WV DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH &
HUMAN RESOURCES PROCEDURE
FOR ASSUMING CUSTODY OF
CHILDREN DURING SCHOOL HOURS
We strongly urge the WV Department of Health
and Human Resources to amend their procedures
for seizing custody of children bound for foster
care directly from the classroom. If it is deemed
necessary to take a child into custody during school
hours, it should be done in cooperation with the
school administration, and in such a way that it does
not further add to the child’s trauma or interrupt the
classroom environment.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Farm Bureau recommends that all income taxes on
Social Security cease.
HEALTH INSURANCE
Farm Bureau is opposed to national health
insurance in any form. We oppose any legislation
on health insurance that would adversely impact the
agricultural community and/or rural West Virginia.
RIGHT TO WORK
Farm Bureau recommends that the West Virginia
Legislature place the right to work issue on the ballot.
RIGHT TO WORK FOR CHILDREN
Farm Bureau favors amending the Fair Labor
Standards Act to restore the right of persons under
age 14 to work on farms during non-school time, with
the written consent of parent(s) or guardian.
STRIKES OR WORK STOPPAGES BY
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Farm Bureau favors legislation to prohibit strikes
by government employees. We recommend that the
penalty be forfeiture of tenure and seniority rights.
REPEAL OF DAVIS-BACON ACT
Farm Bureau urges the repeal of the Davis-Bacon
Act and similar state legislation. Prevailing wages are
often artificially high and may be detrimental to local
projects and contractors.
power used basis on some meters, adversely affecting
many customers who use certain meter facilities for
very short periods during the year, causing billed
amounts to exceed the power actually used.
Farm Bureau requests that the Public Service
Commission require the KW demand be reviewed
every two years by the provider and adjusted based
on most recent history of usage.
UTILITY RATE HEARINGS
Utility rate increase and policy change hearings
are currently held only in Charleston. Farm Bureau
recommends that these hearings be held in the
communities affected by the proposed increase.
MANDATORY ENLISTMENTS OF
PUBLIC WATER AND SEWAGE
TREATMENT SYSTEMS
Landowners who have adequate water and/or
sewage systems should not be forced to accept public
service or be charged for that service if not accepted.
COUNTY REFERENDUMS
Farm Bureau recommends legislation requiring
that a referendum that is defeated in a county election
cannot be placed on the ballot again for four years,
and then must coincide with a General Election.
SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT FOR
IMPOSITION OF COUNTY FEES
Farm Bureau believes that the signature
requirement to impose a fee for services at the county
level, which is 10% of voters who have voted in the
last election, should be equal to or greater than the
signature requirement necessary to force a ballot
vote, which is 20% of voters who have voted in the
last election.
COUNTY RECORDS
Information now available in the County Clerk’s
records includes deaths, births, marriages, sex,
marital status, and names of children. Farm Bureau
recommends that the name of the cemetery where a
deceased person is buried or method of interment be
added to these records.
DEMAND BILLINGS ON
ELECTRICITY RATES
Electric companies use demand billing rather than
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