Bill > SB859

This bill transfers the responsibility for hearing appeals related to law-enforcement certification decisions from the Deputy Cabinet Secretary or their designee to the Office of Administrative Hearings, a state agency that conducts formal hearings and makes decisions on behalf of government departments. Specifically, it amends a section of West Virginia code concerning criminal justice and grant administration to remove the Deputy Secretary's role in these appeals and assigns this duty to the Office of Administrative Hearings, as outlined in another section of the code. This change clarifies that the Office of Administrative Hearings will now handle appeals from decisions made by any subcommittees of the Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction, which is a state committee focused on improving the criminal justice system.

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