ENROLLED
H. B. 4603

(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegate Trump)

[By Request of the Executive]

[Passed March 11, 2000; in effect ninety days from passage.]

AN ACT to amend article one, chapter five-f of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section three-a, relating to establishing an executive compensation commission and setting forth the duties and responsibilities of the commission.

That article one, chapter five-f of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section three-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
§5F-1-3a. Executive compensation commission.
There is hereby created an executive compensation commission composed of three members, one of whom shall be the secretary of administration, one of whom shall be appointed by the governor from the names of two or more nominees submitted by the president of the Senate, and one of whom shall be appointed by the governor from the names of two or more nominees submitted by the speaker of the House of Delegates. The names of such nominees shall be submitted to the governor by not later than the first day of June in the year two thousand, and the appointment of such members shall be made by the governor by not later than the first day of July in the year two thousand. The members appointed by the governor shall have had significant business management experience at the time of their appointment and shall serve without compensation other than reimbursement for their reasonable expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their commission duties. For the regular session of the Legislature, two thousand one, and every four years thereafter, the commission shall review the compensation for cabinet secretaries and other appointed officers of this state, including but not limited to the following: commissioner, division of highways; commissioner, bureau of employment programs; director, division of environmental protection; commissioner, bureau of senior services; director of tourism; commissioner, division of tax; administrator, division of health; commissioner, division of corrections; director, division of natural resources; superintendent, state police; administrator, lottery division; director, public employees insurance agency; administrator, alcohol beverage control commission; commissioner, division of motor vehicles; director, division of personnel; adjutant general; chairman, health care authority; members, health care authority; director, division of rehabilitation services; executive director, educational broadcasting authority; executive secretary, library commission; chairman and members of the public service commission; director of emergency services; administrator, division of human services; executive director, human rights commission; director, division of veterans affairs; director, office of miner's health safety and training; commissioner, division of banking; commissioner, division of insurance; commissioner, division of culture and history; commissioner, division of labor; director, prosecuting attorneys institute; director, board of risk and insurance management; commissioner, oil and gas conservation commission; director, geological and economic survey; executive director, water development authority; executive director, public defender services; director, state rail authority; and chairman and members of the parole board; members, employment security review board; members, workers' compensation appeal board; chairman, racing commission; executive director, women's commission; and director, hospital finance authority.
Following this review, but not later than the twenty-first day of such regular session, the commission shall submit an executive compensation report to the Legislature to include specific recommendations for adjusting the compensation for the officers described in this section. The recommendation may be in the form of a bill to be introduced in each house to amend this section to incorporate the recommended adjustments.