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§15-2-1. Short Title - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
§15-2-2. Superintendent; Departmental Headquarters; Continuation of the State Police - The Department of Public Safety, heretofore established, shall be continued...
§15-2-3. State Police Structure; How Established; Training; Special Revenue Account - (a) The superintendent shall create, appoint and equip the State...
§15-2-4. Appointment of Commissioned Officers, Noncommissioned Officers, Other Members; Temporary and Permanent Positions - (a) The superintendent shall appoint, from the enlisted membership of...
§15-2-5. Career Progression System State; Salaries; Exclusion From Wage and Hour Laws, With Supplemental Payment; Bond; Leave Time for Members Called to Duty in Guard or Reserves - (a) The superintendent shall establish within the West Virginia State...
§15-2-6. Authority to Make Rules for Grievance Procedure - The superintendent shall have continuing authority to propose legislative rules...
§15-2-7. Cadet Selection Board; Qualifications for and Appointment to Membership in State Police; Civilian Employees; Forensic Laboratory Employees; Salaries - (a) The superintendent shall establish within the West Virginia State...
§15-2-8. Chaplains - The superintendent may also appoint for each company not more...
§15-2-9. State Police Voluntary Contribution Fund - (a) The Legislature finds that from the year 1951 to...
§15-2-10. Uniforms; Authorized Equipment, Weapons and Supplies; Local Headquarters; Quarters for Members; Life Insurance; Medical and Hospital Fees for Injuries and Illnesses of Members Incurred in Line of Duty - (a) The standard uniform to be used by the West...
§15-2-10a. Duty to Return Assigned Items; Superintendent's Right of Setoff - (a) Whenever any member of the department of public safety...
§15-2-11. Territorial Jurisdiction - The jurisdiction of the department shall extend anywhere in the...
§15-2-12. Mission of the State Police; Powers of Superintendent, Officers and Members; Patrol of Turnpike - (a) The West Virginia State Police shall have the mission...
§15-2-13. Limitations Upon Members; Exceptions - (a) No member of the West Virginia state police may...
§15-2-14. Oath of Superintendent and Members - The superintendent and each of the other members of the...
§15-2-15. State Police Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit - (a) The superintendent shall maintain a special unit of the...
§15-2-16. Interference With Officers or Members; False Information; Penalty - Any person who shall at any time intercept, molest or...
§15-2-17. Unauthorized Use of Uniform, Badge or Other Insignia; Impersonation of Member; Penalty - Every person who is not a member of the department...
§15-2-18. Officers or Members Failure to Perform Duties; General Penalty; Providing Extraordinary Police or Security Services by Contract - (a) Any officer or member of the State Police who...
§15-2-19. Bribing, etc., Officers or Members; Penalty - If any person, firm or corporation shall give or offer...
§15-2-20. Transfer Authorized; Use for Disciplinary Purposes Prohibited; Notice Required Under Certain Circumstances; Relocation Expense; Regulation of Member's Residence - The superintendent may transfer members to meet the operational needs...
§15-2-21. Suspension, Demotion or Discharge of Members; Right of Appeal - The superintendent may suspend, demote in rank or discharge from...
§15-2-22. Assignment of Assistant Attorney General; Employment of Legal Counsel - (a) The Attorney General may, upon request of the superintendent,...
§15-2-23. Duties of Superintendent as to Statistics, Aliens and Labor Conditions - The superintendent of the department of public safety is authorized...
§15-2-24. Criminal Identification Bureau; Establishment; Supervision; Purpose; Fingerprints, Photographs, Records and Other Information; Reports by Courts and Prosecuting Attorneys; Offenses and Penalties - (a) The superintendent of the department shall establish, equip and...
§15-2-24a. National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact - The Legislature of West Virginia approves and ratifies the National...
§15-2-24b. Fees for Certain Fingerprinting Services; Dedication of Fees - In addition to any fees that may be established or...
§15-2-24c. Relationship With Marshall University Forensic Science Center - (a) The Forensic Analysis Laboratory of the Marshall University Forensic...
§15-2-24d. State Police Forensic Laboratory Fund - The State Police Forensic Laboratory Fund is hereby created within...
§15-2-25. Rules Generally; Carrying of Weapons Upon Retirement or Medical Discharge - Subject to the written approval of the Governor and the...
§15-2-25a. Meaning of Terms - Any term used in this article relating to the Death,...
§15-2-25b. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context clearly requires...
