ENROLLED

H. B. 4257


(By Delegates Douglas, Collins, Claypole,

Prunty, Stalnaker, Tucker and Capito )


[Passed February 23, 1998; in effect ninety days from passage.]



AN ACT to amend and reenact section twelve, article twelve, chapter twenty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, continuing the board of risk and insurance management.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twelve, article twelve, twenty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 12. STATE INSURANCE.

§29-12-12. Reestablishment of board as state board of risk and insurance management.

After having conducted a performance and fiscal audit through its joint committee on government operations, pursuant to section nine, article ten, chapter four of this code, the Legislature hereby finds and declares that the state board of insurance should be continued and reestablished but shall be known and referred to as the state board of risk and insurance management. Accordingly, notwithstanding the provisions of section four, article ten, chapter four of this code, the state board of insurance shall continue to exist until the first day of July, two thousand four, but shall be known and referred to as the state board of risk and insurance management.