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2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 5. Fiscal Affairs › §7-5-22. County Solid Waste Assessment Fees Authorized

Each county or regional solid waste authority is hereby authorized to impose a similar solid waste assessment fee to that imposed by section eleven, article fifteen, chapter twenty-two of this code at a rate not to exceed 50¢ per ton or part thereof upon the disposal of solid waste in that county or region. All assessments due shall be applied to the reasonable costs of administration of the county's regional or county solid waste authority including the necessary and reasonable expenses of its members, and any other expenses incurred from refuse cleanup, litter control programs, or any solid waste programs deemed necessary to fulfill its duties.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 5. Fiscal Affairs › §7-5-23. Voluntary Direct Deposits by County Treasurer of Salaries of Employees to Banks or Other Financial Institutions

Any officer or employee of a county of West Virginia may authorize that his net wages be deposited directly to his account in any bank or other financial institution within this state. The direct deposits may be authorized on a form provided by the county. Upon execution of such authorization and its receipt by the county treasurer, the direct deposits shall be made in the manner specified on the form and remitted to the designated bank or other financial institution on or before the day or days the officer or employee is due his net wages. Direct deposit authorizations may be revoked at any time thirty days prior to the date on which the direct deposit is regularly made and on a form to be provided by the county treasurer.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 5. Fiscal Affairs › §7-5-24. Sheriff May Commence Civil Action Without Paying Fees and Costs; Fees and Costs Recoverable From Defendants After Completion of Litigation

The sheriff is not required to pay any filing fee, cost, bond or security, as may otherwise be required of other civil litigants by provisions of this code, in any action in which the sheriff commences the action in his or her official capacity or on behalf of the county government: Provided, That where the sheriff or county government prevails in the action and any filing fees, costs, bond or security are recovered from the opposing party, the sheriff shall pay therefrom the fees, costs, bond or security to the officer who otherwise would have been entitled thereto but for the provisions of this section: Provided, however, That any legal fees and costs not so recovered from the opposing party shall be paid out of the taxes so collected prior to the distribution of the taxes to the various taxing units.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 5A. Loans From Governmental Agencies to Liquidate Certain Indebtedness › §7-5A-1. Loans Authorized

The several county courts of West Virginia, for and on behalf of each county thereof, are authorized and empowered to borrow not exceeding $500 from the reconstruction finance corporation or other governmental agencies, for the sole purpose of liquidating indebtedness incurred by the said court prior to May 1, 1933, said liquidation and payment of debts to include all indebtedness chargeable to said counties. Said loans to extend over a period of twenty years.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 5A. Loans From Governmental Agencies to Liquidate Certain Indebtedness › §7-5A-2. Liquidating Fund of County Indebtedness

There is hereby created a special fund which shall be designated and known as a liquidating fund of county indebtedness and the money derived from said loan shall be deposited to the credit of said liquidating fund by the said county court and the same shall be disbursed in the manner herein provided.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 5A. Loans From Governmental Agencies to Liquidate Certain Indebtedness › §7-5A-3. Notice Requiring Presentation of Outstanding Claims

When the aforesaid funds have been received and properly credited as herein provided, the clerks of the said county courts shall cause notice to be published in two newspapers in general circulation in their respective counties that all outstanding claims drawn on county funds, which are due and unpaid, shall be presented to their respective county courts for liquidation and cancellation.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 5A. Loans From Governmental Agencies to Liquidate Certain Indebtedness › §7-5A-4. Time for Presentation of Unpaid Claims; Payment by Drafts; Balance Deposited in Sinking Fund

All persons, firms or corporations holding any claims drawn on county funds of their county, and which are due and unpaid, shall present the same for payment and cancellation to the county court of said county within thirty days of the date of said notice, whereupon the said county court shall proceed to pay off and liquidate such claims by issuing drafts on said liquidating fund of said county for the aggregate amount of all claims held by such persons, firms or corporation, plus interest that may have accrued thereon, and such cancelled claims shall be filed by the county clerk: Provided, That no check, draft or order drawn on said fund, shall be paid or honored by any bank or depository until the same has been countersigned by the prosecuting attorney of said county.
If any balance remains in said fund after the aforesaid thirty days have expired, then the county courts of the several counties shall deposit the same to the credit of the sinking fund as hereinafter provided and created.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 5A. Loans From Governmental Agencies to Liquidate Certain Indebtedness › §7-5A-5. Creation of Sinking Fund; Loan May Be Repaid After Five Years

