Senate Bill No. 633
(By Senators Unger and Bowman)
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[Introduced March 21, 2005; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new article, designated §5A-1B-1 and
§5A-1B-2, all relating to the West Virginia Managing for
Results Act.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new article, designated §5A-1B-1 and §5A-1B-2,
all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1B. "THE WEST VIRGINIA MANAGING FOR RESULTS ACT."
§5A-1B-1. Definitions.
As used in this article:
(1) "Agency" means an entity of the executive branch of state
government;
(2) "Goal" means a broad statement that describes the desired
long-term results toward which an agency directs its efforts.
Goals support, clarify, and provide direction to the agency's
mission and assist in the application of state resources toward implementation of the managing for results state comprehensive
plan;
(3) "Managing for results" means a planning, performance
measurement, and budgeting process that emphasizes use of resources
to achieve measurable results, accountability, efficiency, and
continuous improvement in State Government Programs;
(4) "Mission" means the purpose for an agency's existence and
includes a description of what an agency does and for whom it does
it;
(5) "Objective" means a specific and measurable short-term
target for achievement of an agency's goals and includes a
description of the desired results and a target date for
accomplishment;
(6) "Performance measure" means a quantitative or qualitative
indicator used to assess whether an agency is meeting its goals and
objectives, and includes the following:
(a) An efficiency measure that quantifies the relationship
between measures of the inputs used to produce goods or services
and the measures of the outputs of these activities;
(b) An input measure that quantifies the amount of resources
used to provide goods and services;
(c) An outcome measure that quantifies the results an agency
achieves or the benefits citizens receive from an agency's
activities;
(d) An output measure that quantifies the amount of goods and
services produced by the agency; and
(e) A quality measure that quantifies or describes:
(i) The effectiveness of the agency in meeting agency
objectives;
(ii) Aspects of the satisfaction that customers may or may not
have with state goods or services; or
(iii) How state goods or services compare to some external or
internal standard;
(7) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Administration;
(8) "State comprehensive plan" means a statement of goals
which serve as a broad directive for improving or making more cost
effective state resources and services. The plan shall include no
more than ten statewide goals and fifty to one hundred performance
measures that describe the statewide progress towards its goals;
and
(9) "Strategic plan" means a statement of direction
implemented by an agency to carry out its mission.
§5A-1B-2. Development and implementation of managing for results.
(a) The Secretary shall review and update as necessary the:
(1) Goals developed in the managing for results State
Comprehensive Plan; and
(2) The plan's objectives and performance measures.
(b) On or before the first day of July each year an agency, in
conjunction with the Secretary, shall select no more than six
agency goals that are:
(1) Compatible with the managing for results State
Comprehensive Plan; or
(2) Consistent with the agency's mission if the goals
identified in the managing for results State Comprehensive Plan do
not apply to the agency.
(c) With its annual budget submission to the Secretary, an
agency shall develop and submit to the Secretary as part of the
budget process a managing for results agency strategic plan that
shall include:
(1) A mission statement;
(2) A description of the agency's goals;
(3) A description of the objectives and performance measures
implemented at the program level to achieve the agency's goals,
including:
(A) Performance measure statistics for at least the two most
recently completed fiscal years; and
(B) Performance measure estimates for the current year
appropriation and budget request year;
(4) A discussion of the agency's progress in meeting its goals
and performance measures and any challenges the agency has faced in
working toward its goals;
(5) A description of the internal controls established to
ensure reliability of the data collected for each performance
measure; and
(6) An identification of the customers and stakeholders
served.
(d) An agency subject to this article shall maintain
documentation of the internal controls established to evaluate performance measures that shall be subject to review by the state,
including the Legislative Auditor.
(e) (1) The Secretary shall provide a report to the Senate
Finance Committee and House Finance Committee in December of each
year on the contents of the state comprehensive plan and the
state's progress toward the goals outlined in the plan.
(2) The report shall include details on each agency's
progress.
(3) The Senate Finance Committee and House Finance Committee
may hold hearings after receiving the report.
(4) The first report shall be submitted before the
thirty-first day of December, two thousand five and shall include
a presentation of the first managing for results state
comprehensive plan.
(f) The Secretary shall review the strategic plans and the
state comprehensive plan and recommend to the Governor appropriate
changes to agency budgets.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create "The West Virginia
Managing For Results Act."
This article is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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