CHARLESTON The West Virginia Senate rendered a verdict on an intermediate court of appeals, Wednesday, approving a bill that would create the new court. S
CHARLESTON The West Virginia Senate rendered a verdict on an intermediate court of appeals, approving a bill Wednesday that would create the new court. Se
CHARLESTON – The state Senate has passed a bill to create an intermediate court of appeals.
Senate Bill 275 passed by a 19-15 vote February 24. It now heads to the House of Delegates, where a similar bill was voted down by a slim margin as the legislative session drew to a close. Such legislation has been introduced numerous times in recent years, but none of the bills have reached the governor’s desk.
Four Republicans – Amy Grady, Bill Hamilton, Patrick Martin and David Stover – joined Democrats to vote against the bill. It now heads to the House of Delegates for consideration, where similar efforts to create an intermediate court system have died in recent years.
Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Sapiens International Corporation Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020 Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded February 25, 2021.
It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Ms. Daphna Golden, Sapiens VP and Head of Investor Relations. Thank you. Ms. Golden, you may now begin.
Daphna Golden
Vice President, Head of Investor Relations
Thank you, and good day, everyone. First, let me start by saying that I m excited to have joined Sapiens. I look forward to meeting with you all, and hopefully, we will be able to meet face-to-face soon. Our earnings release was issued before the market opened this morning, and it has been posted on the company s website at www.sapiens.com. Representing Sapiens today are Roni Al-Dor, President and CEO; and Roni Giladi, our CFO.
SB 275
would create an Intermediate Court of Appeals whose decisions would be accorded precedential effect by the lower courts. The bill establishes northern and southern districts within West Virginia, each with a three-judge panel to hear appeals arising out of their respective geographical area. The judges are to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to staggered terms of two, four, and six years. The Committees amended the original bill in certain key areas. For instance, after expiration of their initial terms, the judges will run for full 12-year terms in non-partisan elections. Furthermore, the Intermediate Court of Appeals will not have any original jurisdiction. After June 30, 2022, it will have appellate jurisdiction over such matters as final judgments or orders of a circuit court in civil cases, final judgments or orders of a family court, and decisions of an agency or an administrative law judge. Appeals from its decisions to the Supre