The said county courts shall set apart a sufficient amount from the taxes, levied and collected annually, to create a sinking fund for the repayment of the aforesaid loan on the basis of five percent of the principal plus the interest thereon annually. Any county court, after a period of five years from the date of said loan, if it has sufficient funds on hand, may pay off and discharge the whole amount of the money so borrowed.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 6. County Depositories › §7-6-1. Designation of Depositories

On or before June 30, of each year, the county commission of every county shall, by order of record, designate all of the banking institutions, as defined in section two, article one, chapter thirty-one-a of this code, situated in the county and duly incorporated under the laws of any state, or organized under the laws of the United States, as depositories of public moneys: Provided, That in any county where no such banking institutions exist, or where such banking institutions fail, refuse or neglect to comply with all the provisions and conditions of this article, the county commission shall designate some qualified banking institution in some other county of this state convenient to the county seat. Risk and expense of making deposits in county depositories located outside of the county seat shall be borne by the banking institution in which the deposits are made. When any banking institution, designated by the county commission as provided by this section, has complied with all of the requirements and provisions of this article, the commission shall declare it a county depository.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 6. County Depositories › §7-6-3. Additional Security; Failure of Depository to Comply With Article; Removal of Moneys; Cessation of Business

The banking institutions designated in the manner hereinbefore provided shall, upon the acceptance by the county court of the bond and/or upon the hypothecation of the securities, as provided for hereinbefore, be the depositories of public moneys, and remain such for one year, but the county court, at any time it deems the same necessary, may require additional security from a depository in such sum as the court shall by order designate; and if a depository refuse or neglect, for the period prescribed by the court, to give such additional security, or to comply with the provisions of this article, the court may order the removal of the public moneys therefrom to some other depository and if no other county depository is available at the time, then to some reliable banking institution to be the depository thereof temporarily. Such removal, and all other removals, ordered by the county court under the provisions of this article, shall be made by order of record and upon the check of the county treasurer, countersigned by the county clerk, after notice to such depository. In the event any county depository shall cease to do business or shall suspend business, its rights as a depository shall cease, and the funds on deposit with it shall be transferred to the other depositories of the county, but in the event there is no other approved depository in the county, and pending the designation and approval of another depository, the county treasurer shall deposit public funds coming into his hands, in some reliable banking institution, designated by the county court as a temporary depository, until a depository is designated and approved in the manner herein prescribed. If the money, in case of such removal, be deposited in a banking institution, designated as a temporary depository, such banking institution shall, before the receipt by it of any such money, enter into a bond or hypothecate securities as required by this article; and the county court shall at once proceed to designate a new depository under this article.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 6. County Depositories › §7-6-4. Deposit and Disbursement of Moneys by Sheriff

The sheriff, upon receipt of a certified copy of the order of the county court, showing that a depository has been designated and bond accepted in compliance with the provisions of this article, and naming the depository or depositories, shall deposit therein to the credit of the county treasurer all public money in his possession, except such as may be necessary to meet current demands; and, thereafter, he shall make daily deposits in the public depositories of all public money received by him, except as hereinafter provided, the deposit of such money to be made as early as practicable after the receipt or collection thereof, and such money shall be payable by the depository only on an order issued by the county court, after such order has been endorsed by the county treasurer directing payment by the depository. If at any time the cash in the hands of the sheriff is not sufficient to meet current demands, he is authorized to withdraw sufficient cash from the depository to meet such current demands, such withdrawals to be made by check drawn by the sheriff and countersigned by the county clerk. Such current demands shall not be anticipated more than a week in advance. All moneys due the sheriff are to be drawn from the depository on an order issued by the sheriff. At the end of each month the president and clerk of the county court shall sign proper orders on the sheriff, in his favor, to pay him the moneys due him. All moneys belonging to the state, or any municipality, or Board of Education, shall be disbursed from the depository on a check drawn by the sheriff, payable to the Auditor of the State of West Virginia, or to the treasurer of the municipality or to the treasurer of the county board of education, unless the sheriff is designated as the treasurer, as provided in section six, article nine, chapter eighteen of this code.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 6. County Depositories › §7-6-5. Interest on Deposits

