H. B. 4793
(By Delegates Douglas, Varner, Butcher, Caputo,
Prunty, Willison and Stalnaker)
(Originating in the Committee on Government Organization)
[March 1, 2000]
A BILL to amend and reenact sections four, four-a, five and five-
a, article ten, chapter four of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended; changing
agency termination dates pursuant to the West Virginia
sunset law.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That sections four, four-a, five and five-a, article ten,
chapter four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted, to read
as follows:
§4-10-4. Termination of agencies following full performance
evaluations.
The following agencies shall be terminated on the date
indicated, but no agency may be terminated under this section
unless a full performance evaluation has been conducted upon such agency:
(1) On the first day of July, two thousand: Division of
corrections; division of environmental protection; workers'
compensation; department of health and human resources;
department of tax and revenue.
(2) (1) On the first day of July, two thousand one: Division
of natural resources; Purchasing division within the department
of administration; division of motor vehicles; division of
environmental protection; department of health and human
resources; and department of tax and revenue.
(3)(2) On the first day of July, two thousand two: Division
of highways; division of labor and division of corrections.
(4)(3) On the first day of July, two thousand three:
Division of culture and history; school building authority and
division of natural resources.
(5)(4) On the first day of July, two thousand four:
Division of personnel; division of rehabilitation services; and
workers' compensation.
(6)(5) On the first day of July, two thousand five:
Parkways, economic development and tourism authority; tourism
functions within the development office.
§4-10-4a. Termination of agencies previously subject to full
performance evaluations following compliance
monitoring and further inquiry updates.
The following agencies shall be terminated on the date
indicated, but no agency may be terminated under this section unless a compliance monitoring and further inquiry update has
been completed on the agency subsequent to the prior completion
of a full performance evaluation:
On the first day of July, two thousand one: Office of judges
in workers' compensation.
§4-10-5. Termination of agencies following preliminary
performance reviews.
The following agencies shall be terminated on the date
indicated, but no agency may be terminated under this section
unless a preliminary performance review has been conducted upon
such agency:
(1) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-six: Juvenile facilities review panel.
(2) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-seven: Public employees insurance agency advisory board;
cable television advisory board.
(3) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-nine: Tree fruit industry self improvement assessment
program.
(4) On the first day of July, two thousand: Family
protection services board; environmental quality board; West
Virginia's membership in the Ohio River valley water sanitation
commission; oil and gas inspector's examining board; board of
examiners in counseling; West Virginia state rail authority;
state police; Terms of family law master and family law master
system; stream partners program within the division of natural resources; advisory council to the state medicaid agency; soil
conservation committee of the department of agriculture; board of
medicine.
(5) On the first day of July, two thousand one: Real estate
commission; marketing and development division of the department
of agriculture; board of architects; public employees insurance
agency; public employees insurance agency finance board; center
for professional development; rural health advisory panel; oil
and gas conservation commission; state fire commission; office of
water resources of the division of environmental protection;
state police; motor vehicle dealers advisory board; and
motorcycle safety and education committee.
(6) On the first day of July, two thousand two: Whitewater
commission within the division of natural resources; state
geological and economic survey; unemployment compensation; West
Virginia contractor licensing board; women's commission; parks
section and parks functions of the division of natural resources;
ethics commission; veterans' council; educational broadcasting
authority; board of respiratory care practitioners; division of
protective services; office of explosives and blasting; office of
coalfield community development; motorcycle safety standards and
education committee; and state rail authority.
(7) On the first day of July, two thousand three: Driver's
licensing advisory board; West Virginia commission for national
and community service; West Virginia's membership in the southern
regional education board; marketing and development division of the department of agriculture; manufactured housing construction
and safety board; public employees insurance agency; public
employees insurance agency finance board; and environmental
quality board.
(8) On the first day of July, two thousand four: Meat
inspection program of the department of agriculture; state board
of risk and insurance management; board of examiners of land
surveyors; interstate commission on uniform state laws; design-
build board; center for professional development and interstate
commission on the Potomac River basin.
(9) On the first day of July, two thousand five: Board of
banking and financial institutions; board of social work
examiners; lending and credit rate board; governor's cabinet on
children and families; health care authority; and emergency
medical services advisory council.
(10) On the first day of July, two thousand six: Family
protection services board; medical services fund advisory
council; board of examiners in counseling; West Virginia stream
partners program; Ohio River valley water sanitation commission;
and soil conservation committee.
§4-10-5a. Termination of agencies previously subject to
preliminary performance reviews following
compliancemonitoring and further inquiry updates.
The following agencies shall be terminated on the date
indicated, but no agency may be terminated under this section
unless a compliance monitoring and further inquiry update has been completed on the agency subsequent to the prior completion
of a preliminary performance review:
(1) On the first day of July, two thousand: Child support
enforcement division; state building commission; board of
examiners in speech pathology and audiology; public defender
services; racing commission; West Virginia commission for the
deaf and hard of hearing; office of environmental advocate of the
division of environmental protection; investment management
board.
(2) On the first day of July, two thousand one: State
lottery commission; public service commission; oil and gas
inspector's examining board; office of water resources of the
division of environmental protection; and human rights
commission.
(3) On the first day of July, two thousand two: Capitol
building commission; racing commission; speech pathology and
audiologists board; bureau for child support enforcement; parks
section and parks functions of the division of natural resources;
public defender services and investment management board.
(4) On the first day of July, two thousand three: Commission
for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
(5) On the first day of July, two thousand four:Office
of the environmental advocate.