HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 71
(By Delegates Campbell, Long, Boggs, Staton, Tabb,
Border and Canterbury)
[Introduced February , 2005.]
Amending Joint Rules of the Senate and the House of Delegates.
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates be
amended by adding thereto a new rule, designated Rule 30, to read
as follows:
Joint Committee on Technology
30. (a)
A joint standing committee of the Senate and House,
named the Joint Committee on Technology, shall continually study
and investigate means and methods
to develop and maintain an
overall technology policy for the State of West Virginia with
respect to: (1) Application of technology to free State employees
from repetitive tasks so the employees may focus on more important
tasks; (2) Application of technology to speed information flow and
information management to achieve a faster response time to users
of government services, including businesses, individuals and
intergovernmental users; (3) Minimize transaction costs; and Meet
the demands of constituents for use of technology.
All computer
and technology related legislation introduced in the Legislature shall be referred to the committee in addition to any other
reference the presiding officer may designate.
(b) The committee shall consist of seven members of the Senate
to be appointed by the President of the Senate and seven members of
the House of Delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Delegates. If possible, no more than five of the seven members
appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Delegates, respectively, may be members of the same
political party.
(c) The committee shall make a continuing study and
investigation of
all aspects of technology and endeavor to
stimulate, encourage, promote, and assist in the development of
technology in the state, and related public policies
. The powers
and duties of the committee include, but are not limited to, the
following:
(1)
Review the annual reports and work plans submitted by the
governor's office of technology and the West Virginia science and
technology advisory council concerning the development of access to
a statewide public telecommunications network for distance
learning, telemedicine, and universal access for governmental
entities, e-government, e-commerce and other issues relating to
technology, either initiated by those agencies or the committee, or
referred to it by either house of the Legislature for study or
review;
(2) Exercise leadership to coordinate for the various
committees of the Legislature the various activities, studies, and
planning activities of the Legislature which relate to any aspect
of technological development;
(3) Evaluate the impact of existing statutes and proposed
legislation related to technology in the state;
(4) Utilize the governor's office of technology and other
resources to investigate, research, and consider issues related to
technology as may be requested by the Legislature and make
recommendations to the Legislature; and,
(6) Encourage research and development in technology.
(7) Inventory and consult with existing technology businesses
and enterprises as to ways to foster increased business activity
and employment opportunities.
(8) Working in cooperation with the governor's office of
technology and the department of administration, the committee
shall recommend guidelines to be used by the Legislature, state
government, and state political subdivisions for technology related
purchasing.
(d) The committee shall hold meetings at such times and places
as it may designate. The President of the Senate shall appoint a
cochair of the committee from the Senate members and the Speaker of
the House of Delegates shall appoint a cochair of the committee
from the House of Delegates members. When the Legislature is not in session, the committee shall meet and conduct its business as a
joint committee.
When the Legislature is in session, in addition to joint
meetings, the members of either house may meet separately from
members of the other house to conduct committee business concerning
technology related legislation introduced or originated in that
house. When the members meet separately, they may function as
other committees of that house. As far as practicable, relevant
information, including actuarial letters or notes, gathered by
members meeting separately from the other house shall be sent to
the cochair of the other house if it is considering the same or
similar legislation.
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