The county treasurer is authorized to establish with such depositories two accounts, one to be designated "demand deposit account" and the other to be designated "time deposit account." When it appears to any of the various fiscal bodies of the county that funds on deposit in its demand deposit account exceed the current requirements or demands, or that funds should be deposited in the time deposit account, and that a transfer or deposit of such funds or a portion thereof to or in the time deposit account would earn interest thereon, the treasurer shall, with the approval in writing of each fiscal body whose funds are involved, transfer or deposit such funds or a portion of such funds to said time deposit account.
The depositories shall pay interest on public funds deposited therein in time deposit accounts at a rate of interest equal to but not more than that paid by such depositories on private funds deposited in similar time deposit accounts. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring the transfer or deposit of any portion of public funds to time deposit accounts and such shall not be done except at the direction of a fiscal body. When interest is credited to any such time deposit account, the depository shall report in writing the amount thereof to the clerk of the county court and the treasurer, each separately, before noon of the next business day. All of such interest shall be allocated by the treasurer to each fiscal body whose funds were on deposit in such time deposit account, such allocation to be made on the basis of the amount of funds of each fiscal body in such time deposit account and the length of time each body's funds were in such account. Within ten days after receipt of the depository's report showing that interest has been credited to such time deposit account, the treasurer shall make the foregoing allocation of interest and report the same to each of the fiscal bodies whose funds are involved.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 6. County Depositories › §7-6-5a. County Treasurer Authorized to Make Funds Available to State Board of Investments; Allocation of Income

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, when it appears to any of the various fiscal bodies of the county that funds on deposit in its demand deposit account exceed the current requirements or demands, and it further be determined by the county treasurer that the available interest rate offered by an acceptable depository in such treasurer's county be less than the interest rate, net of administrative fees referred to in article six, chapter twelve of this code, offered it through the state Board of Investments, the county treasurer may, with the approval in writing of each fiscal body whose funds are involved, make such funds available to the state Board of Investments for investment in accordance with the provisions of said article six, chapter twelve of the code.
Any income earned on such investment shall be allocated by such treasurer to the fiscal body whose funds were made available, such allocation to be made in accordance with the accounting and allocation principles established by the Board of Investments.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 6. County Depositories › §7-6-6. Monthly Statement of Amount of Deposits

On the first business day of each month a county depository under the provisions of this article shall furnish to the clerk of the county court a written statement, showing the amount on deposit to the credit of the county treasurer at the close of each day of the preceding month, which statement shall be filed and kept in the office of the clerk of the county court, as part of the public records.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 6. County Depositories › §7-6-7. Account of Deposits and Disbursements

The treasurer shall keep an account with each depository showing each deposit and disbursement. The depository upon payment of any order or draft drawn by authority of the county court or Board of Education on the treasurer, and indorsed by for payment, or upon payment of any check drawn by the treasurer for the purposes herein authorized, shall cancel the same, showing clearly the payment thereof and the date of payment. The orders or drafts and checks so paid shall be delivered by the depository to the treasurer upon his demand, and the orders or drafts shall be by preserved for settlement with the county court, and the checks shall be filed and preserved as part of the records of his office.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 6. County Depositories › §7-6-8. Meaning of &Quotpublic moneys."

