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2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 5F. Reorganization of the Executive Branch of State Government › Article 1. General Provisions › §5F-1-5. Online State Phone Directory

(a) Each agency listed in the online state phone directory shall update the employee information in the directory, as required by this section, or provide the Office of Technology the following information, unless it is determined by the submitting agency that publishing such information could cause safety concerns to the employee, reveal sensitive information that should not be provided to the public at large, or is detrimental to the service operations of the agency:
(1) Employee name and job title;
(2) Office location and mailing address, including name of city and zip code;
(3) Office telephone number, including extension;
(4) Electronic mail address; and
(5) Mobile telephone number, if used as referred to in 5F-1-5(e) of this code.
(b) The agency shall provide the Office of Technology written justification if the agency does not wish to provide the required information pursuant to 5F-1-5(a) of this code.
(c) Each agency listed in the online state phone directory shall update the online state phone directory information within 30 days after personnel action or event that would require the agency to add, modify, or delete information from the directory, or the agency shall provide that information to the Office of Technology.
(d) The Office of Technology shall, within 30 days of receipt of updated employee information from an agency, make the requested changes to the online state phone directory.
(e) Beginning with the effective date of this amendment, each agency listed in the online state phone directory shall update the employee information in the directory to include the information required in 5F-1-5(a) of this code for any official or employee who either has a mobile telephone furnished by his or her employer, or uses his or her private mobile telephone during his or her employment with the state and the service is paid by the employer:
Provided
, That this information shall also be listed on the website of each agency.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 5F. Reorganization of the Executive Branch of State Government › Article 1. General Provisions › §5F-1-7. Website Content and Required Information

Beginning December 31, 2020, each agency shall maintain a website that provides the following information in a searchable form by the public, if applicable:
(1) The office contact information, including office location and mailing address, telephone number, facsimile number, office hours, and a secure electronic means of contacting the office such as a contact portal or other interface;
(2) The contact information of each administrative agency official, including office location and mailing address, office telephone number, facsimile number, and an organizational electronic mail address:
Provided,
That the agency may withhold contact information of its staff members from disclosure that it deems necessary to protect their safety, the safety of their coworkers, and the integrity of law-enforcement operations;
(3) Organizational chart;
(4) A list of governing statutes and legislative and procedural rules;
(5) Meeting minutes;
(6) Annual reports;
(7) Frequently asked questions and descriptive answers;
(8) Available state grant opportunities to include, but not be limited to:
(A) Available grant information and application information;
(B) Grant eligibility requirements; and
(C) Award ranges and award deadlines; and
(9) State grants that are awarded in an amount greater than $20,000 to include, but not
be limited to:
(A) The name and address of the grantees organization;
(B) The purpose of the award;
(C) The amount of the award;
(D) The effective date and duration of the award; and
(E) Any financial and performance reports that are required by the State of West Virginia.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 5F. Reorganization of the Executive Branch of State Government › Article 2. Transfer of Agencies and Boards › §5F-2-3. Administrators; Appointment; Oath; Bond; Compensation

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code (including subsections (h) and (i), section one of this article) to the contrary, each administrator required by other provisions of this code to be appointed by the Governor shall:
(1) Continue to be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and each such administrator shall serve at the will and pleasure of the Governor, and the Governor may appoint a person to fill more than one such position of administrator and may appoint a secretary to fill one or more positions of such administrator, but each person appointed as such an administrator must possess whatever qualifications are elsewhere specified in this code as being required for appointment to such position;
(2) Take the oath of office or affirmation prescribed by section five, article four of the Constitution, and such oath shall be certified by the person who administers the same and filed in the office of the Secretary of State;
(3) Give bond in the penalty of $15,000 conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office, which bond shall be approved by the Attorney General as to form and by the secretary as to sufficiency. The surety of such bond may be a bonding or surety company, in which case the premium shall be paid out of the appropriation made for the administration of the department; and
(4) Receive an annual salary as shall be fixed from time to time by law or as otherwise provided.
(b) Each administrator required by other provisions of this code to be appointed in any manner other than by the Governor shall continue to be appointed, shall take such oath of office, give such bond and receive such salary as shall be so specified by such other provisions of this code.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 5F. Reorganization of the Executive Branch of State Government › Article 2. Transfer of Agencies and Boards › §5F-2-4. Transfer of Records, Property and Personnel

