Bill Text: WV SB500 | 2016 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Authorizing Superintendent of State Police hold training classes to use West Virginia Automated Police Network
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-13 - Chapter 210, Acts, Regular Session, 2016 [SB500 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2016-SB500-Comm_Sub.html
WEST virginia legislature
2016 regular session
Committee Substitute
for
Senate Bill 500
By Senator Hall
[Originating in the Committee on Finance; reported on February 18, 2016]
A BILL to amend and reenact §15-2-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Superintendent of the State Police to hold training classes for certification to access and use the West Virginia Automated Police Network; authorizing fee to be charged for the training; creating fund in which the fees are to be deposited; and specifying what the funds may be used for.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §15-2-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE.
§15-2-3. State Police structure; how established; training; special revenue account.
(a) The superintendent shall create, appoint and equip the State Police which shall consist of the number of troops, districts and detachments required for the proper administration of the State Police. Each troop, district or detachment shall be composed of the number of officers and members the superintendent determines are necessary to meet operational needs and are required for the efficient operation of the State Police. The superintendent shall establish the general organizational structure of the State Police by interpretive rule in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. The superintendent shall provide adequate facilities for the training of all members of the State Police and shall prescribe basic training requirements for newly enlisted members. He or she shall also provide advanced or in-service training, from time to time, for all members of the State Police. The superintendent shall hold entry-level training classes for other law-enforcement officers in the state without cost to those officers, except actual expenses for food, lodging and school supplies. The superintendent may hold advanced levels of training classes for other law-enforcement officers in the state for a reasonable daily fee per student not to exceed $100.
(b) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special revenue account, which shall be an interest bearing account, to be known as the Academy Training and Professional Development Fund. The special revenue account shall consist of training fees, any appropriations that may be made by the Legislature, income from the investment of moneys held in the special revenue account and all other sums available for deposit to the special revenue account from any source, public or private. No expenditures, for purposes of this section, are authorized from collections except in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twelve of this code and upon fulfillment of the provisions set forth in article two, chapter eleven-b of this code. Any balance remaining in the special revenue account at the end of any state fiscal year does not revert to the General Revenue Fund but remains in the special revenue account and shall be used solely in a manner consistent with this article. The superintendent is authorized to expend funds from the account to offset operational and training costs; for building maintenance and repair; for purchases and for equipment repair or replacement for the West Virginia State Police Academy; and to defray necessary expenses incidental to those and other activities associated with law-enforcement training.
(c) There is hereby created
in the State Treasury a special revenue account, which shall be is
an interest bearing account, to be known as the State Police 100th Anniversary
Fund. The special revenue account shall consist of merchandise sales, any
appropriations that may be made by the Legislature, income from the investment
of moneys held in the special revenue account and all other sums available for
deposit to the special revenue account from any source, public or private. No
expenditures for purposes of this section are authorized from collections
except in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twelve of
this code and upon fulfillment of the provisions set forth in article two,
chapter eleven-b of this code. Any balance remaining in the special revenue
account at the end of any state fiscal year does not revert to the General
Revenue Fund but remains in the special revenue account and shall be used
solely in a manner consistent with this article. The superintendent is
authorized to expend funds from the account to offset costs for the 100th anniversary
celebration; for purchasing 100th anniversary commemorative merchandise,
equipment and vehicles; and to defray necessary expenses incidental to those
and other activities associated with the 100th anniversary of the West Virginia
State Police. This fund shall expire expires on December 31, 2019
and remaining funds shall be transferred to the Academy Training and
Professional Development Fund.
(d) The superintendent may hold training classes for certification to access and use the West Virginia Automated Police Network (WEAPON) for a reasonable daily fee per student not to exceed $100.
(e) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special revenue account, which is an interest bearing account, to be known as the West Virginia State Police Criminal Justice Information Services Fund. The special revenue account shall consist of: Fees collected for training and certification for access to the West Virginia Automated Police Network (WEAPON) system; any appropriations that may be made by the Legislature; income from the investment of moneys held in the special revenue account; and all other sums available for deposit to the special revenue account from any source, public or private. Any balance remaining in the special revenue account at the end of any state fiscal year does not revert to the General Revenue Fund but remains in the special revenue account and may be used solely in a manner consistent with this article. The superintendent is authorized to expend funds from the account for the following purposes: To offset operational and training costs; for building maintenance and repair; for purchases and for equipment repair; personal services; software; other associated maintenance costs; and to defray necessary expenses incidental to those and other activities associated with the communications section of the West Virginia State Police.