The term "public moneys," as used in this article, shall include all money which by law the sheriff in his capacity as such, and as treasurer of the county and districts, is authorized to collect, receive and disburse for public purposes, including state, county, districts, school districts, independent school districts and municipalities.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 6. County Depositories › §7-6-9. Liability of Sheriff for Violation of Depository Law

If any sheriff shall willfully fail, refuse or neglect to comply with the requirements and provisions of this article, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding $500, or confined in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both, and shall forfeit his office. When the sheriff shall have fully complied with all the provisions of this article, he shall not be held personally liable on account of any loss that the county or any district may sustain by reason of the default or failure of any such depository that has given bond approved by the county court.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-1. Legislative Findings and Purpose

(a) The Legislature finds that it has, since January 1, 2015, consistently and annually imposed upon the county commissioners, sheriffs, county and circuit clerks, assessors and prosecuting attorneys in each county new and additional duties by the enactment of new provisions and amendments to this code. The new and additional duties imposed upon the aforesaid county officials by these enactments are such that they would justify the increases in compensation as provided in section four of this article, without violating the provisions of section 38, article VI of the Constitution of West Virginia.
(b) The Legislature further finds that there are, from time to time, additional duties imposed upon all county officials through the acts of the Congress of the United States and that such acts constitute new and additional duties for county officials and, as such, justify the increases in compensation as provided by section four of this article, without violating the provisions of section 38, article VI of the Constitution of West Virginia.
(c) The Legislature further finds that there is a direct correlation between the total assessed property valuations of a county on which the salary levels of the county commissioners, sheriffs, county and circuit clerks, assessors and prosecuting attorneys are based, and the new and additional duties that each of these officials is required to perform as they serve the best interests of their respective counties. Inasmuch as the reappraisal of the property valuations in each county has now been accomplished, the Legislature finds that a change in classification of counties by virtue of increased property valuations will occur on an infrequent basis. However, it is the further finding of the Legislature that when such change in classification of counties does occur, that new and additional programs, economic developments, requirements of public safety and the need for new services provided by county officials all increase, that the same constitute new and additional duties for county officials as their respective counties reach greater heights of economic development, as exemplified by the substantial increases in property valuations and, as such, justify the increases in compensation provided in section four of this article, without violating the provisions of section 38, article VI of the Constitution of West Virginia.
(d) The Legislature further finds and declares that the amendments enacted to this article are intended to modify the provisions of this article so as to cause the same to be in full compliance with the provisions of the Constitution of West Virginia and to be in full compliance with the decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-2. Establishment of County In-Service Training Programs; Further Additional Duties for Prosecuting Attorney in Any County in Excess of 200,000

(a) There are hereby established county in-service training programs as hereinafter set forth.
(b) The Attorney General may establish any in-service training programs that will do most to assist the prosecuting attorneys in the performance of their duties. The Attorney General is authorized to accept any federal aid which may be made available or any financial assistance which may be available from any private nonprofit organization for the purposes of this section. The prosecuting attorney in any county having a population in excess of 200,000 shall also discharge the additional duties imposed upon him or her by the provisions of §49-4-503 of this code.
(c) The State Auditor may establish any in-service training programs for county commissioners, county clerks, sheriffs, and their assistants and employees that will do most to modernize and improve the services of their respective offices. The State Auditor in conjunction with the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals shall establish in-service training programs for circuit clerks and their assistants and employees. The State Tax Commissioner is authorized and directed to establish such in-service training programs for assessors and their assistants and employees. The State Tax Commissioner, State Auditor, and the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals are authorized to accept any federal aid which may be made available or any financial assistance which may be available from any private nonprofit organization for the purpose of this article.
(d) Each of the county officials mentioned in this section, and, at his or her option, one or more of his or her assistants, deputies, and employees, shall participate in the programs established under this section.
(e) The county commission shall reimburse officials and employees for the actual amount expended by them for food, lodging, and registration while in attendance at authorized training for the purpose of this section.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-3. Classification of Counties for Purpose of Determining Compensation of Elected County Officials

