H. B. 4432
(By Delegates Talbott, Eldridge and Ross)
[Introduced February 10, 2010
; referred to the
Committee on Political Subdivisions then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §6-9-8 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to reducing the cost of services
provided by the chief inspector to be charged to a Class IV
municipality and specifying the charge is for cost of the
service.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §6-9-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. SUPERVISION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
§6-9-8. Payment of cost of services of chief inspector; revolving
fund.
(a) The cost of any service or act performed by the chief
inspector under the provisions of this article as to any county or
district office, officer or institution shall be paid by the county
commission of the county; the cost of any service or act to any
board of
education shall be paid by the board; the cost of any
service or act to any municipal corporation shall be paid by the
authorities of the municipal corporation:
Provided, That in
municipalities in which the total revenue from all taxes does not
exceed the sum of $2,000 annually, the cost including the per diem
and all actual costs and expenses of the services shall not exceed
the sum of $60. The cost of this service shall be the actual cost
and expense of the service performed,
including transportation,
hotel, meals, materials, per diem compensation of deputies,
assistants, clerical help and the other costs that are necessary to
enable them to perform the services required, but the costs shall
not exceed the sum of $2,000 for services rendered to a Class III
or and the cost shall not exceed $1,000 for a Class IV
municipality:
Provided, however, That the chief inspector may
charge up to an additional $2,000 for costs incurred for each
service or act performed for a utility or park system owned by a
Class III or Class IV municipality:
Provided further, That if a
municipality is required to undergo a single audit by the federal
agency or agencies making a grant, the cost limitations of this
subsection do not apply:
And provided further, That the chief
inspector shall provide a written quote for all costs in advance
for all services required by this article. The chief inspector
shall render to the agency liable for the cost a statement of the
cost as soon after the cost was incurred as practicable and the
agency shall allow the cost and cause it to be paid promptly in the manner that other claims and accounts are allowed and paid and the
total amount constitutes a debt against the local agency due the
state. Whenever there is in the State Treasury a sum of money due
any county commission, board of education or municipality from any
source, upon the application of the chief inspector, the sum shall
be at once applied on the debt against the county commission, board
of education or municipality and the fact of the application of the
fund shall be reported by the Auditor to the county commission,
board of education or municipality, which report shall be a receipt
for the amount named in the report. All money received by the
chief inspector from this source shall be paid into the State
Treasury, shall be deposited to the credit of an account to be
known as Chief Inspector's Fund and shall be expended only for the
purpose of covering the cost of the services, unless otherwise
directed by the Legislature. The cost of any examination, service
or act by the chief inspector made necessary, or the part thereof
that was made necessary, by the willful fault of any officer or
employee, may be recovered by the chief inspector from that person,
on motion, on ten days' notice in any court having jurisdiction.
(b) For the purpose of permitting payments to be made at
definite periods to deputy inspectors and assistants for per diem
compensation and expenses, there is hereby created a revolving fund
for the chief inspector's office. The fund shall be accumulated
and administered as follows:
(1) There shall be appropriated from the State General Revenue Fund the sum of $25,000 to be transferred to this fund to create a
revolving fund which, together with other payments into this fund
as provided in this article, shall constitute a fund to defray the
cost of this service;
(2) Payments received for the cost of services of the chief
inspector's office and interest earned on the invested balance of
the Chief Inspector's Revolving Fund shall be deposited into this
revolving fund, which shall be known as the Chief Inspector's Fund;
(3) Any appropriations made to this fund may not be considered
to have expired at the end of any fiscal period; and
(4) The chief inspector may transfer an amount not to exceed
$400,000 from the Chief Inspector's Fund to the special operating
fund created in article four, chapter thirty-two of this code:
Provided, That any transfers shall be completed prior to July 1,
2003.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for actual costs
to be paid for municipal audits and reduces the cap on audits to
$1,000 for Class IV municipalities.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.