ENGROSSED

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Bill No. 304

(By Senator Chafin)

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[Originating in the Committee on Finance;

reported February 25, 1994.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section twelve, article one, chapter five-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to transferring the state parks from the division of tourism and parks to the division of natural resources; transfer of records and equipment; administration of properties; continuation of existing contracts and obligations; transfer of appropriations; and cooperation among divisions.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twelve, article one, chapter five-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DIVISION OF TOURISM AND PARKS.

§5B-1-12. Section of parks and recreation abolished; transferred to the division of natural resources; funds.

(a) The duties, powers and functions of the section of parksand recreation within the division of tourism and parks are hereby transferred to the division of natural resources.
(b) All books, papers, maps, charts, plans, literature and other records, and all equipment in the possession of the section of parks and recreation within the division of tourism and parks shall be delivered or turned over to the division of natural resources.
(c) The division of natural resources has the duty and authority to administer those properties which are a part of the state parks and public recreation system and the legal title to the properties remains with the division of natural resources.
(d) All existing contracts and obligations of the section of parks and recreation of the division of tourism and parks shall remain in full force and effect and any existing contracts and obligations relating to parks and recreation shall be performed by the division of natural resources.
(e) The unexpended balance existing on the effective date of this section in any appropriation made to the division of tourism and parks for the section of parks and recreation is hereby transferred and appropriated to the division of natural resources.
The director of the division of natural resources and the commissioner of tourism and parks shall cooperate fully and exercise their powers to facilitate the development of new or the expansion of existing park facilities, including, but not limited to, the authorities as set forth in this chapter relating to the division of tourism and parks, and as set forth in section twenty, article one, chapter twenty of this code, relating to thedivision of natural resources, as amended from time to time.