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Senate Bill No. 238

(By Senators Bowman, Bailey,

Jackson, Kessler, Minard, Redd, Rowe, Snyder,
Wooton, Boley, Minear and Sprouse)
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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;


reported January 17, 2002.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article two-a, chapter seventeen 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 one-a, all relating to continuing the division of highways.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article two-a, chapter seventeen 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 one-a, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2A. WEST VIRGINIA COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
§17-2A-1. Duties of state road commissioner transferred to division of highways; department to act through commissioner of highways; office of commissioner of highways created; appointment, etc.

The office of state road commissioner heretofore existing is hereby continued in all respects as heretofore constituted, but is hereby designated as the West Virginia division of highways. All duties and responsibilities heretofore imposed upon the state road commissioner and the powers exercised by him are hereby transferred to the West Virginia division of highways and such duties and responsibilities shall be performed by said division and the powers may be exercised thereby through the West Virginia commissioner of highways who shall be the chief executive officer of the division.
Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, the West Virginia division of highways shall continue to exist until the first day of July, two thousand two.
There is hereby continued the office of West Virginia commissioner of highways who shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, subject to the provisions of section two-a, article seven, chapter six of this code.
§17-2A-1a. Continuation of the division.
The division of highways shall be continued until the first day of July, two thousand five, pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, unless sooner terminated, continued or reestablished pursuant to the provisions of that article.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to continue the division of highways until July 1, 2005, pursuant to the West Virginia sunset law. This bill is recommended by the joint committee on government operations for passage during the 2002 regular session of the Legislature.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates language that would be added. Section one-a is new; therefore, underscoring has been omitted.)
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