A vacancy in the office of clerk of the Senate or Clerk of the House of Delegates, happening when the Legislature is not in session, shall be filled by appointment by the President of the Senate for a vacancy occurring in the office of clerk of the Senate and by the Speaker of the House of Delegates for a vacancy occurring in the office of Clerk of the House of Delegates, to expire at the meeting of the next regular or extraordinary session of the Legislature. If any such vacancy happen when the Legislature is in session, it shall be filled in the same manner as is provided for the election of such officer at the commencement of each regular session.
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