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Senate Bill No. 471

(By Senators Bowman, Bailey, Burnette,

Jackson, Kessler, Minard, Redd, Rowe

and Snyder)

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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;


reported January 31, 2002.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article eight, chapter four 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 six, all relating to continuing the capitol building commission.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article eight, chapter four 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 six, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 8. CAPITOL BUILDING COMMISSION.
§4-8-1. Creation; composition; qualifications.
There is continued a capitol building commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission, which shall be is composed of five
members who shall be are appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, plus the secretary of the department of administration who shall be a nonvoting member. No more than three members shall may be of the same political party. One member shall be an architect selected from three persons recommended by the board of architects, one member shall be a registered professional engineer selected from three persons recommended by the board of engineers, one member shall be the commissioner of the division of culture and history who is chairman of the commission and two members shall be selected from the public at large.
Pursuant to the provisions of section four, article ten of this chapter, and following a preliminary performance audit review conducted through the joint committee on government operations, the capitol building commission shall continue to exist until the first day of July, two thousand two.
§4-8-6. Continuation of commission.
Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, the capitol building commission shall continue to exist until the first day of July, two thousand four, unless sooner terminated, continued or reestablished by act of the Legislature.