ENROLLED
H. B. 4092
(By Delegates Martin, Michael, Border and Evans)
[Passed February 24, 1994; in effect July 1, 1994.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact section one, article two, chapter forty-eight-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuation of the child advocate office.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article two, chapter forty-eight-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA CHILD ADVOCATE OFFICE.
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1. Reestablishment of the West Virginia child advocate
office.
(a) There is hereby established within the department of health and human resources the child advocate office.
(b) After having conducted a performance and fiscal audit through its joint committee on government operations, pursuant to article ten, chapter four of this code, the Legislature hereby finds and declares the child advocate office should be continued and reestablished. Accordingly, notwithstanding the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, the child advocate office shall continue to exist until the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven.