ENROLLED

H. B. 4157


(By Delegates Douglas, Butcher, Caputo, Prunty, Willison, Marshall and Angotti)


[Passed February 22, 2000; in effect ninety days from passage.]



AN ACT to amend and reenact section fourteen, article two-c, chapter forty-eight of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuing the family protection services board.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section fourteen, article two-c, chapter forty-eight of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2C. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT.
§48-2C-14. Continuation of board.
After having conducted a performance audit through its joint committee on government operations, pursuant to article ten, chapter four of this code, the Legislature hereby finds and declares that the family protection services board should be continued and reestablished. Accordingly, notwithstanding the provisions of said article, the family protection services board shall continue to exist until the first day of July, two thousand six, unless sooner terminated, continued or reestablished by act of the Legislature.