H. B. 2242
(By Delegates Canterbury, Campbell,
Amores and Ellem
)
[Introduced January 15, 2003; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article one, chapter five of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-eight,
relating to requiring state agencies to implement
activity-based costing to review their procedures in issuing
approvals; requiring reports; and allowing the adjustment of
fees.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter five of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by
adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-eight, to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. THE GOVERNOR.
§5-1-28. Procedures for issuance and renewal of approvals over
internet.
(a) (1) By the first day of September, two thousand three,
every agency of this state that issues an approval, must have in
place an activity-based costing system which it shall use to
determine its costs in processing an application for each approval
it has responsibility for issuing.
(2) By the first day of January, two thousand four, every
agency of this state that issues an approval, shall:
(A) Using its activity-based costing system, determine its
costs in processing an application for each approval it has
responsibility for issuing; and
(B) Submit a report containing an analysis of the costs to the
joint committee on government and finance by filing the report with
the legislative librarian. The report shall also contain a full
description of the process the agency uses and identify any
portions of the process the agency determines that could be done
electronically, such as through the use of the internet.
(3) An agency must redetermine its costs in processing an
application for each approval it has responsibility for issuing
each time it changes the process it uses and at least once every
three years.
(b) After the first day of July, two thousand four, and
notwithstanding any other provision of this code or rule, an agency
may adjust fees it charges at any stage of processing an approval,
whether the fees are statutorily set or other method
:
(1) To permit discounts, not to exceed the amount anticipated
to be saved using an electronically automated processing method,
to encourage an applicant for an approval to use alternative
electronically automated processing methods; and
(2) To permit additional, convenience fees, for allowing an
applicant for an approval to use alternative electronically
automated processing methods.
(c) As used in this section "approval" means any license,
permit, certificate or other permission, by any other designation,
to engage in any activity, including, but not limited to, authority
to conduct a trade, profession or business.
(d) The governor shall take appropriate action to inform all
state agencies of the requirements contained in this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require state agencies
to implement activity-based costing to review their procedures in
issuing approvals and report their findings to the Joint Committee
on Government and Finance. The bill also allows the adjustment of
fees for processing approvals to encourage using alternative
electronic processing methods.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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