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WV Code § 8-15-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 15. Fire Fighting; Fire Companies and Departments; Civil Service for Paid Fire Departments|§8-15-19. 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 for which he applies; or who is physically so disabled as to be rendered unfit for the performance of the duties of the position desired; or who is addicted to the habitual use of intoxicating liquors or drugs; or who has been guilty of any crime or 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 an examination in refusing to certify him as an eligible, the commission shall, at the request of such applicant, appoint a date, time and place for a public hearing; at which time such applicant may appear, by himself or counsel, or both, 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 again 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 refusing to examine or to certify him as eligible for promotion.
WV Code § 8-15-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 15. Fire Fighting; Fire Companies and Departments; Civil Service for Paid Fire Departments|§8-15-20. Appointments From List of Eligible Applicants; Special Examinations for Electricians or Mechanics

(a) Every position, unless filled by promotion, reinstatement, or reduction, shall be filled only in the manner specified in this section. The appointing officer shall notify the Firemen’s Civil Service Commission of any vacancy in a position which he or she desires to fill, and shall request the certification of eligible applicants. The commission shall immediately certify, from the eligible list, the names of the three individuals on the eligible list who received the highest averages at preceding competitive examinations held under the civil service provisions of this article within a period of three years next preceding the date of the prospective appointment. The appointing officer shall, with sole reference to the relative merit and fitness of the candidates, make an appointment from the three certified names: Provided, That if the appointing officer objects, to the commission, to one or more of these individuals, for any of the reasons stated in §8-15-19 of this code, and the objection is sustained by the commission, after a public hearing along the lines of the hearing provided for in §8-15-19 of this code, if a hearing is requested, the commission shall strike the name of the individual from the eligible list, and certify the next highest name for each individual stricken. As each subsequent vacancy occurs, in the same or another position, precisely the same procedure shall be followed: Provided, however, That after any name has been rejected three times for the same or another position in favor of a name or names below it on the same list, the name shall be stricken from the list. When there are a number of positions of the same kind to be filled at the same time, each appointment shall, nevertheless, be made separately and in accordance with the provisions of this section. When an appointment is made under the provisions of this section it shall be, in the first instance, for the probationary period of six months, as provided in §8-15-16 of this code: Provided further, That in the event any position as an electrician or mechanic is to be filled in any paid fire department, then the examinations to be given to applicants for either position shall be drawn to test only the qualifications of the applicants in regard to their ability as electricians or mechanics, the examinations to be special examinations.(b) If there are not enough eligible applicants to certify a list of three, then the appointing officer may appoint a qualified individual to fill the position.
WV Code § 8-15-20a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 15. Fire Fighting; Fire Companies and Departments; Civil Service for Paid Fire Departments|§8-15-20a. Special Examination for Firefighter Paramedic

(a) A municipality with a firefighter's civil service commission providing an advanced life support ambulance service licensed by the state health department may also administer a special examination for the position of firefighter paramedic. (b) An applicant for the position of firefighter paramedic shall: (1) Be a certified paramedic; (2) successfully pass the firefighter paramedic examination; and (3) meet the requirements of section seventeen of this article. (c) Any person employed as a firefighter paramedic under the provisions of this section shall: (1) Maintain paramedic certification; (2) complete all required fire service training; and (3) comply with all other provisions of this article applicable to the continued employment of firefighters.(d) Every position of firefighter paramedic, unless filled by promotion, reinstatement, reduction or a current firefighter, shall be filled only in the manner specified in section twenty of this article.
WV Code § 8-15-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 15. Fire Fighting; Fire Companies and Departments; Civil Service for Paid Fire Departments|§8-15-21. Noncompetitive Examination for Filling Vacancy; Provisional Appointment

