In case of a vacancy in the office of President of the Senate or Speaker of the House of Delegates, when the Legislature is not in session, resulting from death, resignation or any other cause, the Governor shall by proclamation convene the house in which the vacancy exists in session within ten days after such vacancy occurs for the purpose of choosing a presiding officer as provided by section twenty-four, article six of the Constitution of the State.
Structure West Virginia Code
§4-1-1. Interim Committee and Subcommittee Meetings
§4-1-2. How Appropriations Made and Applied
§4-1-3. Suits Against Members of Legislature; Exemption From Arrest, Trial, Judgment and Levy
§4-1-4. Compelling Members to Attend
§4-1-6. Administration of Oaths to Members of Legislature, Officers and Witnesses
§4-1-6a. False Swearing in a Legislative Proceeding; Penalty
§4-1-7. Flags Displayed During Sessions
§4-1-8. Officers and Employees; Tenure
§4-1-9. Assistant Clerks; Committee Clerks to Assist
§4-1-10. Powers and Duties of Officers
§4-1-10a. Filling Vacancies in the Office of Presiding Officer of the Two Houses
§4-1-11. Vacancies in Clerkships
§4-1-12. Custody of Journals and Documents; Certified Copies
§4-1-14. Copies of Enrolled Bills Mailed to Courts; Effect
§4-1-15. Fees of Clerks for Copying or Recording
§4-1-16. Indexes to Journals; Printing; Compensation for Preparing
§4-1-17. Priority of Legislative Business for Members and Designated Employees
§4-1-19. Distribution of Acts of the Legislature
§4-1-20. Legislative Findings; Space in the Capitol Building for Use by Legislature
§4-1-21. Prefiling of Bills and Resolutions