H. B. 2724


(By Delegates Douglas, Kuhn, Ennis, Manchin,

Marshall, Yeager and Stalnaker)


[Introduced March 5, 2001; referred to the

Committee on Government Organization.]




A BILL to amend article two, chapter twenty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section nineteen, relating to authorizing the public service commission to create a study task force.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article two, chapter twenty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section nineteen, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

§24-2-19. Authority to create a study task force.

The commission shall have the authority, by its own initiative
or by request of the joint committee on government and finance, to appoint a study task force to study impending problems or issues. In the event a study task force is created, the study task force shall make a report to the Legislature on the first day of the session immediately following the appointment of the study task force.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to give the Public Service Commission the authority to create a study task force.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.

This bill is recommended for passage during the regular 2001 legislative session by the Joint Standing Committee on Government Organization .