All records, assets and property, of whatever kind or character, owned by or utilized in the administration of the agencies and boards and all of the personnel utilized in the administration of such agencies and boards, including the administrators, are hereby transferred to the respective department to and in which such agencies and boards are transferred and incorporated.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 5F. Reorganization of the Executive Branch of State Government › Article 2. Transfer of Agencies and Boards › §5F-2-6. Reorganization of Boards Issuing or Incurring Debt

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that boards and commissions empowered to issue bonds, incur indebtedness and provide financing or financial services for a public purpose may in some cases benefit the public interest or operate more efficiently through consolidation of legal, technical and support staff or services, sharing of office space, consolidation of procedures, and cooperation to identify circumstances where one entity may provide services for another, including, but not limited to, circumstances where one board or commission may finance the programs of another. On or after the effective date of this section, the treasurer shall be authorized at the request of the presiding officer of the entity to provide financial services, provide technical staff services, provide support staff and services and provide for the sharing of office space among and between the following entities:
(1) The staff of the Municipal Bond Commission provided for in article three, chapter thirteen of this code: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the independence and autonomy of the Municipal Bond Commission;
(2) The staff of the hospital finance authority provided for in article twenty-nine-a, chapter sixteen of this code: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the independence and autonomy of the hospital finance authority; and
(3) The staff of the public energy authority provided for in article one, chapter five-d of this code.
(b) In furtherance of the goal of increased efficiency and cooperation, the director of the debt management division of the board of Investments and the secretary of the Department of Administration are jointly charged with the responsibility of developing and presenting to the boards and commissions, to the board of Investments, to the state Treasurer, to the Governor and to the Legislature recommendations for administrative and statutory change.
(c) On the effective date of this section, any funds, equipment, personnel or office facilities associated with those responsibilities that are transferred from the board of Investments or any other agency, to the Treasurer's Office shall be transferred within thirty days of the transfer of those responsibilities.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 5F. Reorganization of the Executive Branch of State Government › Article 2. Transfer of Agencies and Boards › §5F-2-7. Interdepartmental Transfer of Permanent State Employees

(a) A department secretary may enter into a memorandum of understanding with another department secretary to transfer a permanent state employee from a position that is to be consolidated or eliminated, to a funded vacant position in another Department, in accordance with the provisions of this section and the law. To support the transfer of the employee, a department secretary may also transfer furniture and equipment, except motor vehicles and any assets purchased by designated funds for specific uses and purposes, the removal of which is prohibited by law or would jeopardize federal funds, grants or other funding sources.
(b) The transferred employee shall receive the same level of benefits and rate of compensation or higher, and shall retain the same level of seniority.
(c) An employee shall be given notice of the proposed transfer at least fifteen days prior to the transfer. During the notice period, an affected employee may agree to be voluntarily transferred.
(d) If an employee does not volunteer to be transferred, then an involuntary transfer may be ordered. An involuntary transfer shall begin with the least senior permanent employee who qualifies for the position.
(e) A classified employee who is transferred shall retain his or her classified status: Provided, That any transfer shall be made in accordance with the law.
(f) An involuntary transfer may be rejected by an employee if the involuntary transfer would require the employee to travel thirty miles or more, one way, than the distance the employee currently travels from his or her current job site.
(g) An employee who qualifies for and chooses to reject a transfer shall be laid off in accordance with the law.
(h) Nothing in this section shall abridge any other rights provided by law.
(i) Prior to December 31, 2005, the Division of Personnel shall promulgate an emergency rule in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, to effectuate the provisions of this section.
(j) The Division of Personnel is authorized to promulgate legislative rules in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, to effectuate the provisions of this section.
(k) Annually, on or before January 1, the Division of Personnel shall report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance, on all interdepartmental employee transfers, including but not limited to, voluntary and involuntary transfers, furniture and equipment transfers, and the Departments involved in the transfers.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 5F. Reorganization of the Executive Branch of State Government › Article 2. Transfer of Agencies and Boards › §5F-2-8. Special Merit-Based Personnel System for Department of Transportation Employees