§15-2-26. Continuation of Death, Disability and Retirement Fund; Designating the Consolidated Public Retirement Board as Administrator of Fund - (a) There is continued the Death, Disability and Retirement Fund...
§15-2-27. Retirement; Awards and Benefits; Leased Employees - (a) The board shall retire any member of the fund...
§15-2-27a. Retirement Annual Annuity Adjustments - (a) Every retirant of the fund who is fifty-five years...
§15-2-28. Credit Toward Retirement for Member's Prior Military Service; Credit Toward Retirement When Employee Has Joined Armed Forces in Time of Armed Conflict; Qualified Military Service - (a) For purposes of this section, the term "active military...
§15-2-29. Awards and Benefits for Disability Incurred in Performance of Duty - (a) Any member of the fund who has not yet...
§15-2-30. Awards and Benefits for Disability Due to Other Causes - (a) If any employee who has served less than twenty...
§15-2-31. Disability Physical Examinations; Termination - (a) The board may require any retirant who has been...
§15-2-31a. Application for Disability Benefit; Determinations - (a) Application for a disability benefit may be made by...
§15-2-31b. Annual Report on Disability Retirement Experience - Not later than January 1, 2006, and each January 1...
§15-2-32. Retirant Not to Exercise Police Authority; Retention of Group Insurance - A retirant may not exercise any of the powers conferred...
§15-2-33. Awards and Benefits to Dependents of Member When the Member Dies in Performance of Duty; to Dependents of a Duty Disability Retirant; Dependent Child Scholarship and Amount - (a) The surviving spouse or the dependent child or children...
§15-2-33a. Awards and Benefits to Dependents of Member -- Termination - When any surviving spouse of a member shall die or...
§15-2-34. Awards and Benefits to Dependents of Employee When the Employee Dies From Nonservice-Connected Causes - (a) If an employee of the agency, before having completed...
§15-2-35. Awards and Benefits to Dependents of Retirant or After an Employee Serves Twenty Years - (a) When any employee of the agency has completed twenty...
§15-2-35a. Authority to Continue Payments to Certain Dependents - The board may continue payments of a surviving spouse's entitlement...
§15-2-36. Awards and Benefits to Dependents of Member -- Termination - When any surviving spouse of a member shall die or...
§15-2-37. Refunds to Certain Employees Upon Discharge or Resignation; Deferred Retirement - (a) Any employee who is discharged by order of the...
§15-2-38. Refund to Dependents Upon Death of Member Not Eligible for Benefits - If any member dies and the board is of the...
§15-2-39. Dependent Child or Children - In any case where under the terms of this article...
§15-2-39a. Limitations on Benefit Increases - (a) The state shall not increase any existing benefits or...
§15-2-40. Commission on Drunk Driving Prevention Created; Members; Quorum; Meetings - There is hereby created within the department of public safety...
§15-2-41. Powers and Duties of Commission; Rule-Making Authority; Monitoring and Reporting - The commission shall have the following powers and duties: (a)...
§15-2-42. Drunk Driving Enforcement Program Established; Purpose - The superintendent of the department shall establish and maintain a...
§15-2-43. Awarding Service Revolver Upon Retirement and Disposal of Service Weapon When Replaced Due to Routine Wear - (a) Upon the retirement of a member of the West...
§15-2-44. Federal Law Maximum Benefit Limitations - Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or state law,...
§15-2-45. Federal Law Minimum Required Distributions - The requirements of this section apply to any distribution of...
§15-2-46. Direct Rollovers - (a) Except where otherwise stated, this section applies to distributions...
§15-2-47. Federal Qualification Requirements - This retirement system is intended to meet the requirements of...
§15-2-48. Specification of Actuarial Assumptions - The board shall specify and adopt all actuarial assumptions for...
§15-2-49. Benefits Not Forfeited if System Terminates - If the fund is terminated or contributions are completely discontinued,...
§15-2-51. State Police Reemployment - (a) The Legislature finds: (1) That the West Virginia state...
§15-2-52. Termination of Benefits; Procedures - (a) Whenever the board determines that a person seeking benefits...
§15-2-53. State Law-Enforcement Association Members Annual Leave Program - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary,...
§15-2-54. Correction of Errors; Underpayments; Overpayments - (a) General rule. Upon learning of any errors, the board...
§15-2-55. Referral Program for Substance Abuse Treatment - (a) The State Police shall create a program and may,...
§15-2-56. Handle With Care Program - (a) The purpose of this section is to ensure that...