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WV Code § 5-11A-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11A. West Virginia Fair Housing Act|§5-11A-6. Discrimination in Residential Real Estate-Related Transactions

(a) It is unlawful for any person or other entity whose business includes engaging in residential real estate-related transactions to discriminate against any person in making available such a transaction or in the terms or conditions of such a transaction because of race, color, religion, sex, blindness, disability, familial status, ancestry or national origin.(b) As used in this section, the term "residential real estate-related transaction" means any of the following:(1) The making or purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance: (A) For purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or maintaining a dwelling; or (B) secured by residential real estate; or(2) The selling, brokering or appraising of residential real property.(c) Nothing in this article prohibits a person engaged in the business of furnishing appraisals of real property to take into consideration factors other than race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, blindness, disability or familial status.
WV Code § 5-11A-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11A. West Virginia Fair Housing Act|§5-11A-7. Discrimination in Provision of Brokerage Services

It is unlawful to deny any person access to or membership or participation in any multiple listing service, real estate broker's organization or other service, organization or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings, or to discriminate against him or her in the terms or conditions of such access, membership or participation on account of race, color, religion, sex, blindness, disability, familial status, ancestry or national origin.
WV Code § 5-11A-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11A. West Virginia Fair Housing Act|§5-11A-9. Administration; Authority and Responsibility; Delegation of Authority; Appointment of Administrative Law Judges; Location of Conciliation Meetings; Administrative Review; Cooperation of the Commission and Executive Departments and Agencies to Further Fair Housing Purposes; Functions of the Commission

The authority and responsibility for administering this article shall be in the West Virginia Human Rights Commission.The commission may delegate any of its functions, duties and powers to employees of the Human Rights Commission, including functions, duties and powers with respect to investigating, conciliating, hearing, determining, ordering, certifying, reporting or otherwise acting as to any work, business or matter under this article. The person to whom such delegations are made with respect to hearing functions, duties and powers shall be a licensed attorney. Insofar as possible, conciliation meetings shall be held in the county where the discriminatory housing practices allegedly occurred. The commission shall by rule prescribe such rights of appeal from the decisions of its administrative law judges to other administrative law judges or to other officers in the commission, to boards of officers or to itself, as shall be appropriate and in accordance with law.All executive departments and agencies shall administer their programs and activities relating to housing, including any agency having regulatory or supervisory authority over financial institutions, in a manner affirmatively to further the purposes of this article and shall cooperate with the commission to further such purposes.The commission may:(1) Make studies with respect to the nature and extent of discriminatory housing practices in representative communities, urban, suburban and rural, throughout the state;(2) Publish and disseminate reports, recommendations and information derived from such studies, including reports to the Legislature specifying the nature and extent of progress made statewide in eliminating discriminatory housing practices and furthering the purposes of this article, obstacles remaining to achieving equal housing opportunity and recommendations for further legislative or executive action;(3) Cooperate with and execute such cooperative agreements with federal agencies as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this article; and(4) Administer the programs and activities relating to fair housing in a manner affirmatively to further the policies of this article.
WV Code § 5-11A-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11A. West Virginia Fair Housing Act|§5-11A-10. Education and Conciliation; Conferences and Consultations; Reports

Immediately upon the effective date of this article, the commission shall commence such educational and conciliatory activities as in its judgment will further the purposes of this article. It may call conferences of persons in the housing industry and other interested parties to acquaint them with the provisions of this article and its suggested means of implementing it, and may endeavor with their advice to work out programs of voluntary compliance and of enforcement. It may pay per diem, travel and transportation expenses for persons attending such conferences as permitted by law. It may consult with local officials and other interested parties to learn the extent, if any, to which housing discrimination exists in their locality, and whether and how local enforcement programs might be utilized to combat such discrimination in connection with the commission's enforcement of this article. The commission shall issue reports on such conferences and consultations as it deems appropriate.
WV Code § 5-11A-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11A. West Virginia Fair Housing Act|§5-11A-12. Subpoenas; Giving of Evidence; Witness Fees; Enforcement of Subpoenas

The commission may, in accordance with this subsection, issue subpoenas and order discovery in aid of investigations and hearings under this article. Such subpoenas and discovery may be ordered to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as would apply if the subpoenas or discovery were ordered or served in aid of a civil action in the circuit courts of this state.Witnesses summoned by a subpoena under this article shall be entitled to the same witness and mileage fees as witnesses in proceedings in the circuit courts of this state. Fees payable to a witness summoned by a subpoena shall be paid by the commission, the complainant or the respondent in accordance with section one, article five, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.Enforcement of subpoenas may be had in the circuit courts of this state as set out in section one, article five, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.
WV Code § 5-11A-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11A. West Virginia Fair Housing Act|§5-11A-16. Interference, Coercion or Intimidation; Enforcement by Civil Action