(a) In order to attract and retain employees in the Department of Transportation, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and scientific methods governing the appointment, promotion, transfer, layoff, removal, discipline, classification, compensation, and welfare of its employees, and other incidents of state employment. All appointments and promotions to positions shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness for the position.
(b) The Department of Transportation personnel system shall be founded on effective performance management principles that set clear goals, provide efficient and effective services for our citizens, and appraise and reward employees for being responsible and performing as required.
(c) Beginning on January 1, 2022, notwithstanding any provision of this code or any rule to the contrary, employees and positions within the various agencies, boards, commissions, and divisions within the Department of Transportation currently governed by the provisions of 29-6-1
et seq
. of this code shall be subject to the personnel system created pursuant to this section:
Provided
, That such employees and positions shall be deemed to retain their classified or classified-exempt status and all rights and privileges thereof. The employees of the Department of Transportation shall be afforded due process protections through 6C-2-1
et seq
. of this code or other procedures established by the department that assure all of the protections required by law.
(d) The Department of Transportation personnel system is not exempt from the provisions of this code prohibiting nepotism, favoritism, discrimination, or unethical practices related to the employment process.
(e) The Department of Transportation personnel system may not be applied in any manner that would disqualify the department or its agencies, boards, commissions, or divisions for eligibility for any federal funding or assistance.
(f) The Division of Personnel shall, upon request of the Secretary of Transportation, take any action necessary to assist the Department of Transportation in completing the transition to the departments personnel system in an orderly and efficient manner.
(g) The Secretary of Transportation may propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of 29A-3-1
et seq
. of this code and may promulgate emergency rules pursuant to the provisions of 29A-3-15 of this code to implement the provisions of this section.
(h) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the Department of Transportation personnel system shall require that any probationary employee of the Department of Transportation who is terminated for failing a drug or alcohol screen or refusing a drug or alcohol screen shall not be entitled to severance pay.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 5F. Reorganization of the Executive Branch of State Government › Article 3. Future Reorganization; Severability › §5F-3-1. Recommendations for Further Reorganization

The Governor shall submit to the Legislature on or before January 1, 1991, a report setting forth the reorganization implemented by executive action pursuant to this chapter and resulting cost savings as determined by the Governor, any recommendations for further reorganization requiring legislative action and drafts of recommended legislation to implement the reorganization requiring legislative action.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 5F. Reorganization of the Executive Branch of State Government › Article 3. Future Reorganization; Severability › §5F-3-3. Severability

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or invalid, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 5G. Procurement of Architect-Engineer Services by State and Its Subdivisions › Article 1. Procurement of Architect-Engineer Services › §5G-1-2. Definitions

As used in this section:
(a) The term "agency" means all state departments, agencies, authorities, quasi-public corporations and all political subdivisions, including cities, counties, boards of education and public service districts, except, for the purposes of this section, the term "agency" does not include the state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University.
(b) The term "architectural and engineering services" includes those professional services of an architectural or engineering nature as well as incidental services that members of those professions and those in their employ may logically or justifiably perform.
(c) The term "director of purchasing" means any individual assigned by any agency to procure the services of architects and engineers.
(d) The term "firm" or "professional firm" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity permitted by law to practice the professions of architecture and engineering.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 5G. Procurement of Architect-Engineer Services by State and Its Subdivisions › Article 1. Procurement of Architect-Engineer Services › §5G-1-4. Contracts for Architectural and Engineering Services; Selection Process Where Total Project Costs Are Estimated to Cost Less Than $250,000; Division of Highways Procurements

