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WV Code § 15-3E-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 3E. Creation of a Statewide Green Alert Plan|§15-3E-2. Findings and Declarations Relative to Green Alert Plan

(a) The Legislature finds that:(1) According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 20 veterans commit suicide each day across the country;(2) While veterans make up less than nine percent of the total U.S. population, tragically, they account for 19 percent of all suicides in America;(3) By establishing the Green Alert Plan, law enforcement will be provided with additional tools that will help them in responding to an at-risk veterans disappearance and place an emphasis on the risk of suicide for veterans with a service-related condition;(4) The Green Alert Plan would also allow for a more rapid dissemination of information on the missing at-risk veteran to the public, who, having been alerted to the situation, now become an extensive network of eyes and ears serving to assist law enforcement in quickly locating and safely recovering a missing at-risk veteran, and potentially saving them serious injury or suicide; and(5) Given the success of both the Amber and Silver Alert systems, expanding the program to include at-risk veterans is imperative to help those who have served.(b) The Legislature declares that creating a Green Alert is a way to prevent more tragedies and help ensure our veterans get back home safely.
WV Code § 15-3E-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 3E. Creation of a Statewide Green Alert Plan|§15-3E-3. Establishment of Green Alert Plan

(a) The Superintendent of the West Virginia State Police shall establish the Green Alert Plan authorizing the broadcast media, upon notice from the West Virginia State Police, to broadcast an alert to inform the public of a missing at-risk veteran, subject to the criteria established in 15-3E-4 of this code. The program shall be a voluntary, cooperative effort between state law enforcement and the broadcast media.(b) As used in this article, "at-risk veteran" means a person who is currently serving in the armed forces on active duty, reserve status, or in the National Guard, or a person who served in the active military, or who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable who is known, based on the information provided by the person making the report, to have a physical or mental health condition that is related to his or her service.(c) The superintendent shall notify the broadcast media serving the State of West Virginia of the establishment the Green Alert Plan and invite their voluntary participation.(d) The superintendent shall submit a plan to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance no later than December 1, 2020. The plan shall include Green Alert activation protocols, evaluation of first responder training requirements and needs as related to at-risk veterans, coordination and use of established programs, and analysis of any costs. The superintendent shall also make recommendations for any additional legislation or actions necessary to further facilitate the implementation of the Green Alert Plan.
WV Code § 15-3E-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 3E. Creation of a Statewide Green Alert Plan|§15-3E-4. Activation of Green Alert

The following criteria shall be met before the West Virginia State Police activate the Green Alert:(1) An individual who has knowledge that the at-risk veteran is missing has submitted a missing persons report to the West Virginia State Police or other appropriate law-enforcement agency;(2) The at-risk veteran is believed to be missing, regardless of circumstance;(3) Based upon information provided by the individual who has submitted the missing persons report, law enforcement has reason to believe that the at-risk veteran has a physical or mental health condition that is related to his or her service; (4) The missing at-risk veteran may be in danger of death or serious bodily injury;(5) The missing at-risk veteran is domiciled or believed to be located in the state of West Virginia;(6) The missing at-risk veteran is, or is believed to be, at a location that cannot be determined by an individual familiar with the missing at-risk veteran, and the missing at-risk veteran is incapable of returning to his or her residence without assistance; and(7) There is sufficient information available to indicate that a Green Alert would assist in locating the missing at-risk veteran.
WV Code § 15-3E-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 3E. Creation of a Statewide Green Alert Plan|§15-3E-5. Notice to Participating Media; Broadcast of Alert

(a) To participate, the media may agree, upon notice from the West Virginia State Police via email or facsimile, to transmit information to the public about a missing at-risk veteran that has occurred within their broadcast service region.(b) The alerts shall include a description of the missing at-risk veteran, such details of the circumstance surrounding him or her becoming missing, as may be known, and such other information as the West Virginia State Police may deem pertinent and appropriate. The West Virginia State Police shall, in a timely manner, update the broadcast media with new information when appropriate concerning the missing at-risk veteran.(c) The alerts also shall provide information concerning how those members of the public who have information relating to the missing at-risk veteran may contact the West Virginia State Police or other appropriate law-enforcement agency.(d) Concurrent with the notice provided to the broadcast media, the West Virginia State Police shall also notify the Department of Transportation, the Division of Highways, and the West Virginia Turnpike Commission of the Green Alert so that the department and the affected authorities may, if possible, through the use of their variable message signs, inform the motoring public that a Green Alert is in progress and may provide information relating to the missing at-risk veteran and how motorists may report any information they have to the West Virginia State Police or other appropriate law-enforcement agency.(e) The alerts shall terminate upon notice from the West Virginia State Police.(f) The superintendent shall develop and undertake a campaign to inform law-enforcement agencies about the Green Alert Plan established under this article.
WV Code § 15-3E-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 3E. Creation of a Statewide Green Alert Plan|§15-3E-6. Aid to Missing At-Risk Veteran; Immunity From Civil or Criminal Liability

