H. B. 2116
(By Delegates Seacrist and Hunt)
[Introduced January 20, 1995; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article one, chapter five-f of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section five,
relating to abolishing the office of secretary of the
department of education and the arts.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter five-f of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section five,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
§5F-1-5. Abolishment of the office of secretary of the
department of education and the arts.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the
contrary, the office of secretary of the department of education
and the arts, created by section two, article one of this chapter
is hereby abolished.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to abolish the office of
secretary of the department of education and the arts.
Section five, article one, chapter five-f is new; therefore,
strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.