(a) Effective July 1, 1996, and thereafter, for the purpose of determining the compensation of elected county officials, the counties of the State of West Virginia will be grouped into ten classes based on their assessed valuation of property, all classes. These ten classes and the minimum and maximum valuation of property, all classes, established to determine the classification of each county are as follows:
Minimum AssessedMaximum Assessed
Valuation of PropertyValuation of Property
ClassAll ClassesAll Classes
Class I$ 2,000,000,000No Limit
Class II$ 1,500,000,000$ 1,999,999,999
Class III$ 1,000,000,000$ 1,499,999,999
Class IV$ 700,000,000$ 999,999,999
Class V$ 600,000,000$ 699,999,999
Class VI$ 500,000,000$ 599,999,999
Class VII$ 400,000,000$ 499,999,999
Class VIII$ 300,000,000$ 399,999,999
Class IX$ 200,000,000$ 299,999,999
Class X$-0-$ 199,999,999
(b) The assessed valuation of property, all classes, that shall be used as the base to determine the class of a county shall be the assessed valuation of property, all classes, of the county as certified by the county assessor, State Auditor and county clerk prior to March 29, 1996.
(c) Prior to March 29, 1998, and each second year thereafter, the county commission of each county, shall determine if the assessed valuation of property, all classes, of the county, as certified by the county assessor, State Auditor and county clerk is within the minimum and maximum limits of a class above or below the class in which the county then is. If the county commission so determines, it shall record the new classification of the county with the State Auditor and State Tax Commissioner and record its action on its county commission record.
(d) The classification of each county shall be subject to review by State Auditor. He or she shall determine if the classification of each county is correct based on the final assessed valuation of property, all classes, certified to him or her by the county assessor, State Auditor and county clerk. If he or she finds that a county is incorrectly classified, he or she shall notify the county commission of that county promptly of his or her finding and in any case shall notify the county prior to June 30 of that current fiscal year. Any county commission so notified shall correct its classification immediately and make any necessary corrections in the salaries of its elected county officials for the next fiscal year.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, whenever any other provision of this code refers to classifications of counties for purposes of imposing any right, duty or responsibility, the classification system set forth in subsection (a) of this section shall be utilized for determining the classification of a particular county.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-4a. Authorizing the Option of Full-Time Status for Part-Time Prosecuting Attorneys

(a) On or before the first day of January, two thousand nine, a county may not have a part-time prosecutor. The county commissions of counties in Class VI through X shall then compensate all prosecuting attorneys that have changed to full-time by virtue of this section at the same rate of compensation established for a prosecuting attorney in a Class V county: Provided, That, upon mutual agreement of the prosecuting attorney and the county commission, the prosecuting attorney may choose to remain a part-time prosecuting attorney.
(b) If, after the first day of January, two thousand nine, during the course of a term of office, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, any prosecutor who becomes full-time or chooses to remain part-time who believes that the responsibilities of his or her office either no longer requires a full-time position or believes that the duties of the part-time position have become full-time, may, by mutual agreement with the county commission, either return to part-time status or change to full-time status: Provided, That, if the decision to change to full-time or part-time status is made during an election year, the decision must be by mutual agreement between the county commission and the prosecutor-elect: Provided, however, That any prosecutor who returns to part-time status shall, thereafter, be compensated at the rate of compensation set forth in section four of this article for a prosecuting attorney of his or her class county and any prosecutor that changes to full-time status shall, thereafter, be compensated at the same rate of compensation established for a prosecuting attorney in a Class V county.
(c) If, after the first day of January, two thousand nine, any prosecutor or prosecutor-elect desires to change to full-time status and the county commission objects to such change due to an alleged financial condition of the county, then either party may request the State Auditor's office to examine the county's financial condition and certify whether or not there are sufficient funds to support a full-time position. The State Auditor shall then, within ninety days of such request, certify whether or not there are sufficient funds available to support a full-time prosecutor in the county. If the State Auditor certifies that there are sufficient funds available, then the prosecutor or prosecutor elect must be changed to full-time status and be compensated at the same rate of pay as a prosecutor in a Class V county.
(d) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit a part-time prosecuting attorney from remaining part-time with the mutual agreement of the county commission.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-6a. Assessors; Additional Compensation; Additional Duties