No person or entity who, in good faith, follows and abides by the provisions of this article is liable for any civil or criminal penalty as the result of any act or omission in the furtherance thereof unless it is alleged and proven that the information disclosed was false and disclosed with the knowledge that the information was false.
WV Code § 15-3E-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 3E. Creation of a Statewide Green Alert Plan|§15-3E-7. Guidelines; Procedural Rules

The superintendent may adopt guidelines and procedural rules to effectuate the purposes of this article.
WV Code § 15-4-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 4. West Virginia State Guard|§15-4-1. Governor Authorized to Organize and Maintain West Virginia State Guard

Whenever any part of the National Guard of this state is in active federal service, the Governor is hereby authorized to organize and maintain within this state during such period, under such regulations as the secretary of defense of the United States may prescribe for discipline in training, such military forces as the Governor may deem necessary to defend this state. Such forces shall be composed of officers commissioned or assigned, and such able-bodied male citizens of the state as shall volunteer for service therein, supplemented, if necessary, by men of the reserve militia enrolled by draft or otherwise as provided by law. Such forces shall be additional to and distinct from the National Guard and shall be known as the "West Virginia state guard": Provided, That any funds appropriated by the Legislature to the Adjutant General for the organization, administration, training and supply of the organized militia may be expended for such purposes with respect to the West Virginia state guard. Such forces shall be uniformed.
WV Code § 15-4-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 4. West Virginia State Guard|§15-4-2. Rules and Regulations

The Governor is hereby authorized to prescribe rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this article governing the enlistment, organization, administration, equipment, maintenance, training and discipline of such forces: Provided, That such rules and regulations, insofar as he deems practicable and desirable, shall conform to existing law governing and pertaining to the National Guard and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and shall prohibit the acceptance of gifts, donations, gratuities or anything of value by such forces or by any member of such forces from any individual, firm, association, or corporation by reason of such membership.
WV Code § 15-4-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 4. West Virginia State Guard|§15-4-3. Pay and Allowances

The pay for officers and enlisted men of the West Virginia state guard for service at camps of instruction, rifle practice, practice marches and maneuvers, or other duties ordered by the Governor, shall be such as are provided in the National Defense Act or amendments thereto. Officers and enlisted men, when employed in the actual service of the state, as defined and provided in this article, beginning on the day they assembled at their armories or other designated places, until the day they have returned thereto and been properly relieved, inclusive, fractional parts of a day counting as a full day, shall receive the same pay and allowances as provided for officers and enlisted men in the West Virginia National Guard.
WV Code § 15-4-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 4. West Virginia State Guard|§15-4-4. Arms and Equipment; Use of State Armories, etc.

For use of such forces, the Governor is hereby authorized to requisition from the secretary of war such arms and equipment as may be in possession of and can be spared by the war department; and to make available to such forces the facilities of state armories and their equipment and such other state premises and property as may be available.
WV Code § 15-4-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 4. West Virginia State Guard|§15-4-5. Service Limited to State, Except as to Fresh Pursuit; Apprehension of Persons in Another State

Such forces shall not be required to serve outside the boundaries of this state. Except that any organization, unit or detachment of such forces, upon order of the officer in immediate command thereof, may continue in fresh pursuit of insurrectionists, saboteurs, enemies or enemy forces beyond the borders of this state into another state until they are apprehended or captured by such organization, unit or detachment or until the military or police forces of the other state or the forces of the United States have had a reasonable opportunity to take up the pursuit or apprehend or capture such persons: Provided, That such other state shall have given authority by law for such pursuit by such forces of this state. Any such person who shall be apprehended or captured in such other state by an organization, unit or detachment of the forces of this state shall without unnecessary delay be surrendered to the military or police forces of the state in which he is taken or to the United States, but such surrender shall not constitute a waiver by this state of its right to extradite or prosecute such person for any crime committed in this state.
WV Code § 15-4-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 4. West Virginia State Guard|§15-4-6. Pursuit and Apprehension of Certain Persons in This State by Military Forces of Another State