(a) In the procurement of architectural and engineering services for projects estimated to cost less than $250,000, competition shall be sought by the agency. The agency shall conduct discussions with three or more professional firms solicited on the basis of known or submitted qualifications for the assignment prior to the awarding of any contract: Provided, That if a judgment is made that special circumstances exist and that seeking competition is not practical, the agency may, with the prior approval of the director of purchasing, select a firm on the basis of previous satisfactory performance and knowledge of the agency’s facilities and needs. After selection, the agency and firm shall develop the scope of services required and negotiate a contract.
(b) The Division of Highways may procure the services of architectural and engineering firms under the provisions of this section in an amount not to exceed $750,000 for the services per project.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 5H. Survivor Benefits › Article 1. West Virginia Emergency Responders Survivor Benefit Act › §5H-1-1. Title and Legislative Intent

(a) This article is known as the "West Virginia Emergency Responders Survivor Benefit Act.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the payment of survivor benefits to the surviving spouse, designated beneficiary, children, or parents of firefighters, EMS personnel, law-enforcement agency personnel, and Division of Forestry personnel killed in the performance of their emergency response duties.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 5H. Survivor Benefits › Article 1. West Virginia Emergency Responders Survivor Benefit Act › §5H-1-3. Effective Date

(a) The effective date for this act is January 1, 2007. The operation of the amendments to this article enacted during the year 2012 shall be effective retroactively to January 1, 2012.
(b) The operation of the amendments to this article enacted during the 2018 First Extraordinary Session of the Legislature shall be effective retroactively to January 1, 2018.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 1. Oaths of Office › §6-1-1. Members of Congress

Every person elected or appointed a member of the United States Senate or of the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States shall take the oath of office prescribed by, and at the time and in the manner provided by, the laws of the United States of America, effective at the time of the election of such person.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 1. Oaths of Office › §6-1-2. Members of State Legislature

Every person elected or appointed a member of the Senate, or a member of the House of Delegates, in the Legislature of this state, shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, take and subscribe the oath or affirmation prescribed by, and in the manner specified in, section 16 of article VI of the Constitution of the State.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 1. Oaths of Office › §6-1-3. Other Officers

Except as provided in sections one and two of this article, every person elected or appointed to any office in this state, before proceeding to exercise the authority or discharge the duties of such office, shall take the oath or affirmation prescribed in section 5 of article IV of the Constitution of this state; but this section shall not be construed to require any executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, curator, committee, special commissioner, election officer, registration officer, or person authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony, to take any oath other than that otherwise required of by law.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 1. Oaths of Office › §6-1-4. Before Whom Taken

Any oath of office may be taken in this state before any court of record or before any person having at the time authority to administer oaths. Any person residing out of this state, who shall be appointed to any office, agency or service to be performed out of this state, may take the oath required of before any person authorized to administer oaths in the jurisdiction in which such person resides, or in which the duties of the office, agency or service are to be performed.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 1. Oaths of Office › §6-1-5. When Taken

The oaths required by section three of this article shall be taken after the person shall have been elected or appointed to the office, and before the date of the beginning of the term, if a regular term; but if to fill a vacancy, within ten days from the date of the election or appointment, and in any event before entering into or discharging any of the duties of the office.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 1. Oaths of Office › §6-1-6. Where Certificates of Oaths Filed and Recorded; Destruction of Originals

Certificates of the oaths of all magisterial district and county officers, and judges of courts of limited jurisdiction within any county, shall be filed, recorded and preserved in the office of the clerk of the county court of the county. Certificates of the oaths of members of boards of education and school officers of any district or independent school district shall be filed, recorded and preserved in the office of the secretary of such board, and certified copies thereof filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county court of the county of such district. Certificates of the oaths of all municipal officers shall be filed, recorded and preserved in the office of the clerk or recorder of such municipality, or other officer created or acting in lieu of such clerk or recorder, and certified copies thereof filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county court of the county in which such municipality is situated. Certificates of the official oaths of the members of the state Senate and House of Delegates shall be filed and recorded as provided in section 16 of article VI of the Constitution of this state. Certificates of the oaths of all other officers shall be filed and preserved in the office of the Secretary of State.
At any time after the expiration of the term of office for which the oath was taken, the original certificate or certified copy thereof, but not the record, may be destroyed, unless further preservation thereof shall be required by the order of some court, in which event the same may be destroyed when the preservation thereof is no longer required. It shall be the duty of every person who takes an oath of office to procure and file in the proper office the certified copies of his certificate of oath as provided in this section.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 1. Oaths of Office › §6-1-7. Acting Before Taking Oath