Whenever there are urgent reasons for filling a vacancy in any position in a paid fire department and there is no list of individuals eligible for appointment after a competitive examination, the appointing officer may nominate an individual to the firemen's civil service commission for noncompetitive examination; and if such nominee shall be certified by the said commission as qualified, after such noncompetitive examination and a medical examination, he may be appointed provisionally, to fill such vacancy until a selection and appointment can be made after competitive examination, in the manner prescribed in section twenty of this article; but such provisional appointment shall not continue for a longer period than three months, nor shall successive provisional appointments be made to the same position, under the provisions of this section.
WV Code § 8-15-22 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 15. Fire Fighting; Fire Companies and Departments; Civil Service for Paid Fire Departments|§8-15-22. Vacancies Filled by Promotions; Eligibility for Promotion

Vacancies in positions in a paid fire department shall be filled, so far as practicable, by promotions from among individuals holding positions in the next lower grade in the department. Promotions shall be based upon experience and by competitive written examinations to be provided by the firemen's civil service commission: Provided, That no individual shall be eligible for promotion from the lower grade to the next higher grade until such individual shall have completed at least two years of continuous service in the next lower grade in the department immediately prior to said examination and has completed the registered apprenticeship and certification program under article fifteen-a, chapter eight of this code: Provided, however, That completion of the registered apprenticeship and certification program as a requirement for promotion shall apply only to those firefighters employed since June 12, 1987. The commission shall have the power to determine in each instance whether an increase in salary constitutes a promotion.
WV Code § 8-15-23 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 15. Fire Fighting; Fire Companies and Departments; Civil Service for Paid Fire Departments|§8-15-23. No Inquiry Shall Be Made Concerning Political or Religious Opinions or Affiliations of Applicants, etc.

No question in any form of application or in or during any examination shall be so framed as to elicit information concerning the political or religious opinions or affiliations of any applicant; nor shall inquiry be made concerning such opinions or affiliations; and all disclosures thereof shall be discountenanced. No discrimination shall be exercised, threatened or promised by any individual in a paid fire department against, or in favor of, an applicant, eligible, or member of a paid fire department because of his political or religious opinions or affiliations.
WV Code § 8-15-24 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 15. Fire Fighting; Fire Companies and Departments; Civil Service for Paid Fire Departments|§8-15-24. Political Activities of Members Prohibited; Exceptions

(a) No member of any paid fire department may:(1) Solicit any assessment, subscription or contribution for any political party, committee or candidate from any person who is a member or employee of the same fire department by which they are employed;(2) Use any official authority or influence, including, but not limited to, the wearing by a member of a paid fire department of his or her uniform, for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the nomination, election or defeat of any candidate or the passage or defeat of any ballot issue: Provided, That this subdivision shall not be construed to prohibit any member of a paid fire department from casting his or her vote at any election while wearing his or her uniform;(3) Coerce or command anyone to pay, lend or contribute anything of value to a party, committee, organization, agency or person for the nomination, election or defeat of a ballot issue; or(4) Be a candidate for or hold any other public office in the municipality in which he or she is employed: Provided, That any paid member of a fire department that is subject to the provisions of 15 U.S.C. §1501 et seq., may not be a candidate for elective office.(b) Other types of partisan or nonpartisan political activities not inconsistent with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section are permissible political activities for members of paid fire departments.(c) No person shall be appointed or promoted to or demoted or dismissed from any position in a paid fire department or in any way favored or discriminated against because of his or her engagement in any political activities authorized by the provisions of this section. Any elected or appointed official who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by the penalties contained in section twenty-six, article fifteen, chapter eight of this code.
WV Code § 8-15-26 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 15. Fire Fighting; Fire Companies and Departments; Civil Service for Paid Fire Departments|§8-15-26. Offenses and Penalties

