W. Va. Code § 15-2-24c

Current through 2024 First Special Session
Section 15-2-24c - Relationship with Marshall University Forensic Science Center
(a) The Forensic Analysis Laboratory of the Marshall University Forensic Science Center is hereby declared to be engaged in the administration of criminal justice as that term is defined in 28 C. F. R. 20.3(b).
(b) The Marshall University Forensic Science Center and the West Virginia State Police shall confer with each other as to available grants or similar possible funding sources and applications therefor.
(c) To avoid duplicative and wasteful use of limited resources and to ensure maximum utilization of available funds, the West Virginia State Police shall have primacy of decisionmaking over the Marshall University Forensic Science Center with regard to applications for particular grants or funding in which both entities may have an interest to which the Marshall University Forensic Science Center shall accede.
(d) The West Virginia State Police and the Marshall University Forensic Science Center shall execute a written agreement to ensure compliance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section.

W. Va. Code § 15-2-24c

Amended by 2020 Acts, ch. 292 (SB 712), eff. 2/28/2020.
Added by 2016 Acts, ch. 211 (SB 104), eff. 6/7/2016.