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2010 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 7. COUNTY COMMISSIONS AND OFFICERS
ARTICLE 14B. CIVIL SERVICE FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS.
- §7-14B-1. Appointments and promotions of correctional officers.
- §7-14B-2. Definitions; population.
- §7-14B-3. Civil service commission.
- §7-14B-4. Clerk of commission.
- §7-14B-5. Office and supplies for commission; appropriations required.
- §7-14B-6. Powers and duties of commission.
- §7-14B-7. Rules and regulations of commission; notice and distribution thereof; probationary period for appointees.
- §7-14B-8. Form of application; age requirements; exceptions.
- §7-14B-9. Character and notice of competitive examinations; qualifications of applicants; competitive examinations to be prescribed by state civil service commission; press representatives; posting eligible list; medical examinations; exceptions as to and training of correctional officers serving on effective date of article.
- §7-14B-10. Refusal to examine or certify; review thereof.
- §7-14B-11. Appointments from eligible list.
- §7-14B-12. Noncompetitive examination for filling vacancy; provisional appointment.
- §7-14B-13. Vacancies filled by promotions; eligibility for promotion.
- §7-14B-14. No inquiry shall be made concerning political or religious opinions or affiliations of applicants, etc.
- §7-14B-15. Political activity of correctional officers prohibited; petition for vacating appointment; action on petition; appeal.
- §7-14B-16. Training and retraining programs for all correctional officers required.
- §7-14B-17. Removal, discharge, suspension or reduction in rank or pay; appeal; reduction in force; mandatory retirement age.
- §7-14B-18. Vacations for correctional officers.
- §7-14B-18a. Correctional officers who are required to work during holidays; how compensated.
- §7-14B-19. Sick leave.
- §7-14B-20. Offenses and penalties.
- §7-14B-21. County commission of counties with a population of less than twenty-five thousand may place correctional officers under civil service; protest and election with respect thereto.
- §7-14B-22. Inconsistent acts repealed; once established civil service remains mandatory.
- §7-14B-23. Severability.
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