in his division, have the right to request that his classification be reviewed and that, in his or her supervisor's discretion, he be promoted to the higher classified position by passing a qualifying examination for such higher position and providing sufficient evidence of his work periods and satisfactory performance of the duties and responsibilities of the higher classified position.The commission shall provide by legislative rule for the maintenance of records by all covered agencies of the work periods and rating of job performance of employees performing work in a position or positions with a classification that is higher than the position in which he is employed and classified and the duration of work periods required to request review and promotion.(b) The provisions of this subsection shall be of no force and effect on and after July 1, 1995. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, a managerial or supervisory employee in the classified service of this state with a classified service pay grade of sixteen or higher who is adversely affected by a reduction in force shall not be entitled to be reassigned, transferred or otherwise retained for any position in state government except as provided in this section, and no regulation or policy shall provide for such a right: Provided, That there shall be no redesignation of the levels of pay grades in the classified service in effect on May 1, 1994. Any such employee shall have the right, upon notice of and prior to the effective date of the reduction in force, to accept a position in a lower job class at no less than the entry salary of that position if the employee: (1) Has formerly performed the duties of that position or the substantial equivalent thereof and is otherwise qualified within the classified service for that position; and (2) is a more senior employee than the least senior employee then employed in such position. No provision of this section shall be construed to deny the right of the appointing authority, in his or her discretion, to reassign, transfer or otherwise retain such employee to or for another position for which the employee is qualified within the classified service. Where the employee is not reassigned, transferred or otherwise retained pursuant to the provisions of this section, no provision of this section shall be construed to deny the employee the opportunity to reapply for entrance in the classified service of the state through participation in competitive examinations.
WV Code § 29-6-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 6. Civil Service System|§29-6-11. Duty to Furnish Facilities for Division's Use

All officers and employees of the state and of municipalities and political subdivisions of the state shall allow the division the reasonable use of public buildings under their control, and furnish heat, light and furniture, for any examination, hearing or investigation authorized by this article. The division shall pay to a municipality or political subdivision the reasonable cost of any such facilities furnished by it.
WV Code § 29-6-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 6. Civil Service System|§29-6-12. Duties of State Officers and Employees; Legal Proceedings to Secure Compliance With Article and Rules

All officers and employees of the state shall comply with and aid in all proper ways in carrying out the provisions of this article and the rules and orders thereunder. All officers and employees shall furnish any records or information which the director may request for any purpose of this article. The director may institute and maintain any action or proceeding at law or in equity that he considers necessary or appropriate to secure compliance with this article and the rules and orders thereunder.
WV Code § 29-6-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 6. Civil Service System|§29-6-14. Certification of Payrolls; Wrongfully Withholding Certification of Payroll

(a) No state disbursing or auditing officer shall make or approve or take any part in making or approving any payment for personal service to any person holding a position in the classified service unless the payroll voucher or account of such pay bears the certification of the director, or of his authorized agent, that the persons named therein have been appointed and employed in accordance with the provisions of this article and the rules, regulations and orders thereunder. The director may for proper cause withhold certification from an entire payroll or from any specific item or items thereon. The director may, however, provide that certification of payrolls may be made once every six months, and such certification shall remain in effect except in the case of any officer or employee whose status has changed after the last certification of his payroll. In the latter case no voucher for payment of salary to such employee shall be issued or payment of salary made without further certification by the director.(b) If the director wrongfully withholds certification of the payroll voucher or account of any employee, such employee may maintain a proceeding in the courts to compel the director to certify such payroll voucher or account.
WV Code § 29-6-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 6. Civil Service System|§29-6-16. Records of Division

The records of the division, except such records as the rules may properly require to be held confidential for reasons of public policy, shall be public records and shall be open to public inspection, subject to reasonable regulations as to the time and manner of inspection which may be prescribed by the director.
WV Code § 29-6-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 6. Civil Service System|§29-6-17. Services to Political Subdivisions; Cooperation With Agencies for Other Jurisdictions

(a) Subject to the approval of the board the director may enter into agreements with any municipality or other political subdivision of the state to furnish services and facilities of the division to such municipality or political subdivision in the administration of its personnel on merit principles. Any such agreements shall provide for the reimbursement to the state of the reasonable cost of the services and facilities furnished, as determined by the director. All municipalities and political subdivisions of the state are hereby authorized to enter into such agreements. Subject to the approval of the board, the director may enter into an agreement with the state department of health for the inclusion of personnel of local health departments under the classified service system established by this article.(b) The director may cooperate with governmental agencies for other jurisdictions charged with personnel administration in conducting joint tests and establishing joint lists from which eligibles shall be certified for appointment in accordance with the provisions of this article.
WV Code § 29-6-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 6. Civil Service System|§29-6-19. Refusal to Testify