Any military forces or organization, unit or detachment thereof, of another state, who are in fresh pursuit of insurrectionists, saboteurs, enemies or enemy forces, may continue such pursuit into this state until the military or police forces of this state or the forces of the United States have had a reasonable opportunity to take up the pursuit or to apprehend or capture such persons and are hereby authorized to arrest or capture such persons within this state while in fresh pursuit. Any such person who shall be captured or arrested by the military forces of such other state while in this state shall, without unnecessary delay, be surrendered to the military or police forces of this state to be dealt with according to law. This section shall not be construed so as to make unlawful any arrest in this state which would otherwise be lawful, and nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to repeal any of the provisions of the uniform act on the fresh pursuit of criminals.
WV Code § 15-4-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 4. West Virginia State Guard|§15-4-7. Status of Forces and Members Thereof With Regard to Federal Service

Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing such forces, or any part thereof, to be called, ordered or in any manner drafted as such, into the military service of the United States, but no person shall by reason of his enlistment or commission in any such forces be exempted from military service under any law of the United States.
WV Code § 15-4-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 4. West Virginia State Guard|§15-4-8. Civil Organizations, etc., Not to Be Enlisted as Unit

No civil organization, society, club, post, order, fraternity, association, brotherhood, body, union, league, or other combination of persons or civil group shall be enlisted in such forces as an organization or unit.
WV Code § 15-4-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 4. West Virginia State Guard|§15-4-9. Disqualifications

No person shall be commissioned or enlisted in such forces who is not a citizen of the United States or who has been expelled or dishonorably discharged from any military or naval organization of this state, or of another state, or of the United States.
WV Code § 15-4-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 4. West Virginia State Guard|§15-4-10. Oath of Officers

The oath to be taken by officers commissioned in such forces shall be substantially in the form prescribed for officers of the National Guard, substituting the words "West Virginia state guard" where necessary.
WV Code § 15-4-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 4. West Virginia State Guard|§15-4-11. Term of Enlistment; Oath of Enlisted Men

No person shall be enlisted for more than one year but such enlistment may be renewed. The oath to be taken upon enlistment in such forces shall be substantially in the form prescribed for enlisted men of the National Guard, substituting the words "West Virginia state guard" where necessary.
WV Code § 15-4-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 4. West Virginia State Guard|§15-4-12. Articles of War to Apply as to Court-Martial, etc.; Freedom From Arrest; Jury Duty

(a) Whenever such forces or any part thereof shall be ordered out for active service the articles of war of the United States applicable to members of the National Guard of this state in relation to courts-martial, their jurisdiction and the limits of punishment and the rules and regulations prescribed thereunder shall be in full force and effect with respect to the West Virginia state guard.(b) No officer or enlisted man of such forces shall be arrested on any warrant, except for treason or felony, while going to, remaining at, or returning from a place where he is ordered to attend for military duty. Every officer and enlisted man of such forces shall, during his service therein, be exempt from service upon any posse comitatus and from jury duty.
WV Code § 15-4-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 4. West Virginia State Guard|§15-4-13. Citation of Article

This article may be cited as the "West Virginia State Guard Act."
WV Code § 15-5-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 5. Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management|§15-5-1. Policy and Purpose

