ENROLLED

H. B. 4134


(By Delegates Pethtel, Varner, Stemple,

Ennis, Schadler and Beane)



[Passed March 12, 2004; in effect ninety days from passage.]



AN ACT to amend and reenact §5A-1A-2 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to deleting reference to the secretary of the department of commerce, labor and environmental services as a member of the employee suggestion award program and replacing the reference with the governor's chief technology officer; and increasing membership in the program by one senator and one delegate.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §5A-1A-2 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1A. CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER.
§5A-1A-2. Board created; term of members.

There is hereby continued an employee suggestion award board which shall be composed of the secretary of administration or his or her designee, governor's chief technology officer or his or her designee, the president of the Senate or his or her designee, the speaker of the House of Delegates or his or her designee, two members of the House of Delegates from different political parties to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Delegates, two members of the Senate from different political parties to be appointed by the president of the Senate, and the secretary of the department of health and human resources or his or her designee. The terms of the members of the board shall be consistent with the terms of the offices to which they have been elected or appointed.