If any employee in the classified or classified-exempt service shall willfully refuse or fail to appear before any court or judge, any legislative committee, or any officer, board or body authorized to conduct any hearing or inquiry, or having appeared shall refuse to testify or answer any question relating to the affairs or government of the state or the conduct of any state officer or employee on the ground that his testimony or answers would tend to incriminate him or shall refuse to accept a grant of immunity from prosecution on account of any matter about which he may be asked to testify at any such hearing or inquiry, he shall forfeit his office or position and shall not be eligible thereafter for appointment to any position in the classified or classified-exempt service.
WV Code § 29-6-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 6. Civil Service System|§29-6-21. Acts Prohibited

(a) No person shall make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating or report with regard to any test, certification or appointment made under any provisions of this article or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of this article and the rules.(b) No person shall, directly or indirectly, give, render, pay, offer, solicit or accept any money, or other valuable consideration for or on account of any certification, appointment, proposed appointment, promotion or proposed promotion to, or any advantage in, a position in the classified service.(c) No employee of the division, examiner, or other person shall defeat, deceive or obstruct any person in his right to examination, eligibility, certification or appointment under this article, or furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of affecting the rights or prospects of any person with respect to employment in the classified service.
WV Code § 29-6-22 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 6. Civil Service System|§29-6-22. Penalties

(a) Any person who willfully violates any provision of this article or of the rules shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500, or imprisoned in the county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or both fined and imprisoned. Jurisdiction under this section shall be in a court of record exercising criminal jurisdiction within the county wherein the offense is committed.(b) Any person who is convicted of a misdemeanor under this article shall, for a period of five years, be ineligible for appointment to or employment in a position in the classified or classified-exempt service, and if he is an officer or employee of the state, shall forfeit his present office or position.
WV Code § 29-6-23 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 6. Civil Service System|§29-6-23. Special Fund; Appropriations; Cost of Administering Article; Acceptance of Grants or Contribution; Disbursements

For the operation of the division, there is hereby created in the state Treasury a special revolving fund to be known and designated as the "Division of Personnel fund." This fund shall consist of appropriations made by the Legislature, funds transferred in accordance with the provisions of section nine of this article, funds received for personnel services rendered to other agencies, departments, divisions and units of state and local government, and funds received by grant or contribution from the federal government or any other entity which funds the division is hereby authorized to receive: Provided, That for fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety all funds remaining in account numbers 5840-00, 5840-35 and 5840-17 shall be transferred to the Division of Personnel fund on the effective date of this article. Each agency, department, division or unit of state or local government served by the Division of Personnel is hereby authorized and directed to transmit to the division for deposit in said special fund the charges made by the Division of Personnel for personnel services rendered, such charges to be those fixed in a schedule or schedules prepared by the director and approved by the secretary of the Department of Administration. Disbursements from the fund shall be made in accordance with an approved expenditure schedule as provided by article two, chapter five-a of this code and shall be made under the direct supervision of the director.The director shall maintain accurate records reflecting the cost of administering the provisions of this article.
WV Code § 29-6-24 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 6. Civil Service System|§29-6-24. Posting of Job Openings

(a) Whenever a job opening occurs within the classified service, the appointing authority shall, in addition to any other requirement of law or regulation for the posting of job opening notices, at least ten days before making an appointment to fill the job opening, post a notice within the building or facility where the duties of the job will be performed and throughout the agency, which notice states that a job opening has occurred and describes the duties to be performed by a person employed in that position. (b) If an individual selected for a posted vacancy within the first ten work days of employment: (1) Refuses the offer of employment; (2) fails to report to work; or (3) resigns or otherwise separates from employment, the appointing authority is not required to repost the vacancy prior to another appointment to the position if the appointment is made within thirty days and the selection is made from the pool of eligible applicants from which the first employee was hired.
WV Code § 29-6-25 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 6. Civil Service System|§29-6-25. Implementation; Report to Governor and Legislature

(a) General implementation is to be completed no later than twelve months following the effective date of this article.(b) There is hereby created an implementation task force to assist in the general implementation of this article and the establishment of the division. The task force shall consist of twelve members and the director of personnel. Task force members shall be appointed by the Governor.(c) The director shall provide a report to the secretary of the Department of Administration, who shall then, within one year from the effective date of this article, report to the Governor and Legislature on the progress of the implementation of this article.
WV Code § 29-6-26 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 6. Civil Service System|§29-6-26. Employee Representative Organization Bulletin Boards

A bulletin board of a limited size shall be provided for posting notices of employee representative organizations. Such bulletin boards will be placed in convenient and generally accessible locations in all workplaces where the members of such organizations are employed. Provisions shall be made for separate bulletin boards for each employee representative organization. The cost of such bulletin boards will be assumed by the requesting employee or the employee's representative organization. Such boards shall be used exclusively by the employee representative organization and for organization purposes only.
WV Code § 29-6-27 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 6. Civil Service System|§29-6-27. Leave Donation Program

