H. B. 2792
(By Delegate Boggs)
[Introduced February 24, 2009; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §50-3-8 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to requiring the Chief Inspector of
Public Offices to make financial audit reports of magistrate
courts available on the Auditor's Internet web site.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §50-3-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. COSTS, FINES AND RECORDS.
§50-3-8. Audits.
The Chief Inspector of Public Offices shall perform an annual
financial audit of each magistrate court. In addition to and in
conjunction with the financial audit, the Chief Inspector of Public
Offices shall perform or cause to be performed an audit of the case
filings of each magistrate court. The chief inspector shall report
the annual number of case filings of each magistrate court to be included in the financial audit report.
to be made to The
financial audit report shall be made available to governmental
agencies and the public on the Auditor's Internet web site. The
chief inspector shall notify the Supreme Court of Appeals,
the
circuit court of
the each county and the Legislative Auditor
when
the report is available. The Supreme Court of Appeals shall make
a written finding that it has examined the report and that the
annual number of case filings in each magistrate court accurately
represents the total number of cases actually brought before that
magistrate court. This finding shall be made prior to any
redistribution of magistrates which is based upon the increase or
decrease of case filings in any magistrate court.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the Chief
Inspector of Public Offices to make financial audit reports of
magistrate courts available on the Auditor's Internet web site.
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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