No person elected or appointed to any office, civil or military, shall enter into the office, exercise any of the authority or discharge any of the duties pertaining thereto, or receive any compensation therefor, before taking the oath of office: Provided, That this section shall not apply to members of the Legislature of this state.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 1. Oaths of Office › §6-1-8. List of County Officers to Be Furnished Secretary of State

The clerk of the county court of each county, within thirty days after the qualification of officers chosen at each general election in his county, shall transmit to the Secretary of State a certified list of all county officers, showing the name of the officer and the title of the office.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-1. When Official Bonds to Be Given

Any person appointed or elected to any office or position in this state who is required by any statute to enter into or give bond, unless otherwise provided, shall give official bond within sixty days after has been appointed or duly declared elected; but if at the time of his appointment or election shall be absent from the state, circuit, county or district for which is appointed or chosen, shall give such bond within sixty days after notice of his appointment or election. If no term of the court or other tribunal authorized to take and approve such bond shall be held within sixty days after the appointment or declaration of the election of an officer required by law to give bond and qualify before such court or tribunal, or after the person, if absent from the state, county or district, is notified of his appointment or election, shall give bond at the first term of such court or other tribunal next thereafter held: Provided, That the state executive officers shall qualify on or before the first Monday after the second Wednesday of January next after their election: Provided further, That any person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in any office shall give such bond within ten days after notice of such appointment or election, if the court or other tribunal authorized to take and approve such bond shall sit within said period; otherwise, at the first sitting of such court or other tribunal after notice of such appointment or election. No person shall enter into or discharge any of the duties of his office until shall have given the bond required of by law.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-2. How Bonds Made Payable and Proved; Sureties

Every official bond, and every bond required by law to be taken or approved by, or given before, any court, board or officer, shall, unless otherwise provided, be made payable to the State of West Virginia, and shall be signed by one or more sureties deemed sufficient by such court, board or officer, and be proved or acknowledged before, or approved by, such court, board or officer.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-3. Condition; Liability

Unless otherwise specially provided, every bond required by any statute of this state of any person undertaking an office or employment shall be conditioned upon the faithful discharge by the principal of the duties of his office or employment, and upon accounting for and paying over, as required by law, all moneys which may come into his possession by virtue of the office or employment. The liability of the principal and his sureties upon such bond shall extend to all moneys received by the principal by virtue of his office or employment under the laws in effect at the time of the execution of the bond, and to all money which shall come into his possession by virtue of his office or employment under the provisions of any law enacted during his continuance in such office or employment.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-4. Failure to Give Bond; Penalty for Acting Without Giving Bond

If any person elected or appointed to any office, or position, of whom an official bond is required, shall fail to give the bond within the time prescribed by law, the office or position shall be deemed vacant; and any person who shall enter into or discharge any of the duties pertaining to such office or position, before shall have given the bond required by law, shall forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $1,000.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-5. Bonds of Officers Appointed to Fill Vacancies

The bond of any officer appointed to fill a vacancy until the ensuing general election, or for the unexpired term, shall be in the same penalty and contain like conditions as the bond required by law of an officer for the regular or full term, and shall be given before and approved by the same person, court or body authorized to take and approve the bond of a person elected or appointed to such office for the full term.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-6. Bonds of Certain State Officers

The following officers shall give bonds to be approved by the Governor, in the penalties hereinafter named: Secretary of state, $25,000; Auditor, $50,000; treasurer, $500,000; state superintendent of free schools, $3,000; and commissioner of agriculture, $5,000.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-7. Approval of Form and Execution by Attorney General

