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H. B. 3031
(By Delegates White, Skaff, Manchin, Cowles, Eldridge,
Marcum, Craig, R. Phillips, Stowers and Lawrence)
[Introduced March 21, 2013; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §22-1-7 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to requiring the Department of
Environmental Protection to maintain an Office of Internal
Auditing.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §22-1-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
§22-1-7. Offices within division.
(a) Consistent with the provisions of this article, the
secretary shall, at a minimum, maintain the following offices and
divisions within the division department:
(1) The Office of Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation, which
is charged, at a minimum, with administering and enforcing, under
the supervision of the director secretary, the provisions of
article two of this chapter;
(2) The Division of Mining and Reclamation, which is charged,
at a minimum, with administering and enforcing, under the
supervision of the director secretary, the provisions of articles
three and four of this chapter;
(3) The Division of Air Quality, which is charged, at a
minimum, with administering and enforcing, under the supervision of
the director secretary, the provisions of article five of this
chapter;
(4) The Office of Oil and Gas, which is charged, at a minimum,
with administering and enforcing, under the supervision of the
director secretary, the provisions of articles six, seven, eight,
nine and ten of this chapter;
(5) The Division of Water and Waste Management, which is
charged, at a minimum, with administering and enforcing, under the
supervision of the director secretary, the provisions of articles
eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,
eighteen, nineteen and twenty of this chapter; and
(6) The Office of Explosives and Blasting, which is charged,
at a minimum, with administering and enforcing, under the
supervision of the director secretary, the provisions of article
three-a of this chapter.
(b) In addition to the offices and divisions provided in
subsection (a) of this section, the secretary shall maintain an
Office of Internal Auditing. The office shall be staffed by an Auditor and other necessary support staff. The Auditor is required
to have at least five years of experience auditing governmental
agencies. The Auditor and all support staff within the office are
required to be classified employees. The Auditor is required to be
a full-time employee. The Auditor's primary responsibility is to
conduct a continuous audit and analysis of the internal controls of
the department.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of
Environmental Protection to maintain an Office of Internal Auditing.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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