Senate Bill No. 74
(By Senators Holliday and Boley)
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[Introduced January 21, 1994; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article two-a, chapter
seventeen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuation of
the division of highways.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article two-a, chapter seventeen of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2A. WEST VIRGINIA COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
§17-2A-1. Duties of state road commissioner transferred to
division of highways; department to act through commissioner
of highways; termination of division; office of commissioner
of highways created; appointment, etc.
The office of state road commissioner heretofore existing is
hereby continued in all respects as heretofore constituted, but
is hereby designated as the West Virginia division of highways.
All duties and responsibilities heretofore imposed upon the stateroad commissioner and the powers exercised by him are hereby
transferred to the West Virginia division of highways and such
duties and responsibilities shall be performed by the said
division and the powers may be exercised thereby through the West
Virginia commissioner of highways, who shall be the chief
executive officer of the division.
Pursuant to the provisions of section four article ten,
chapter four of this code, the West Virginia division of highways
shall continue to exist until the first day of July, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-four ninety-five to allow for the completion
of a full performance audit by the joint committee on government
operations.
There is hereby continued the office of West Virginia
commissioner of highways, who shall be appointed by the governor,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, subject to the
provisions of section two-a, article seven, chapter six of this
code.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to continue the Division
of Highways until July 1, 1995, to allow for the completion of a
performance audit by the Joint Committee on Government
Operations.
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 during the 1994 Regular
Session.