HB2182 H GO AM 1-28

Hatfield 3345

            The Committee on Government Organization moves to amend the bill on page one, line eighteen, after the enacting clause, by striking out the enacting section and the remainder of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

            “That §4-10-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, to read as follows: 

ARTICLE 10. PERFORMANCE REVIEW ACT.

§4-10-8. Schedule of departments for agency review.

            (a) Each department shall make a presentation, pursuant to the provisions of this article, to the joint standing committee and the committee during the first interim meeting after the regular session of the year in which the department is to be reviewed pursuant to the schedule set forth in subsection (b) of this section.

            (b) An agency review shall be performed on one or more agencies under the purview of each department at least once every seven years, as follows:

            (1) 2013, the Department of Transportation;

            (2) 2014, the Department of Administration;

            (3) 2015, the Department of Education, including the Higher Education Policy Commission and the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education;

            (4) 2016, the Department of Veterans’ Assistance and the Department of Education and the Arts;

            (5) 2017, the Department of Revenue and the Department of Commerce;

            (6) 2018, the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety;

            (7) 2019, the Department of Health and Human Resources, including the Bureau of Senior Services; and

            (8) 2020, the Department of Transportation.

            (c) Prior to July 1, 2015, the Potomac Highlands Airport Authority shall submit to an agency review. In addition to other remedies provided for in this article, if the Legislative Auditor determines at any point during the agency review that the Potomac Highlands Airport Authority is not cooperating with the agency review, the Legislative Auditor shall notify, in writing, the State Auditor, the West Virginia House of Delegates Committee on Finance, the West Virginia Senate Committee on Finance, the Joint Committee on Government Operations and all local governments that contribute financial or other resources to the Potomac Highlands Airport Authority, of the lack of cooperation. Upon receipt of the notification, the State Auditor shall not process any further payments to the Potomac Highlands Airport Authority, in excess of one dollar, until the Legislative Auditor informs the State Auditor that the Potomac Highlands Airport Authority has cooperated, as required, with the agency review.”