It shall be unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of his having exercised or enjoyed, or on account of his having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected by section four, five, six or seven of this article.
WV Code § 5-11A-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11A. West Virginia Fair Housing Act|§5-11A-17. Cooperation With Local Agencies Administering Fairhousing Laws; Utilization of Services and Personnel; Reimbursement; Written Agreements; Publication Instate Register

The commission may cooperate with local agencies charged with the administration of local fair housing laws and, with the consent of such agencies, utilize the services of such agencies and their employees and, to the extent permitted by law, may reimburse such agencies and their employees for services rendered to assist it in carrying out this article. In furtherance of such cooperative efforts, the commission may enter into written agreements with such local agencies. All agreements and terminations thereof shall be published in the state register.
WV Code § 5-11A-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11A. West Virginia Fair Housing Act|§5-11A-18. Effect on Other Laws

Nothing in this article shall be construed to invalidate or limit any law of this state or of any political subdivision of this state, that grants, guarantees or protects the same rights as are granted by this article; but any law of this state or any political subdivision hereof that purports to require or permit any action that would be a discriminatory housing practice under this article shall to that extent be invalid.
WV Code § 5-11A-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11A. West Virginia Fair Housing Act|§5-11A-19. Severability of Provisions

If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the article and the application of the provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
WV Code § 5-11A-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11A. West Virginia Fair Housing Act|§5-11A-20. Rules to Implement Article

In consultation with other appropriate agencies, the commission shall, not later than the one hundred eightieth day after the date of the enactment of this article, issue rules to implement it. Such rules may include provision for the collection, maintenance and analysis of appropriate data to carry out this article. The commission shall comply with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code when promulgating rules.
WV Code § 5-11B-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11B. Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act|§5-11B-1. Short Title

This article may be cited as the Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act.
WV Code § 5-11B-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11B. Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act|§5-11B-2. Nondiscrimination With Regard to Reasonable Accommodations Related to Pregnancy

It shall be an unlawful employment practice for a covered entity to:(1) Not make reasonable accommodations to the known limitations related to the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of a job applicant or employee, following delivery by the applicant or employee of written documentation from the applicant's or employee's health care provider that specifies the applicant's or employee's limitations and suggesting what accommodations would address those limitations, unless such covered entity can demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the business of such covered entity;(2) Deny employment opportunities to a job applicant or employee, if such denial is based on the refusal of the covered entity to make reasonable accommodations to the known limitations related to the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of an employee or applicant;(3) Require a job applicant or employee affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions to accept an accommodation that such applicant or employee chooses not to accept; or(4) Require an employee to take leave under any leave law or policy of the covered entity if another reasonable accommodation can be provided to the known limitations related to the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of an employee.
WV Code § 5-11B-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11B. Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act|§5-11B-3. Remedies and Enforcement

(a) The powers, procedures, and remedies provided in article eleven of this chapter to the Commission, the Attorney General, or any person, alleging a violation of the West Virginia Human Rights Act shall be the powers, procedures, and remedies this article provides to the Commission, the Attorney General, or any person, respectively, alleging an unlawful employment practice in violation of this article against an employee or job applicant.(b) No person shall discriminate against any individual because such individual has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this article or because such individual made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this article. The remedies and procedures otherwise provided for under this section shall be available to aggrieved individuals with respect to violations of this subsection.
WV Code § 5-11B-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11B. Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act|§5-11B-4. Rule-Making

Not later than two years after the date of enactment of this article, the Commission shall propose legislative rules in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, to carry out this article. Such rules shall identify some reasonable accommodations addressing known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions that shall be provided to a job applicant or employee affected by such known limitations unless the covered entity can demonstrate that doing so would impose an undue hardship.
WV Code § 5-11B-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11B. Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act|§5-11B-5. Definitions

As used in this article:(1) "Attorney General" means the West Virginia Attorney General;(2) "Commission" means the West Virginia Human Rights Commission;(3) "Covered entity" has the meaning given the word employer in section three, article eleven of this chapter;(4) "Person" has the meaning given the word in section three, article eleven of this chapter; and(5) "Reasonable accommodation" and "undue hardship" have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111) and shall be construed as such terms have been construed under such Act and as set forth in the rules required by this article.
WV Code § 5-11B-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11B. Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act|§5-11B-6. Relationship to Other Laws