The Division of Personnel after consultation with other state agencies shall establish a program under which annual leave accrued or accumulated by an employee of an agency may, if voluntarily agreed to by the employee, be transferred to the annual leave account of another designated employee if the other employee requires additional leave because of a medical emergency. The annual leave program shall be established by legislative rule pursuant to the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. The Division of Personnel shall file such legislative rule no later than July 15, 1995. The division shall prepare an annual status report to be presented to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance no later than January 5, each year. A "medical emergency" means a medical condition of an employee or a family member of the employee that is likely to require the prolonged absence of the employee from duty and which will result in a substantial loss of income to the employee because of the unavailability of paid leave. As used in this section, "employee" includes employees in the classified and classified-exempt service and employees exempt from coverage who are under this article entitled to annual leave as a benefit of employment: Provided, That none of the leave so transferred may be used to qualify for or add to service for any retirement system administered by the State of West Virginia.
WV Code § 29–6-28 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 6. Civil Service System|§29–6-28. Leave Time for Organ Donation

(a) A full-time state employee shall receive up to one hundred twenty hours of leave with pay during each calendar year to use during those hours when the employee is absent from work because of the employee's donation of any portion of an adult liver or because of the employee's donation of an adult kidney.(b) A full-time state employee shall receive up to fifty-six hours of leave with pay during each calendar year to use during those hours when the employee is absent from work because of the employee's donation of adult bone marrow.(c) An appointing authority shall compensate a full-time state employee who uses leave granted under this section at the employee's regular rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the employee is absent from work.(d) The Director of Personnel shall provide information about this section to full-time employees.(e) The Legislature hereby encourages political subdivisions and private employers in this state to grant their full-time employees paid leave similar to the paid leave granted to full-time state employees under this section.
WV Code § 29-7-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 7. Poet Laureate|§29-7-1. Appointment; Qualifications; Salary

There shall be a poet laureate of West Virginia, who shall be appointed by, and serve during the will and pleasure of the Governor. No person shall be eligible to such appointment who is not a resident of this state, and who has not written and published poems of recognized merit. The poet laureate shall receive an annual salary of $2,000, payable in equal quarterly installments.
WV Code § 29-8-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 8. Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park Commission|§29-8-1. Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park Commission Termination

The Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park Commission shall cease to exist on July 1, 2008. The termination of the commission is exempt from the wind down provisions of section twelve, article ten, chapter four of this code. All members of the commission duly appointed and serving shall cease to hold the office or perform the duties that the office may provide. All property, real or tangible, all powers, expressed or implied, and all authority granted to the commission transfers to the Division of Natural Resources effective upon passage of this section.
WV Code § 29-12-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 12. State Insurance|§29-12-1. Intent and Objects

Recognition is given to the fact that the State of West Virginia owns extensive properties of varied types and descriptions representing the investment of vast sums of money; that the state and its officials, agents and employees engage in many governmental activities and services and incur and undertake numerous governmental responsibilities and obligations; that such properties are subject to losses, damage, destruction, risks and hazards and such activities and responsibilities are subject to liabilities which can and should be covered by a sound and adequate insurance program; and that good business and insurance practices and principles necessitate the centralization of responsibility for the purchase, control and supervision of insurance coverage on all state properties, activities and responsibilities and the cooperation and coordination of all state officials, departments and employees in the development and success of such centralized state insurance program. Wherefore, in order to accomplish these desired ends and objectives, the provisions of this article are hereby enacted into law in response to manifest needs and requirements therefor and in the interest of the establishment and development of an adequate, economical and sound state insurance and bonding service on all state property, activities and responsibilities.
WV Code § 29-12-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 12. State Insurance|§29-12-2. Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise clearly requires:(a) "Board" means the state Board of Risk and Insurance Management.(b) "Company" means and includes corporations, associations, partnerships and individuals.(c) "Insurance" means all forms of insurance and bonding services available for protection and indemnification of the state and its officials, employees, properties, activities and responsibilities against loss or damage or liability, including fire, marine, casualty, and surety insurance.(d) "Insurance company" means all insurers or insurance carriers, including, but not limited to, stock insurance companies, mutual insurance companies, reciprocal and interinsurance exchanges, and all other types of insurers and insurance carriers, including life, accident, health, fidelity, indemnity, casualty, hospitalization and other types and kinds of insurance companies, organizations and associations, but excepting and excluding workers' compensation coverage.(e) "State property activities" and "state responsibilities" means and includes all operations, boards, commissions, works, projects and functions of the state, its properties, officials, agents and employees which, within the scope and in the course of governmental employment, may be subject to liability, loss, damage, risks and hazards recognized to be and normally included within insurance and bond coverages.(f) "State property" means all property belonging to the State of West Virginia and any boards or commissions thereof wherever situated and which is the subject of risk or reasonably considered to be subject to loss or damage or liability by any single occurrence of any event insured against.