In addition to the salary or compensation provided elsewhere in this article, the county commission of each county shall pay to the assessor, on an annual basis, on and after July 1, 1977, additional compensation in accordance with the provisions of this section and section six-b of this article for such additional duties required of him by this section.
To receive such additional compensation, the following duties are hereby imposed upon every assessor of this state:
(1) He shall annually complete a sales ratio analysis in a manner prescribed by the State Tax Commissioner.
(2) He shall present to the Tax Commissioner a list of real property transfers of the prior assessment year by December first annually.
(3) He shall on or before December 1 of each year supply a list of new construction and improvements exceeding $1,000 of the previous assessment year on forms prescribed by the State Tax Commissioner.
(4) He shall on or before December 1 of each year supply a list of new businesses added to the assessment rolls and businesses that have discontinued operations in the previous assessment year and been removed from the assessment rolls.
(5) He shall provide assistance to the Tax Commissioner to disseminate information with respect to the taxation, classification and valuation of nonutility and public utility property to the end that all property shall be more equally and uniformly assessed throughout the state.
(6) He shall annually assist the Tax Commissioner in determining the current use of such real property in his county as the Tax Commissioner may require to accomplish a uniform appraisal and assessment of real property.
The duties hereinbefore listed must be substantially completed by the assessor no later than November 1 of each year, and each assessor shall certify to the Tax Commissioner that he has substantially completed such duties in accordance with requirements of the Tax Commissioner. If at this time there has been substantial completion of the above duties to the satisfaction of the Tax Commissioner, the Tax Commissioner shall, but no later than November 15 of each year, certify to the county commission that the assessor has substantially performed these duties, and is entitled to the remuneration provided for in section six-b of this article.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-6b. Additional Compensation of Assessors According to County Classification

For the purpose of determining the additional compensation to be paid to the county assessor of each county for the additional duties provided by section six-a of this article, the following compensations for each county assessor by class, as provided in section three of this article, are hereby established and shall be used by each county commission in determining the compensation of each county assessor; for assessors in Class I - V counties, inclusive, $15,000; for assessors in Class VI and VII counties, $10,000; for assessors in Class VIII and IX counties, $9,000; for assessors in Class X counties, $6,500.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-6c. Additional Compensation of Assessor

The county commission of each county shall allow the assessor a reasonable compensation, not exceeding ten percent of his salary, as provided by section four of this article, for such work as may be required of under article one, chapter nineteen of this code, by the commissioner of agriculture, and no county commission shall allow pay to assessor for performance of duties herein prescribed until such assessor has received a certificate that his reports are completed and satisfactory to said commissioner.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-6e. Collection of Head Tax on Sheep and Goats; Duties of County Assessors and Commissioner of Agriculture; Deposit of Tax Collections; Creation of Special Revenue Fund; Purposes

After June 30, 2005, it shall be the duty of the county assessor and his or her deputies of each county within the state, at the time they are making assessments of the personal property within such county, to assess and collect an assessment of $1 on all breeding age sheep and $1 on all breeding age goats.
The assessor collecting the assessment on breeding age sheep and goats shall be allowed a commission of ten percent upon all such taxes collected and shall send the Commissioner of Agriculture ninety percent of such taxes so collected, who shall deposit the same in a special account in the state Treasury to be known as the "Integrated Predation Management Fund." Expenditures from the Fund shall be for the purposes set forth in this section and are not authorized from collections but are to be made only in accordance with appropriation by the Legislature and in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twelve of this code and upon the fulfillment of the provisions set forth in article two, chapter eleven-b of this code: Provided, That for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, expenditures are authorized from collections rather than pursuant to an appropriation by the Legislature.
The money in the Fund shall be used by the Commissioner solely to enter into a cooperative service agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and Wildlife Services (WS) to expand the Coyote Control Program statewide.
Any person who does not pay this assessment is not eligible for the services provided by this cooperative agreement.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-7a. Limit of Budget Expenditures

(a) No county clerk, circuit clerk, sheriff, county assessor or prosecuting attorney may, without the approval of the county commission, spend or obligate, before the end of the calendar year, more than fifty percent of the funds allocated for his or her office in the fiscal year budget, in any fiscal year where the person holding the office is leaving office due to either resignation or the results of an election.
(b) As used in subsection (a) of this section, "spend or obligate" includes, but is not limited to, increasing employee salaries to a level that would create a deficit in the budget if paid during the remainder of the fiscal year in addition to other anticipated expenditures.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-8. Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys; Appointment and Compensation; When Court May Appoint Attorney to Prosecute

