H.
B.
4665
(By Delegates Martin, Michael and Love)
(Originating in the Committee on Government Organization)
[March 1, 1994]
A BILL to amend and reenact sections four and five, article ten, chapter four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuing departments, agencies and boards; scheduling performance audits and preliminary performance reviews by the joint committee on government operations.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That sections four and five, 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:
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4. Termination of departments, agencies or boards
following performance audits.
The following departments, agencies or boards shall be terminated on the date indicated, but no department, agency or board shall be terminated under this section unless a performance audit has been conducted upon such department, agency or board:
(1) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four: Division of labor; division of tourism and parks; division of corrections; division of natural resources; and division of highways.
(2) (1) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five: Division of environmental protection; division of labor; division of tourism and parks; division of corrections; division of natural resources; division of highways.
(3) (2) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six: Division of culture and history; division of personnel.
(4) (3) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven: Department of health and human resources.
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5. Termination of agencies or boards following preliminary
performance reviews.
The following agencies or boards shall be terminated on the date indicated, but no agency or board shall be terminated under this section unless a preliminary performance review has been conducted upon such agency or board:
(1) 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 Farm management commission; West Virginia ethics commission; family law masters system; child advocate office of the department of health and human resources; family protection services board; state structural barriers compliance board; board of architects; state building commission; oil and gas inspectors' examining board; public employees insurance agency; public employees insurance agency finance board; Ohio River valley water sanitation commission; veteran's council; share in your future commission; southern regional education board; and the real estate commission.
(2) 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; board of social work examiners; the rural health initiative advisory panel; and the marketing and development divisions of the department of agriculture; real estate commission; juvenile facilities review panel; office of water resources; center for professional development; board of architects; state building commission; family law masters system; public employees insurance agency; public employees insurance agency finance board; division of rehabilitation services.
(3) 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; workers' compensation; unemployment compensation; office of judges of workers' compensation; and the board of investments.
(4) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven: The driver's licensing advisory board; West Virginia health care cost review authority; governor's cabinet on children and families; oil and gas conservation commission; child advocate office; and the West Virginia contractors' licensing board.
(5) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight: State lottery commission; the following divisions 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; board of examiners in speech pathology and audiology.
(6) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine: Board of banking and financial institutions; capitol building commission; tree fruit industry self-improvement assessment program; and the public service commission.
(7) On the first day of July, two thousand: Family protection services board; environmental quality board; West Virginia's membership in the Ohio river valley water sanitation commission; ethics commission; oil and gas inspectors' examining board; veterans' council; West Virginia's membership in the southern regional education board.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to schedule various departments, agencies and boards for full performance audits, preliminary performance reviews, and possible termination by the joint committee on government operations.