Every bond requiring the approval of the Governor, the board of public works, the state commissioner of public institutions, or any other state officer, board or commission, shall be first submitted to the Attorney General, and if be of opinion that the bond is in proper form and regularly executed, shall indorse thereon approval of its sufficiency in form and manner of execution.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-9. Where Bonds of Clerk and State Officers Filed and Recorded

The bond of the clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals, and the bond of any state officer or employee that is required to be approved by the Governor, the board of public works, the state commissioner of public institutions, or any other state officer, board or commission, except the bond of the Secretary of State, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, and the bond of the Secretary of State shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Auditor and a certified copy thereof in the office of the Secretary of State.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-10. Bonds of County Officers; Required for Deputy Sheriffs

Every commissioner of a county commission and every clerk of a circuit court shall give bond with good security, to be approved by the circuit court, or the judge thereof in vacation; and every sheriff, deputy sheriff, surveyor of lands, clerk of a county commission, assessor, county superintendent of schools, notary public and magistrate shall give bond with good security, to be approved, unless otherwise provided by law, by the county commission of the county in which such officer is to act. The penalty of the bond of each commissioner of a county commission shall be not less than $20,000 and not more than $200,000, the amount to be fixed by the circuit court of the county, or the judge thereof in vacation, by order entered of record on the proper order books of both the county and circuit courts; of the clerk of the circuit court, not less than $10,000 nor more than $50,000; of the sheriff, not less than $100,000 nor more than the aggregate amount of all state, county, district, school, municipal and other moneys which will probably come into his hands during any one year of his term of office; of the deputy sheriff, not less than $35,000 nor more than $100,000; of the surveyor of lands, not less than $1,000 nor more than $3,000; of the clerk of the county commission, not less than $10,000 nor more than $50,000; of the assessor, not less than $2,000 nor more than $5,000; of the county superintendent of schools, not less than $10,000 nor more than $50,000; of a notary public, not less than $250 nor more than $1,000. Any public body required to pay the premiums on official bonds may provide a blanket bond policy for two or more such official bonds: Provided, That the bond herein required to be given by a notary public may be given before the clerk of the county commission, in the vacation of said commission, and approved by it at its next regular session.
For the purposes of this section, "deputy sheriff" shall mean a person appointed by a sheriff as his deputy whose primary duty as such deputy is within the scope of active, general law enforcement and as such is authorized to carry deadly weapons, patrol the highways, perform police functions, make arrests or safeguard prisoners.
The bond described in this section is not required for deputy sheriffs if a county purchases professional liability insurance pursuant to the provisions of section three, article fourteen-a, chapter seven of this code.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-10a. Additional Bonds of County Clerks

The official bond provided for in section ten of this article, relating to county clerks, shall be deemed to apply only to collection of local fees. The State Auditor, on behalf of the general school fund, and the state conservation commissioner, on behalf of the state conservation commission, shall require from the county clerk of any county such additional bonds as are deemed necessary, and in such amounts as are deemed adequate to protect the general school funds and the state conservation funds in the hands of such clerk. The Auditor and the state conservation commissioner shall require corporate surety bonds and pay the necessary premiums from the said general school funds and the said state conservation fund on said additional bonds, but the amount of such additional bonds shall not exceed the amount of the state funds handled by such clerk during the preceding fiscal year.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-11. Bonds of Municipal Officers

Every officer or employee of a municipality who handles public funds or property, and every other officer or employee of a municipality of whom it shall be required, shall, unless otherwise provided by law, give bond, with good security, to be approved by the council or other similar body of such municipality, and in such penalty as such council or other similar body shall prescribe, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of his office or employment and the faithful accounting for and paying over, as required by law, of any funds or property coming into his possession.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-12. Where Certain Bonds Filed and Recorded