Any individual who makes an appointment or promotion to any position, or selects an individual for employment contrary to the civil service provisions of this article, or willfully refuses or neglects otherwise to comply with, or to conform to, any of the civil service provisions of this article, or violates any of those provisions, is guilty of a misdemeanor.Any commissioner or examiner, or any other individual, who willfully, by himself or herself or in cooperation with one or more persons, defeats, deceives or obstructs any individual with respect to his or her right of examination or registration according to the civil service provisions of this article, or to any rules and regulations prescribed pursuant thereto, or who willfully or corruptly, falsely marks, grades, estimates or reports upon any such examination or proper standing of any individual so examined, registered or certified, pursuant to the civil service provisions of this article, or aids in so doing, or who willfully or corruptly furnishes to any individual 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 individual so examined, registered or certified, or to be so examined, registered or certified, or who impersonates any other individual, or permit or aid in any manner any other individual to impersonate him or her, in connection with any such examination or registration, or application or request to be examined or registered, is, for each offense, guilty of a misdemeanor.Any person convicted of any of these misdemeanor offenses shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500, nor more than $10,000 or by confinement in jail for a term not exceeding one year, or by both fine and confinement, in the discretion of the court.
WV Code § 8-15-27 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 15. Fire Fighting; Fire Companies and Departments; Civil Service for Paid Fire Departments|§8-15-27. Repeal of Conflicting Acts and Provisions; Civil Service Provisions of Article Exclusive; Status or Tenure Not Affected

All acts, whether general, special, local or special legislative charters, or parts thereof, in relation to any civil service measure affecting any paid fire department inconsistent with the civil service provisions of this article shall be, and the same are, hereby repealed insofar as such inconsistencies shall exist. It is intended by the civil service provisions of this article to furnish a complete and exclusive system for the appointment, promotion, reinstatement, removal, discharge, suspension and reduction of all members of all paid fire departments in all municipalities. The status or tenure of all members of any paid fire department, which members were employed on the effective date of this article, shall not be affected by the enactment of this article, but all such members shall be subject to all of the civil service provisions of this article with like effect as if they had been appointed members hereunder.
WV Code § 8-15A-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 15A. Standards for Professional Firefighters Training; Registered Apprenticeship and Certification|§8-15A-1. Definitions

For the purposes of this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context:(a) "Bureau of apprenticeship and training" means the bureau of apprenticeship and training of the United States department of labor;(b) "Certificate of certification" means a certificate issued by the bureau of apprenticeship and training stating that a person has complied with the standards set forth in this article;(c) "Local training board" means the board of the local paid fire department required to be established by the standards set forth in section two of this article;(d) "Municipality" means any incorporated town or city whose boundaries lie within the geographic boundaries of the state;(e) "Paid fire department" means those paid fire departments established under the provisions of section nine, article fifteen, chapter eight of this code;(f) "Professional firefighter" means those persons who are employed by a municipality in the state that has a paid fire department;(g) "State" means the State of West Virginia;(h) "State board" means the professional firefighters certification board of apprenticeship and training as established in section three of this article;(i) "West Virginia professional fire chiefs association" means the association representing paid fire chiefs in the State of West Virginia; and(j) "Professional firefighters of West Virginia" means the association representing paid firefighters in the State of West Virginia.
WV Code § 8-15A-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 15A. Standards for Professional Firefighters Training; Registered Apprenticeship and Certification|§8-15A-2. Original Appointments

All original appointments in a paid fire department subject to the civil service provisions of section sixteen, article fifteen, chapter eight of this code, made after June 12, 1987, shall enroll and complete the requirements as registered with the bureau of apprenticeship and training of the United States department of labor, for the craft of fire fighting.
WV Code § 8-15A-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 15A. Standards for Professional Firefighters Training; Registered Apprenticeship and Certification|§8-15A-3. Professional Firefighters Certification Board of Apprenticeship and Training

(a) A professional firefighters certification board of apprenticeship and training is hereby created and assigned responsibility for review of programs and standards, for training of apprenticeship and certification of professional firefighters in the state. The state board shall be comprised of five members including two representatives appointed by each of the following: The professional firefighters of West Virginia; the West Virginia professional fire chiefs association, and one representative from the bureau of apprenticeship and training of the United States department of labor.(b) The state board shall elect a chairperson. Meetings may be held upon the call of the chairperson. A majority of the members of the state board constitutes a quorum.
WV Code § 8-15A-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 15A. Standards for Professional Firefighters Training; Registered Apprenticeship and Certification|§8-15A-4. Duties of the Professional Firefighters Certification Board of Apprenticeship and Training