In view of the existing and increasing possibility of the occurrence of disasters of unprecedented size and destructiveness and large-scale threats, resulting from terrorism, enemy attack, sabotage or other hostile action, or from fire, flood, earthquakes or other natural or man-made causes and in order to insure that preparations of this state will be adequate to deal with the disasters and large-scale threats, and generally to provide for the common defense and to protect the public peace, health and safety and to preserve the lives and property of the people of the state, it is found and declared to be necessary: (1) To create the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and to authorize the creation of local and regional organizations for emergency services in the political subdivisions of the state; (2) to confer upon the Governor and upon the executive heads of governing bodies of the political subdivisions of the state the emergency powers provided herein; (3) to provide for the rendering of mutual aid among the political subdivisions of the state and with other states and to cooperate with the federal government with respect to the carrying out of emergency services and homeland security functions; and (4) to establish and implement comprehensive homeland security and emergency management plans to deal with such disasters and large-scale threats. It is further declared to be the purpose of this article and the policy of the state that all homeland security and emergency management funds and functions of this state be coordinated to the maximum extent with the Secretary of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety and with the comparable functions of the federal government including its various departments and agencies, of other states and localities and of private agencies of every type, so that the most effective preparation and use may be made of the nation's and this state's manpower, resources and facilities for dealing with any disaster or large-scale threat that may occur.
WV Code § 15-5-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 5. Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management|§15-5-4. West Virginia Disaster Recovery Board Created; Organization of Board; Appointment of Board Members; Term of Office and Expenses of Board Members; Meetings

[Repealed.]
WV Code § 15-5-4b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 5. Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management|§15-5-4b. West Virginia Disaster Recovery Trust Fund Disbursement

Upon the proclamation of the existence of a state of emergency or state of preparedness under the provisions of 15-5-6 of this code, The State Resiliency Officer, shall have the power to disburse funds from the disaster relief recovery trust fund created pursuant to 15-5-24 of this code to any person, political subdivision, or local organization for emergency services in such amounts and in such manner, and to take such other actions, as the State Resiliency Officer may determine is necessary or appropriate in order to provide assistance to any person, political subdivision, or local organization for emergency services responding to or recovering from the disaster, or otherwise involved in disaster recovery activities: Provided, That except as provided hereafter in this section, requisitions for payment shall not be made or authorized for payment by the Auditor without the express approval of the State Resiliency Officer, except that the State Resiliency Officers approval shall be deemed to be made for the initial disbursement to cover the first 30 days of disaster response, and: Provided, however, That all subsequent disbursements arising out of the events surrounding the state of emergency or preparedness giving rise to the relevant disbursements shall require the express approval of the State Resiliency Officer, which approval shall not be unduly withheld or delayed.
WV Code § 15-5-6a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 5. Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management|§15-5-6a. Temporary Suspension of Nutrition Standards in Public Schools

This section is operative only during the existence of a state of emergency or state of preparedness proclaimed by the Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature. During a state of emergency or state of preparedness, the Governor or the Legislature may, to facilitate uninterrupted days of instruction, temporarily suspend legislative rules establishing nutrition standards for foods and beverages distributed to students in public schools during the school day: Provided, That safe alternative foods and beverages are available for distribution to students: Provided, however, That the temporary suspension of nutrition standards permitted by this section is limited to the geographic area affected by the state of emergency or state of preparedness and a report of any such action be made to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.
WV Code § 15-5-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 15. Public Safety|Article 5. Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management|§15-5-7. Mobile Support Units

The Governor or his duly authorized representative may create and establish such number of mobile support units as are necessary to reinforce emergency service organizations in stricken areas and with due consideration of the plans of the federal government and of other states. He shall appoint a commander for each such unit who shall have primary responsibility for the organization, administration and operation of such unit. A mobile support unit shall be called to duty upon order of the Governor and may function in any part of the state or, upon the conditions specified in this section, in other states.Personnel of mobile support units while on duty, whether within or without the state, shall: (1) If they are employees of the state, have the powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities and receive the compensation incidental to their employment; (2) if they are employees of a political subdivision of the state and whether serving within or without such political subdivision, have the powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities and receive the compensation incidental to their employment; and (3) if they are not employees of the state or a political subdivision thereof, be entitled to compensation by the state at the same rate as is paid members of circuit court juries and to the same rights and immunities as are provided by law for the employees of this state. All personnel of mobile support units shall, while on duty, be subject to the operational control of the authority in charge of emergency service activities in the area in which they are serving and shall be reimbursed for all necessary travel and subsistence expenses actually incurred.The state shall reimburse a political subdivision for the compensation paid and necessary travel, subsistence and maintenance expenses actually incurred of employees of such political subdivision while serving as members of a mobile support unit and for all payments for death, disability or injury of such employees incurred in the course of duty and for all losses of or damage to supplies and equipment of such political subdivision resulting from the operation of such mobile support unit.