Every official bond given before, or approved by, the county court or the clerk thereof, and every bond executed in any proceeding before said court, including fiduciary bonds, and the bond of the clerk of the circuit court, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county court, and be recorded in a book kept by for the purpose, and labeled "Record of Bonds." Every official bond given before, or approved by, the council or other similar body of any municipality, and every official bond given before, or approved by, any Board of Education of any magisterial district or independent district, shall be filed and preserved in the office of the recorder or clerk of such municipality, or in the office of the clerk or secretary of such Board of Education, as the case may be, and be recorded in the records of such council or other similar body of the municipality, or of such Board of Education, respectively, and a certified copy of every such bond shall, by such recorder, clerk or secretary, be forthwith made and filed in the office of the clerk of the county court of the county of such municipality or Board of Education, and said last-mentioned clerk shall record such copy in the book to be kept by as aforesaid. Every bond given before, or approved by, the circuit court, or the judge thereof in vacation, or the clerk of such court, and every bond filed in any civil suit or proceeding in any circuit court, and the bond of the clerk of the county court, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court, and be recorded in a book kept by for the purpose, and labeled "Record of Bonds." Any bond required of the clerk of any criminal, intermediate or other inferior court, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county court, and be recorded as other bonds in said office, and every bond taken in any proceeding in such criminal, intermediate or inferior court, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of such criminal, intermediate or inferior court: Provided, however, That where the bond of the clerk of any court is herein required to be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of some other court, the clerk of the court in whose office such bond is filed shall make and deliver to the clerk filing the same a certified copy of the bond so filed, which certified copy shall be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk giving such bond
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-13. Copies to Be Sent to the State Tax Commissioner; Penalty for Failure to Send

A copy of the official bond of every sheriff, assessor, clerk of the circuit court, clerk of the county court or other tribunal established in lieu thereof, clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals, and notary public, shall be sent to the State Tax Commissioner by the officer in whose office the original is filed, within two months after the same is filed in office. If the officer whose duty it is so to send any such copy fail to do so within the time specified, shall forfeit $50.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-14. Requiring New or Additional Bonds; Effect of Failure to Give

Any court, board, or officer authorized to approve any official bond may at any time require from any officer by whom any such bond may have been given, a new bond, or an additional bond to that already given, to be approved by such court, board or officer. If the officer so required to give a new bond, or to give such additional bond, shall, after being notified of the requirement, fail to comply therewith within the time prescribed, his office shall be deemed vacant, unless the time for giving such new or additional bond be extended or the requirement withdrawn.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-15. How Surety Released From Liability; Requiring Substitute Bond

When a surety in an official bond, or personal representative, shall have reason to believe that or the estate of decedent is likely to suffer pecuniary loss, in consequence of such suretyship, may file petition before the court, board or officer by whom such bond was approved, to be released therefrom. The petition shall state the ground upon which belief is founded, and shall be verified by affidavit. Upon the filing of such petition and proof that a notice of the time and place of filing the same has been served upon the principal in such bond at least ten days before the filing thereof, in the manner prescribed by law for the serving of notices, such court, board or officer shall require a new bond to be given. And if any officer, being so required, fail to give a new bond within the time required, office shall be deemed vacant, unless the time for giving such new bond be extended or the requirement withdrawn. And, except where otherwise provided, the surety in any bond, which is required to be approved by any court, board or officer, or the personal representative of any such surety, may be released from liability in like manner.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-16. Effect of New or Additional Bond

Where it is provided by any section of this article, or any other section of this code, or shall be provided by any subsequent statute, that any new bond, or bonds in addition to one already given, may be required to be given by any officer, fiduciary, or any other person, if such new bond, when required, be given and accepted, the sureties in the former bond and their estates shall, except in cases where it is otherwise expressly provided, be discharged from all liability for any breach of duty committed by their principal after such new bond is given and accepted. If such additional bond, when required, be given and accepted, the former bond shall continue in force and have the same effect in all respects as if such additional bond had not been required, given, and accepted; except that in such case the sureties in the additional bond shall be jointly liable with the sureties in the former bond for any breach of duty committed by their principal after such additional bond was so given and accepted.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-17. Suits on Bonds Payable to State Brought in Name of State

