ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 119
(By Senators Wiedebusch, Yoder, Minear, Wagner and Bowman)
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[Passed March 5, 1996; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact section fifteen, article thirty-one,
chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuing
the West Virginia board of examiners in counseling until the
first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section fifteen, article thirty-one, chapter thirty of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 31. LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS.
§30-31-15. Continuation of board.
After having conducted a preliminary performance review
through its joint committee on government operations, pursuant to
article ten, chapter four of this code, the Legislature hereby
finds and declares that the West Virginia board of examiners in
counseling should be continued and reestablished. Accordingly, notwithstanding the provisions of article ten, chapter four of
this code, the West Virginia board of examiners in counseling
shall continue to exist until the first day of July, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-seven, to allow for monitoring of compliance
with recommendations contained in the preliminary performance
review and to allow for further review by the joint committee on
government operations.