The professional firefighters certification board of apprenticeship and training shall, by or pursuant to rule or regulation:(a) Establish standards governing the quality of training of paid fire departments in the state pursuant to section two of this article.(b) Establish the level of skill required for certification.(c) Adopt procedures for the local training board to follow in securing certification of a paid firefighter by the bureau of apprenticeship and training of the United States department of labor.(d) Certify the paid firefighter as provided in section five of this article and request a certificate of certification from the bureau of apprenticeship and training of the United States department of labor to the person that has qualified.
WV Code § 8-15A-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 15A. Standards for Professional Firefighters Training; Registered Apprenticeship and Certification|§8-15A-5. Certification Requirements

Standards for certification must meet or exceed those of the National Fire Protection Association Standards No. 1001 as amended and updated from year to year.
WV Code § 8-15A-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 15A. Standards for Professional Firefighters Training; Registered Apprenticeship and Certification|§8-15A-6. Review of Certification

The state board shall annually review the training curriculum of local training boards offered pursuant to the provisions of this article, and shall make recommendations to improve the quality and sufficiency of training to secure certification of paid firefighters.
WV Code § 8-15A-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 15A. Standards for Professional Firefighters Training; Registered Apprenticeship and Certification|§8-15A-7. Compliance

The state board shall ensure employer and employee compliance with this article. The chief of the paid fire department and the local training board shall see and assure compliance with all established criteria.The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to accomplish its objectives and purposes.
WV Code § 8-16-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 16. Municipal Public Works; Revenue Bond Financing|§8-16-2. Municipalities Authorized to Construct, etc., Public Works and to Acquire Property; Payment of Costs

Every municipality is and any two or more municipalities acting jointly, whether situate in the same county or different counties, are, hereby empowered and authorized to construct, reconstruct, establish, acquire, improve, renovate, extend, enlarge, increase, own, equip, repair (including replacements), maintain and operate any municipal public works, together with all appurtenances necessary, appropriate, useful, convenient or incidental for or to the maintenance and operation of such works, and shall have plenary power and authority to acquire by gift, grant, purchase, condemnation or otherwise, and thereafter hold, all necessary lands, rights, easements, right-of-ways, franchises and other property therefor within or without, or partly within and partly without, the corporate limits of any such municipality or municipalities, and to issue revenue bonds to pay the costs of such public works and properties: Provided, That this section shall not be construed to authorize any municipality to construct, reconstruct, establish, acquire, improve, renovate, extend, enlarge, increase, own, equip, repair (including replacements), maintain or operate any works which would render a service already being adequately rendered within such municipality. No obligation shall be incurred by any municipality in such construction, reconstruction, establishment, acquisition, improvement, renovation, extension, enlargement or increase, except such as is payable solely from the funds provided under the authority of this article.
WV Code § 8-16-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 16. Municipal Public Works; Revenue Bond Financing|§8-16-3. Special Provisions as to Certain Municipal Public Works

When the municipal public works is a motor vehicle parking facility, any municipality involved therein shall have the plenary power and authority, in order to help finance the same, to use any revenue derived from other parking meters or other parking facilities, unless such revenue is otherwise pledged to pay for such other parking meters or other parking facilities.When the municipal public works is a jail facility used for municipal prisoners, any municipality involved therein shall have the power and authority, in order to help finance the same, to pledge, for a period not to exceed twenty years, the proceeds derived from the imposition of fines and fees.When the cost of the municipal public works is to be paid by special assessment against the abutting property, represented by assessment certificates which constitute a lien upon such property and said assessment certificates are pledged by any municipality to retire revenue bonds issued and sold to pay the cost thereof, the payor of such assessment certificate shall have the right to pay the same at any time before maturity, together with interest thereon to date of payment, and upon the payment of such assessment certificate the treasurer of such municipality shall deliver to the payor a release for such lien, and the funds received therefrom shall by said treasurer be deposited in a special fund to be expended only in the payment of such revenue bonds.