No county official shall receive or be paid, directly or indirectly, any part of the compensation of any assistant, deputy or employee, or any fee or reward for appointing him or her to his or her position. No member of a county commission shall receive or be paid, directly or indirectly, any part of the compensation of any other county officer named in this article, or of any county assistant, deputy or employee. If any county commissioner or county official violates the provisions of this section, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year, or both fined and imprisoned. Any county commissioner or county official so convicted shall forfeit his or her office.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers
Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials
§7-7-1. Legislative Findings and Purpose
§7-7-4a. Authorizing the Option of Full-Time Status for Part-Time Prosecuting Attorneys
§7-7-6a. Assessors; Additional Compensation; Additional Duties
§7-7-6b. Additional Compensation of Assessors According to County Classification
§7-7-6c. Additional Compensation of Assessor
§7-7-7. County Assistants, Deputies and Employees; Their Number and Compensation; County Budget
§7-7-7a. Limit of Budget Expenditures
§7-7-9. Procedure for Payment of Compensation
§7-7-11. Illegal Orders for Compensation
§7-7-12. Sharing Compensation Prohibited
§7-7-13. Allowance for Expenses of Sheriff
§7-7-14. Training of Sheriffs and Deputies; Payment of Expenses Thereof by County Commission
§7-7-15. Allowance for Expenses of Prosecuting Attorney
§7-7-16. Mileage Allowance for County Officials and Employees
§7-7-16a. Motor Vehicles Owned by the County