West Virginia Code
Article 2A. West Virginia Commissioner of Highways
§17-2A-4. Selection, Organization, Classification, etc., of Personnel; Business Manager and Chief Engineer Assistants; Employees' Bonds

The commissioner shall be in charge of and responsible for the selection, employment and effective organization of all commission personnel for the entire state road and highway program. He may establish such divisions, sections and other functional and organizational units within the commission as may be necessary and practical in the full and effective discharge of the duties and responsibilities of his office. Except as otherwise provided by law, all commission personnel shall be classified pursuant to the job classification system and shall be paid pursuant to the salary scale established by the commissioner.
The commissioner shall select and employ a business manager assistant and one or more chief engineer assistants who shall be registered professional engineers, and shall establish such other offices, activities, divisions, sections and organizational units as may be necessary and practical. The business manager assistant shall be in charge of and responsible for matters of finance and such other functions as may be assigned to him from time to time by the commissioner. The chief engineer assistant or, if the commissioner has selected and employed more than one chief engineer assistant, the chief engineer assistants shall be in charge of and responsible for planning, equipment, materials, construction, maintenance, and such other functions as may be designated by the commissioner as well as such other functions as may from time to time be assigned to such chief engineer assistant or assistants by the commissioner.
The commissioner shall require every employee who collects fees or handles funds or who has custody or control of equipment or supplies belonging to the state to give bond, with such sureties and in such penal sum as may be approved by the commissioner, for the faithful discharge of each such employee's duties and his accounting for all such fees, funds, equipment and supplies coming into his hands or under his custody or control. All such bonds, when approved by the commissioner, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Premiums on all such bonds shall be paid from commission funds.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 17. Roads and Highways

Article 2A. West Virginia Commissioner of Highways

§17-2A-1. Duties of State Road Commissioner Transferred to Division of Highways; Department to Act Through Commissioner of Highways; Office of Commissioner of Highways Created; Appointment, etc.

§17-2A-2. Qualifications; Office Requirements; Devotion of Full Time to Duties; Supervisory Authority; Oath; Bond

§17-2A-3. Salary and Expenses

§17-2A-4. Selection, Organization, Classification, etc., of Personnel; Business Manager and Chief Engineer Assistants; Employees' Bonds

§17-2A-4a. Payment of Reasonable Traveling Expenses of Prospective Employees and Moving Expenses of New and Transferred Employees

§17-2A-4b. Scholarships for Training Highway Personnel; Other Training Programs; Notes for Money Advanced; Payment or Cancellation of Notes

§17-2A-5. Disqualifications of Commissioner and Personnel; Vacation of Position

§17-2A-6. Accounting and Auditing; Financial Reports

§17-2A-6a. Independent Performance Audit of the Division of Highways

§17-2A-6b. Country Roads Accountability and Transparency

§17-2A-7. Legal Assistance

§17-2A-8. Powers, Duties, and Responsibilities of Commissioner

§17-2A-8a. Authority to Employ Expert Witnesses in Eminent Domain Proceedings; Compensation

§17-2A-8b. Authority to Provide Emergency Road Service

§17-2A-8c. Use of Public Carriage for Designated Employees

§17-2A-8d. Reimbursement for Volunteer Fire Departments

§17-2A-9. Persons Required to Assist Commissioner

§17-2A-10. Production of Documentary Evidence and Testimony at Hearings, etc.; Contempt for Disobedience; Self-Incrimination

§17-2A-11. Road Maps; Digital Road Map

§17-2A-12. Traffic Control Factors; Parking Regulations

§17-2A-13. Purchase or Acquisition of Materials, Supplies and Equipment

§17-2A-14. Disposition of Surplus, etc., Equipment and Materials; Inventories

§17-2A-15. Other Code Provisions Relating to Purchasing Not Controlling; Exceptions

§17-2A-16. Prequalification Disclosure by Vendors; Register of Vendors

§17-2A-17. Acquisition of Property for State Road Purposes; State Road Purposes Defined

§17-2A-17a. Acquisition of Property for Utility Accommodation Purposes; "Utility" Defined

§17-2A-18. Acquisition of Real Property Not Needed for Road Purposes

§17-2A-19. Sale, Exchange, or Lease of Real Property

§17-2A-19a. Transfer of Airspace; Procedures to Be Followed

§17-2A-20. Relocation Assistance to and Replacement Housing Costs for Persons Dislocated by Highway Construction

§17-2A-21. Commissioner Authorized to Contract for Implementation of Litter Control Programs

§17-2A-22. Administration of Engineering and Design Related Service Contracts

§17-2A-23. Administration of Commercial Vehicle and Equipment Related Work Orders

§17-2A-24. Special Employment Procedures for Division of Highways Personnel