West Virginia Senate Bill 129 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-14 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to create and authorize a new court to be known as the Intermediate Court of Appeals. The bill sets forth how its judges are to be selected. The bill provides that its judges may not receive additional compensation. The bill sets forth the court’s jurisdictional authority. The bill provides that the Supreme Court of Appeals controls its pleading, practice, procedure, scheduling of terms and adjournment. The bill authorizes the hiring of a clerk of the court and other employees. The bill sets forth the duties of the clerk. The bill provides that the court’s budget be part of the Supreme Court of Appeals’ budget. The bill permits appeals to the Supreme Court of Appeals.

Establishing Intermediate Court of Appeals

Sen. Mitch Carmichael [R]	Sen. Ed Gaunch [R]	Sen. Craig Blair [R]	Sen. Kent Leonhardt [R]
Sen. Robert Karnes [R]	Sen. Jeffrey Mullins [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-14	Senate	To Judiciary
2015-01-14	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2015-01-14	Senate	To Judiciary then Finance
2015-01-14	Senate	Filed for introduction

SB306 (Similar To) 2015-01-26 - To Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
51	1B	1	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	10	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	2	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	3	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	4	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	5	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	6	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	7	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	8	New Code	See Bill Text
51	1B	9	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=129&year=2015&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb129%20intr.htm&yr=2015&sesstype=RS&i=129