The prosecuting attorney of each county may, in accordance with and limited by the provisions of section seven of this article, appoint practicing attorneys to assist him in the discharge of his official duties during his 's term of office. Any attorney so appointed shall be classified as an assistant prosecuting attorney and shall take the same oath and may perform the same duties as his principal. Each assistant shall serve at the will and pleasure of his principal and may be removed from office by the circuit court of the county in which he is appointed for any cause for which his principal might be removed.
If, in any case, the prosecuting attorney and his assistants are unable to act, or if in the opinion of the court it would be improper for him or his assistants to act, the court shall appoint some competent practicing attorney to act in that case. The court shall certify to the county commission the performance of that service when completed and recommend to the county commission a reasonable compensation for the attorney for his service, and the compensation, when allowed by the county commission, shall be paid out of the county treasury. No provision of this section shall be construed to prohibit the employment by any person of a practicing attorney to assist in the prosecution of any person or corporation charged with a crime.
The compensation to be paid to an assistant prosecuting attorney shall include compensation provided by law for any services he renders as attorney for any administrative board or officer of his county.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-9. Procedure for Payment of Compensation

(a) The compensation of the county clerk, circuit clerk, sheriff, county assessor, prosecuting attorney, and their assistants, deputies and employees shall be paid monthly or semimonthly by the county court, which compensation shall be paid out of the county treasury in the manner prescribed by law.
(b) The county commission, after the filing of the budget statement specified in section seven of this article, may, by order of record, authorize and order a draft on the county treasurer, payable out of the general county fund, to be drawn in favor of the county official, assistant, deputy or employee named in this statement, in payment of the compensation to which the person is entitled.
(c) The draft shall not be issued to the county official, assistant, deputy or employee until the proper county official has filed a detailed monthly or semimonthly statement with the county treasurer and has filed with the county clerk a duplicate copy of the monthly or semimonthly statement, together with a receipt from the county treasurer, showing that the person to be paid has paid into the county treasury all moneys belonging to the county that have been collected by him or her during that pay period as shown by the monthly or semimonthly statement.
(d) When the order for the draft has been entered of record, the president and clerk of the county court shall be authorized to issue and approve by their signature the draft.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-11. Illegal Orders for Compensation

If any clerk shall issue and deliver a draft to any county clerk, circuit clerk, sheriff, county assessor, prosecuting attorney, or any of their assistants, deputies or employees, in payment of their compensation, without all the applicable requirements of this article being complied with, the draft so issued and delivered shall be illegal and invalid. The clerk and the sureties on his or her bond shall be liable to the county commission of his or her county for the payment thereof.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-12. Sharing Compensation Prohibited

No county official shall receive or be paid, directly or indirectly, any part of the compensation of any assistant, deputy or employee, or any fee or reward for appointing him or her to his or her position. No member of a county commission shall receive or be paid, directly or indirectly, any part of the compensation of any other county officer named in this article, or of any county assistant, deputy or employee. If any county commissioner or county official violates the provisions of this section, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year, or both fined and imprisoned. Any county commissioner or county official so convicted shall forfeit his or her office.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-13. Allowance for Expenses of Sheriff

(a) The county commission of every county shall allow the actual and necessary expenses incurred by the sheriff in the discharge of his or her duties including, but not limited to, those incurred in arresting, pursuing or transporting persons accused or convicted of crimes and offenses; in the cost of law-enforcement and safety equipment; in conveying or transporting a prisoner from and to jail to participate in court proceedings; and in conveying or transferring any person to or from any state institution where he or she may be committed from his or her county, where the sheriff is authorized to convey or transfer the person: Provided, That the law-enforcement agency that places a person under arrest shall be responsible for the person's initial transportation to a regional or county jail, except where there is a preexisting agreement between the county and the political body the other law-enforcement agency serves. Any person transported to the regional jail as provided for by the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction for the offense causing his or her incarceration, pay the reasonable costs of the transportation. The money is to be collected by the court of conviction at the current mileage reimbursement rate. The county commission shall allow the actual and necessary expenses incurred in serving summonses, notices or other official papers in connection with the sheriff's office.
(b) Every sheriff shall file monthly, under oath, an accurate account of all the actual and necessary expenses incurred by him or her, his or her deputies, assistants and employees in the performance and discharge of their official duties supported by verified accounts before reimbursement thereof shall be allowed by the county commission. Reimbursement, properly allowed, shall be made from the general county fund.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-14. Training of Sheriffs and Deputies; Payment of Expenses Thereof by County Commission

