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ENGROSSED

Senate Bill No. 58

(By Senator Bailey)

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[Introduced February 14, 2001; referred to the Committee on Government Organization.]

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A BILL to amend article one, chapter four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-three; and to amend and reenact section twenty, article one, chapter five of said code, all relating to annual reports; and requiring that annual reports to be submitted by agencies, commissions and boards to the Legislature, legislative manager, legislative auditor, president of the Senate and speaker of the House of Delegates or the joint committee on government and finance be sent to the legislative librarian.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-three; and that section twenty, article one, chapter five of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 4. THE LEGISLATURE.

ARTICLE 1. OFFICERS, MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES; APPROPRIATIONS; INVESTIGATIONS; DISPLAY OF FLAGS; RECORDS; USE OF CAPITOL BUILDING; PREFILING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS; STANDING COMMITTEES; INTERIM MEETINGS; NEXT MEETING OF THE SENATE.

§4-1-23. Annual reports to be sent to the legislative librarian. Any office, agency, commission or board required by any section of this code to provide an annual report to the Legislature, legislative manager, legislative auditor, the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Delegates or the joint committee on government and finance shall submit the report to the legislative librarian. All audit reports shall be submitted to the legislative manager.
CHAPTER 5. GENERAL POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR,

SECRETARY OF STATE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL; BOARD

OF PUBLIC WORKS; MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS,

OFFICES, PROGRAMS, ETC.

ARTICLE 1. THE GOVERNOR.
§5-1-20. Reports to the governor; form and contents; transmission to the Legislature; special reports.

The subordinate officers of the executive department and the officers of all public institutions of the state shall make an annual report to the governor as soon as possible after the close of each fiscal year, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary. All state officers, boards, commissions, departments and institutions required by law to make reports to the governor, the Legislature or any administrative board or state official shall cover fiscal year periods and such reports shall be submitted in typewritten form or any legible form produced by mechanical means.
The governor shall by executive order prescribe the general contents of the reports to be submitted to him. The form and format of such the reports shall be as prescribed in section twenty-eight, article three, chapter five-a of this code.
The governor shall transmit copies of the report to the Legislature and lodge a copy of all such reports with the department of archives and history where the same shall be kept as permanent records. All annual reports to the Legislature shall be submitted to the legislative librarian.
The governor may at any time require information in writing, under oath, from any officer, board, department or commission of the executive department or the principal officer or manager of any state institution, upon any subject relating to the condition, management and expense of their respective offices or institutions.

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(NOTE: This bill would require that all annual reports to the Legislature be submitted to the legislative librarian.

§4-1-23 is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.)
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