West Virginia Code § 29-6-19

Refusal to testify
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If any employee in the classified or classified-exempt service shall willfully refuse or fail to
appear before any court or judge, any legislative committee, or any officer, board or body
authorized to conduct any hearing or inquiry, or having appeared shall refuse to testify or
answer any question relating to the affairs or government of the state or the conduct of any
state officer or employee on the ground that his testimony or answers woulde tend to
incriminate him or shall refuse to accept a grant of immunity from prosecution on account of
any matter about which he may be asked to testify at any such hearing ror inquiry, he shall
forfeit his office or position and shall not be eligible thereafter for appointment to any
position in the classified or classified-exempt service.

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