H. B. 2138
(By Delegates Martin and Love)
[Introduced February 16, 1993; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section four, article ten, chapter
four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating to scheduling governmental
agencies or programs for termination pursuant to the West
Virginia Sunset Law.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four, article ten, chapter four of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. THE WEST VIRGINIA SUNSET LAW.
§4-10-4. Termination of governmental entities or programs.
The following governmental entities and programs shall be
terminated on the date indicated but no governmental entity or
program shall be terminated under this article unless a
performance audit has been conducted of such entity or program,
except as authorized under section fourteen of this article:
(1) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundredeighty-one: Judicial council of West Virginia; motor vehicle
certificate appeal board; and child welfare licensing board.
(2) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
eighty-two: Ohio River basin commission; commission on
postmortem examination; and the state commission on manpower,
training and technology.
(3) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
eighty-three: Anatomical board; economic opportunity advisory
committee; and the community development authority board.
(4) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
eighty-four: The following programs of the department of natural
resources: Rabies control, work incentive program; and the West
Virginia alcoholic beverage control licensing advisory board.
(5) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
eighty-five: Beautification commission.
(6) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
eighty-six: Health resources advisory council.
(7) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
eighty-seven: Civil service commission advisory board; and the
motorcycle safety standards and specifications board.
(8) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
eighty-eight: Labor management relations board; records
management and preservation advisory committee; minimum wage rate
board; commission on mass transportation; and the public
employees insurance board.
(9) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundredeighty-nine: Mental retardation advisory committee; board of
school finance; veteran's affairs advisory council; and the
reclamation commission.
(10) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety: Consumer affairs advisory council; savings and loan
association; and the forest industries industrial foundation.
(11) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-one: The following divisions or programs of the
department of agriculture: Interagency committee on pesticides.
(12) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-three: State structural barriers compliance board; the
oil and gas inspectors examining board; the tree fruit industry
self-improvement program; the oil and gas conservation
commission; governor's cabinet on children and families; state
water resources board; water resources division, department of
natural resources; board of banking and financial institutions;
farm management commission; state building commission; capitol
building commission; West Virginia ethics commission; public
service commission; family protection services board; family law
masters system; and the child advocate office of the department
of health and human resources.
(13) (12) On the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-four: State water resources board; office of
water resources of the division of environmental protection; farm
management commission; West Virginia ethics commission; family
law masters system; child advocate office of the department ofhealth and human resources; board of architects; state building
commission; oil and gas inspectors' examining board; public
employees insurance agency finance board; Ohio River valley water
sanitation commission; the southern regional education board;
real estate commission; the division of labor; division of
tourism and parks; division of corrections; and the veteran's
council.
(14) (13) On the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-five: Emergency medical services advisory
council; commission on charitable organizations; information
system advisory commission; West Virginia labor-management
council; and the board of social work examiners; and the rural
health initiative advisory panel and the marketing division and
development division of the department of agriculture.
(15) (14) On the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-six: U.S. geological survey program and
whitewater commission within the division of natural resources;
state geological and economic survey; division of culture and
history; and the board of investments.
(16) (15) On the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-seven: The driver's licensing advisory board;
department of health and human resources; West Virginia health
care cost review authority; division of personnel; and the West
Virginia contractors licensing board.
(17) (16) On the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-eight: State lottery commission; the followingdivisions or programs of the department of agriculture: Meat
inspection program and soil conservation committee; women's
commission; state board of risk and insurance management; board
of examiners of land surveyors; commission on uniform state laws;
council of finance and administration; forest management review
commission; West Virginia's membership in the interstate
commission on the Potomac River basin; legislative oversight
commission on education accountability; and the board of
examiners in counseling.
(17) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-nine: State structural barriers compliance board; tree
fruit industry self-improvement assessment program; board of
banking and financial institutions; capitol building commission;
public service commission; family protection services board;
governor's cabinet on children and families; and the oil and gas
conservation commission.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to reschedule and add to
the list agencies and programs to be terminated pursuant to the
West Virginia Sunset Law.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.
This bill is recommended by the Joint Committee on
Government Operations for passage at the 1993 Regular Session.