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Senate Bill No. 114

(By Senators Wagner, Bowman, Wiedebusch, Yoder and Minear)

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[Introduced January 23, 1996;

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 continuing the division of highways until the first day of July, two thousand two.

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.

ยง17-2A-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 state road 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 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-six, two thousand two. to allow for monitoring of compliance with recommendations contained in the full performance audit and to allow for further review of the division 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.