The county commission of each county is authorized, at its discretion, to expend from the general county fund, upon request and requisition by the sheriff of the county, the necessary and proper travel expenses and tuition expenses for the training of the sheriff and his or her deputies of the county in the performance of their duties, as sheriff and deputy.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-15. Allowance for Expenses of Prosecuting Attorney

In addition to his or her compensation, the prosecuting attorney and his or her assistants shall be reimbursed for actual traveling expenses within the state in the performance of their official duties, and when out of the state for the purpose of taking depositions in cases in which other counsel is not employed by the court under section one, article three, chapter sixty-two of this code, which expenses shall be duly itemized and verified, and shall, if found correct, be allowed by the county commission and be paid monthly out of the general county fund.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-16. Mileage Allowance for County Officials and Employees

(a) The county commission of each county shall allow to each county official and to their deputies, assistants and employees, when they are required to drive their personally owned vehicles in the actual performance and discharge of their official duties, reimbursement at a uniform rate for all individuals as approved by the county commission.
(b) Every county official shall file monthly, under oath, a full and accurate account of all the actual mileage driven by him or her, his or her deputies, assistants and employees, in the performance and discharge of their official duties supported by verified accounts before reimbursement thereof shall be allowed by the county commission. Reimbursement, properly allowed, shall be made from the general county fund.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-16a. Motor Vehicles Owned by the County

The sheriff of each county and his or her deputies who are engaged in law-enforcement activities may, in the discretion of the sheriff, use a motor vehicle owned by the county to travel from his or her residence to his or her workplace and return. Any other county official or employee may, or may not, in the discretion of the county commission, be furnished with the use of a motor vehicle owned by the county to travel from his or her residence to his or her workplace and return: Provided, That such usage is subject to the supervision of said sheriff or commission and is directly connected with and required by the nature and in the performance of such sheriff's, deputy's, county official or employee's duties and responsibilities.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-19. Compliance With Economic Stabilization Act of 1970

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to permit the compensation of the judge of any statutory court, officer or employee to be in excess of the amount (taking into consideration the compensation he now receives as supplemental compensation from any county, county court, or other political subdivision) which can be paid under the rules and regulations of the pay board established by the president of the United States by virtue of the authority vested in him by the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, as from time to time amended; nor shall this section be construed to permit the annual salary of such judge, officer or employee to be reduced to a sum below that which he was being paid by the State of West Virginia and any county, county court, or other political subdivision on June 30, 1972.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-20. Penalties

If any county clerk, circuit clerk, sheriff, county assessor or prosecuting attorney fail to file the detailed request for appropriations or the budget statement as provided in section seven of this article or fail to file the monthly or semimonthly statement as provided in section nine of this article or fail to file the statement of expenditures as provided for in section seventeen of this article, or if any county clerk, circuit clerk, sheriff, county assessor, prosecuting attorney, their assistants, deputies or employees, fail to comply with any of the requirements provided in this article, he or she shall, except where another penalty is prescribed, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100, or confined in jail not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both fined and confined.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials › §7-7-22. Direct Deposit of County Officials' and Employees' Compensation Into Designated Accounts in Financial Institutions

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a county commission, Board of Education, or governing body of a municipal corporation may, upon the written request of any of their respective employees, deposit that employee's compensation directly into a demand or time account in a bank, credit union or savings and loan institution. The written request shall specifically identify the employee, the financial institution, the type of account and the account number.