ENGROSSED
Senate Bill No. 698
(By Senators Boley, Kessler and McKenzie)
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[Introduced February 23, 1998; referred to
the Committee on Natural Resources;
and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article two-b, chapter
twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended; and to further amend said
article by adding thereto a new section, designated section
two-a, all relating to the wildlife endowment fund;
providing for four additional citizen members to the
wildlife endowment fund board; and creating the Ohio river
management fund advisory board to advise the wildlife
endowment fund board with respect to the management and
expenditures of the Ohio river management fund account
within the wildlife endowment fund.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article two-b, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted; and that said article be
further amended by adding thereto a new section, designated
section two-a, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2B. WILDLIFE ENDOWMENT FUND.
§20-2B-2. Board created; composition.
The board of trustees of the wildlife endowment fund of the
department division of natural resources, has full authority over
the administration of the wildlife endowment fund. The chairman
of the board is the director of the
department division of
natural resources and the members are the executive secretary of
the
department division, the
departmental division fiscal
officer, the chief of the wildlife resources
division section,
and the chief of the law-enforcement
division section and
two six
citizen members, to be appointed by the governor.
To the extent
possible, the governor shall appoint the citizen members to
ensure an equal geographic representation throughout the state
and their terms shall be staggered from the first day of July,
one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine. Existing citizen members
shall retain their appointed positions for a period of two years
from that date. Initial citizen appointments to the board shall
be as follows: Two citizen members shall be appointed for a term
of three years; two citizen members shall be appointed for a term
of four years; and subsequent citizen member appointments to the board shall be for a term of four years. No more than three
citizen members may be members of one political party. The
actual expenses of the citizen members, incurred in the
performance of their duties under this section are payable from
funds of the
department division. The state treasurer is the
custodian of the wildlife endowment fund and shall invest its
assets in accordance with the provisions of
section nine, article
six, chapter twelve of this code.
§20-2B-2a. Ohio river management fund advisory board created;
composition; responsibilities.
There is created an advisory board to the board of trustees
of the wildlife endowment fund, designated the Ohio river
management fund advisory board, which shall be composed of the
director of the division of natural resources, the chief of the
wildlife resources section of the division and three citizen
members to be appointed by the governor. One citizen member
shall be a resident of Hancock, Brooke, Ohio or Marshall county;
one citizen member shall be a resident of Wetzel, Tyler,
Pleasants or Wood county; and one citizen member shall be a
resident of Jackson, Mason, Cabell or Wayne county. The actual
expenses of the citizen members incurred in the performance of
their duties under this section shall be payable from the funds
of the division. The advisory board shall advise the wildlife
endowment fund board with respect to the management and expenditure of funds from the Ohio river management fund account
within the wildlife endowment fund.