West Virginia House Bill 4302 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 27 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-27 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to clarify the composition and chairmanship of the Commission on Special Investigations; redefine what constitutes a quorum for the voting procedures of the commission; clarify the contents of the commission’s annual report; list the existing and necessary commission staff positions; define an agency’s duty to cooperate with the commission during investigations and requiring agencies to disclose information and documents to commission; establish the requirements for the commission to enter into executive session; establish procedures for conducting executive session; remove the requirement that the Joint Committee on Government and Finance approve expenses of the commission; establish a procedure for commission retention and disposal of records; define a new felony offense of making a false statement to the commission; set penalties for making a false statement to the commission; define a new felony offense of impersonating a commission member or staff member; and set penalties for impersonating a commission member or staff member.

Relating to the Commission on Special Investigations

Del. Tim Armstead [R]	Del. Mick Bates [D]	Del. Tim Miley [D]	Del. Patrick Lane [R]
Del. John Shott [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-27	House	To House Judiciary
2016-01-27	House	Introduced in House
2016-01-27	House	To Judiciary
2016-01-27	House	Filed for introduction

SB344 (Similar To) 2016-03-01 - To House Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
4	5	1	Amended Code	Citation Text
4	5	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
4	5	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
4	5	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
4	5	5	Amended Code	Citation Text
4	5	6	Amended Code	Citation Text
4	5	7	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4302&year=2016&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4302%20intr.htm&yr=2016&sesstype=RS&i=4302