ENROLLED
H. B. 4472
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegates
Clements, Varner, Anderson, Leggett,
Proudfoot and Border)
[Passed March 13, 1998; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact section two, article two-b, chapter
twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended; and to further amend said
article by adding thereto a new section, designated section
two-a, all relating to the wildlife endowment fund;
providing for four additional citizen members to the
wildlife endowment fund board; providing that no more than
three citizen members may be from the same political party;
and creating the Ohio River management fund advisory board
to advise the wildlife endowment fund board with respect to
the management and expenditures of the Ohio River management
fund account within the wildlife endowment fund.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article two-b, chapter twenty of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted; and that said article be
further amended by adding thereto a new section, designated
section two-a, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2B. WILDLIFE ENDOWMENT FUND.
§20-2B-2. Board created; composition.
The board of trustees of the wildlife endowment fund of the
division of natural resources has full authority over the
administration of the wildlife endowment fund. The chairman of
the board is the director of the division of natural resources
and the members are the executive secretary of the division, the
division wildlife officer, the chief of the wildlife resources
section, the chief of the law-enforcement section and six citizen
members, to be appointed by the governor. To the extent possible,
the governor shall appoint the citizen members to ensure an equal
geographic representation throughout the state and their terms
shall be staggered from the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-nine. Existing citizen members shall retain their
appointed positions for a period of two years from that date.
Initial citizen appointments to the board shall be as follows:
Two citizen members shall be appointed for a term of three years;
two citizen members shall be appointed for a term of four years;
and subsequent citizen member appointments to the board shall be
for a term of four years. No more than three citizen members may
be members of one political party. The actual expenses of the
citizen members incurred in the performance of their duties under
this section are payable from funds of the division. The state
treasurer is the custodian of the wildlife endowment fund and
shall invest its assets in accordance with the provisions of
article six, chapter twelve of this code.
§20-2B-2a. Ohio River management fund advisory board created;
composition; responsibilities.
There is created an advisory board to the board of trustees
of the wildlife endowment fund, designated the Ohio River
management fund advisory board, which shall be composed of the
director of the division of natural resources, the chief of the
wildlife resources section of the division and three citizen
members to be appointed by the governor. One citizen member
shall be a resident of Hancock, Brooke, Ohio or Marshall county;
one citizen member shall be a resident of Wetzel, Tyler,
Pleasants or Wood county; and one citizen member shall be a
resident of Jackson, Mason, Cabell or Wayne county. The actual
expenses of the citizen members incurred in the performance of
their duties under this section shall be payable from the funds
of the division. The advisory board shall advise the wildlife
endowment fund board with respect to the management and
expenditure of funds from the Ohio River management fund account
within the wildlife endowment fund.