West Virginia Code > Chapter 7 > Article 7 – Compensation of Elected County Officials


7-7-1	Legislative findings and purpose
7-7-2	Establishment of county in-service training programs; further additional duties for prosecuting attorney in any county in excess of 200,000
7-7-3	Classification of counties for purpose of determining compensation of elected county officials
7-7-4	Compensation of elected county officials and county commissioners for each class of county; effective date
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
7-7-6d	Collection of head tax on dogs; duties of assessor and sheriff; registration of dogs; disposition of head tax; taxes on dogs not collected by assessor
7-7-6e	Collection of head tax on sheep and goats; duties of county assessors and Commissioner of Agriculture; deposit of tax collections; creation of special revenue fund; purposes
7-7-7	County assistants, deputies and employees; their number and compensation; county budget
7-7-7a	Limit of budget expenditures
7-7-8	Assistant prosecuting attorneys; appointment and compensation; when court may appoint attorney to prosecute
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
7-7-14a	Personal body armor to be provided to deputy sheriffs; standards; 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
7-7-19	Compliance with Economic Stabilization Act of 1970
7-7-20	Penalties
7-7-21	Severability
7-7-22	Direct deposit of county officials’ and employees’ compensation into designated accounts in financial institutions
7-7-23	Awarding service pistol upon retirement

Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 7 > Article 7 - Compensation of Elected County Officials

Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Appraisal: A determination of property value.
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
County court: includes any existing tribunal created in lieu of a county commission. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
Offense: includes every act or omission for which a fine, forfeiture, or punishment is imposed by law. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
Personal property: All property that is not real property.
personal property: includes goods, chattels, real and personal, money, credits, investments, and the evidences thereof. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
Probate: Proving a will
Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, all rights thereto and interests therein, except chattel interests. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
State: means a state of the United States, or the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See West Virginia Code 48-14-601
Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.