COUNTY MAGISTRATES West Virginia Magistrate Bill Rejected By Study Panel
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Reported: Jan. 7, 2013 3:51 PM EST
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Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
A House-Senate study group won't be recommending that West Virginia increase the ranks of its county magistrates.
The joint Judiciary subcommittee refused to advance a draft bill Monday that sought to add five magistrates around the state.
The draft initially proposed to give Monongalia County a fifth magistrate in the wake of population growth there. But the subcommittee amended the bill Monday to add a magistrate as well in Berkeley, Kanawha, Raleigh and Wood counties.
The lawmakers then voted 6-4 against asking the full Judiciary Committee to consider recommending the amended bill during the upcoming regular session.
That vote came after legislators discussed the estimated $80,000 annual cost of each of West Virginia's 158 magistrates.
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