Nothing in this article shall be construed to invalidate or limit the remedies, rights, and procedures that provides greater or equal protection for workers affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.
WV Code § 5-11b-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 11B. Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act|§5-11b-7. Reports

The Commission shall annually on October 1 of each year report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance on the number of complaints filed under this article during the previous year and their resolution.
WV Code § 5-12-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 12. West Virginia Antiquities Commission|§5-12-1. To 5-12-5

Repealed.Acts, 1977 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 7.
WV Code § 5-13-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 13. Public Employees' and Teachers' Reciprocal Service Credit Act|§5-13-1. Short Title

The short title by which this article may be referred to is "Public Employees' and Teachers' Reciprocal Service Credit Act."
WV Code § 5-13-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 13. Public Employees' and Teachers' Reciprocal Service Credit Act|§5-13-3. Credited Service Upon Transfer Between Systems

(a) Transfer from public service system to teacher service system. -- Notwithstanding the provisions of law governing the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System, in the event a member leaves a position covered by the public system and becomes employed in a position covered by the teacher system, he shall not forfeit his credited service acquired as a member of the public system: Provided, That he returns to the public system the amount of accumulated contributions he might have withdrawn therefrom, together with interest prescribed by the said public system: Provided, however, That he has not retired under either the public system or the teacher system: Provided further, That after the effective date of this article such subsequent employment in a position covered by the teacher system must occur within a period of five years from and after the date on which such person left a position covered by the public system. Such return of accumulated contributions shall be made in accordance with such rules and regulations as the board of trustees of the public system shall from time to time adopt.(b) Transfer from teacher service system to public service system. -- Notwithstanding the provisions of law governing the state teachers' retirement system, in the event a member leaves a position covered by the teacher system and becomes employed in a position covered by the public system, he shall not forfeit his credited service acquired as a member of the teacher system: Provided, That he returns to the teacher system the amount of accumulated contributions he might have withdrawn therefrom, together with interest prescribed by the said teacher system: Provided, however, That he has not retired under either the public system or the teacher system: Provided further, That after the effective date of this article such subsequent employment in a position covered by the public system must occur within a period of five years from and after the date on which such person left a position covered by the teacher system. Such return of accumulated contributions shall be made in accordance with such rules and regulations as the retirement board of the teacher system shall from time to time adopt.
WV Code § 5-13-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 5. General Powers and Authority of the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General; Board of Public Works; Miscellaneous Agencies, Commissions, Offices, Programs, etc.|Article 13. Public Employees' and Teachers' Reciprocal Service Credit Act|§5-13-4. Reciprocal Service

In the event a member leaves a position covered by the public system and within five years thereafter becomes employed in a position covered by the teacher system, or a member leaves the position covered by the teacher system and within five years thereafter becomes employed in a position covered by the public system, in either case, the following provisions shall apply.(a) A member's reciprocal service credit in force shall be used to satisfy the service requirements for retirement under the state system from which he or she retires.(b) If a member, who has reciprocal service credit in force, retires under the public system, he or she shall receive an annuity payable by the public system and an annuity payable by the teacher system. His or her public system annuity shall be based upon: (1) The portion of his or her reciprocal service credit acquired as a member of the public system; and (2) his or her public final average salary. The member's teacher system annuity shall be based upon: (1) The portion of his or her reciprocal service credit acquired as a member of the teacher system; and (2) his or her teachers' final average salary as provided by the teachers retirement act. His or her teacher system annuity shall begin as of the date he or she retires under the public system, but in no case prior to the date the member would have been eligible to retire under the teacher system if all his or her reciprocal service credit had been acquired as a member of the teacher system.(c) If a member, who has reciprocal service credit in force, retires under the teacher system, he or she shall receive an annuity payable by the teacher system and an annuity payable by the public system. The member's teacher system annuity shall be based upon: (1) The portion of his or her reciprocal service credit acquired as a member of the teacher system; and (2) his or her teachers' final average salary as provided by the teachers retirement act. His or her public system annuity shall be based upon: (1) The portion of the reciprocal service credit acquired as a member of the public system; and (2) his or her public final average salary. His or her public system annuity shall begin as of the date he or she retired under the teacher system, but in no case prior to the date he or she would have been eligible to retire under the public system if all his or her reciprocal service credit had been acquired as a member of the public system.