Upon any bond payable to the State of West Virginia, whether heretofore or hereafter taken, suits may be prosecuted from time to time in the name of the state, for the benefit of the state, or of any county, district, corporation or person injured by a breach of the condition of any such bond, until damages are recovered in the aggregate equal to the penalty thereof.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-18. Proceedings Must Show for Whose Benefit Prosecuted; Costs

The proceedings in such suit must show for whose benefit it is prosecuted; and the party for whose benefit it is prosecuted shall be liable for costs if the judgment be for the defendant; and the court may, in its discretion, require security for costs from such party, according to the principles and usages of law.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-19. When Bonds May Be Required of Other Officers and Employees

Any board, commission or officer who has authority by law to appoint to office, or to employ any person in behalf of the state, or to place any person in charge of any property belonging to the state, or to authorize such person to receive into his custody moneys, securities or property belonging to the state, and of whom a bond is not otherwise required by law, may require of such person a bond in such penalty as such board, commission or officer may prescribe, and conditioned and payable as official bonds.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-19a. Oaths and Bonds of Employees and Deputies of Tax Commissioner's Office

The Tax Commissioner shall require every employee and deputy who collects fees or handles funds, or who has custody of equipment, supplies, and other property belonging to the state, to take the oath prescribed by section 5, article IV of the state Constitution; and shall require every employee and deputy to furnish, or shall himself obtain, a bond, insurance policy, indemnity contract, or other contract, protecting and indemnifying the state against any and all loss or damage that may be occasioned by the failure of the employee or deputy faithfully to perform the duties pertaining to his employment, and to account for, pay over and deliver to the proper officer or agent of the Tax Commissioner or state, all moneys and other property which may come into his custody or under his control by virtue of his employment. Such bond, insurance policy, indemnity contract, or other contract, shall be in such form, and in such sum, and with such security, as may be prescribed or approved by the Tax Commissioner, and may cover any one employee or deputy or any number of employees or deputies. The premiums for all such bonds, insurance policies, indemnity contracts, or other contracts, shall be paid by the Tax Commissioner.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 2. Official and Other Bonds › §6-2-20. Premiums to Be Allowed on Official Bonds

Every officer or employee who is paid a salary, and who is required to give an official bond by virtue of the provisions of this article, and who furnishes a surety company bond, shall be reimbursed by the state, county, municipality or Board of Education, as the case may be, for the actual premium paid to the surety company for such bond, in an amount not exceeding $7.50 per thousand per annum.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 3. Deputy Officers and Conservators of the Peace › §6-3-2. Removal of Deputies

Any deputy appointed pursuant to section one of this article, may, at any time, be removed from office by his principal, or by the court, or other tribunal in lieu thereof, by and with the consent of which he was appointed: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained, or elsewhere in the laws of this state provided, except the procedure for removal of officers set forth in section seven article six, chapter six of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, shall empower or be construed to authorize the removal, or revocation of appointment and confirmation of any deputy sheriff by any tribunal, officer or body whatsoever, except by the sheriff by whom he was appointed, unless good cause be shown for such removal, dismissal or revocation of appointment.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers › Article 3. Deputy Officers and Conservators of the Peace › §6-3-3. On Death of Principal, Deputy to Act; Liability of Principal's Bond; Removal and Appointment of Deputy; New or Additional Bond

If any officer, having appointed a deputy or deputies, shall die during his term of office, his deputy or deputies in office at the time of his death shall continue to discharge the duties of the office in the name of the deceased principal, until his successor shall have been elected or appointed, and shall have qualified.
Any default or misfeasance in office of any deputy while so acting shall constitute a breach of the condition of the official bond of the principal, notwithstanding the death of the principal; but the personal representative of the deceased principal shall have the same right to remove any deputy from office and to appoint another that was possessed by the principal while living.
The sureties on the bond of any deceased principal, or any of them, may require a new or additional bond to be given by the personal representative of such deceased principal, in the same manner and with like effect as if such new or additional bond had been required to be given by such principal in his lifetime; and all the provisions of this chapter in relation to such new or additional bond shall be applicable to proceedings under this section.