Senate Bill 250
Senate Bill 250 would require that if an elected conservation district supervisor applies or intends to apply to participate in a W.Va. Conservation agency financial assistance program then all the applications for that program be evaluated and approved by another conservation district. This bill transfers that authority to the state agency. The bill also precludes supervisors from voting on contractor in which he or she or immediate family members has an interest.
Senate Bill 255
Senate Bill 255 would seek to eliminate unnecessary, inactive or redundant boards, councils, committees, panels task forces and commissions. Such as, West Virginia Sheriffs’ Bureau; Clinical Laboratories Quality Assurance Advisory Board; Care Home Advisory Board and Comprehensive Behavioral Health Commission.
Senate Bill 261
Senate Bill 261 would refine the definition of “owner” of a dam to exclude the owner of the land upon which a dam is maintained by a sponsoring agency from responsibility for repairs, maintenance or damage arising from regular operation of the dam. The bill also further protect the owner of the land on which a dam is located from liabilities for any of the deficiencies of the dam, as long as the owner of the dam does not intentionally damage or interfere with the regular operation of the same.
Senate Bill 238
Senate Bill 238 would limit the liability of County boards of education for loss or injury as a result of the use of school property made available for unorganized recreation. County boards would remain liable for acts or omissions which constitute gross negligence or willful and wanton conduct.
Senate Bill 242
Senate Bill 242 would create a misdemeanor offense for disseminating false misleading or deceptive information with the intent to create panic, violence or cause harm during a state of emergency or state of preparedness. This offense would be punishable by up to one year in prison, $5000.00 fine or both.
Senate Bill 280
Senate Bill 280 would permit the transfer of well work permits, such as in the case of an asset purchase, upon approval of the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection. Under current law, well work permits are nontransferable and purchasers of assets must begin the application process over upon transfer of title.
Senate Bill 287
Senate Bill 287 would be known as “Todd’s Law” and provide for the awarding of a posthumous diploma to the parents of a student who died while enrolled in a school district in grade 12. The student must have been academically eligible for graduation at the time of death and shall not have been convicted of a criminal offense or engaged in a felony.
Senate Bill 318
Senate Bill 318 would change the frequency with which employers must pay employees. The bill requires employers to pay employees twice every month. The current requirement is that employees be paid once in every two weeks. The bill would still permit payroll to be processed once in every two weeks but requires employees be paid at least twice every month.
Senate Bill 357
Senate Bill 357 would abolish the Diesel Equipment Commission, transferring its duties and powers to the director of the Office of Miners’ Health Safety and Training. Directs the state DEP to circulate rules, considering the adoption of federal standards, for contemporaneous reclamation and the granting of inactive status. The bill would extend the Clean Water Act safe harbor for compliance with NPDES permits to Section 303 of the Clean Water Act, and with all applicable state and federal permit conditions with certain limitations. Directs DEP to promulgate an emergency rule revising aluminum water quality values using a hardness-based equation. Requires NPDES permit water quality standards be based upon the qualities of the individual discharge point and the receiving stream, and not a wholesale incorporation of state and federal water quality standards; Provides for civil penalties and many other workers safety regulations.
Senate Bill 374
Senate Bill 374 would create an exception to the statutory requirement that an inmate attend his or her parole hearing. The bill would waive the requirement where a terminal condition debilitates an inmate to the point he or she will not be able to appear.
Senate Bill 389
Senate Bill 389 would provide statutory authority for a rules bill pertaining to the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers. This bill Changes the time period for renewal from fiscal year to calendar year, authorizes renewal notification by mail or electronically, requires reinstatement of non-renewed licenses, authorizes annual or biennial renewal periods and authorizes legislative rules and emergency rules related to renewal and reinstatement.
