ENROLLED
H. B. 2558
(By Delegates J. Martin, Michael, Love, Fragale, Osborne,
Willison and Nesbitt)
[Passed March 11, 1995; in effect July 1, 1995.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article six, chapter
five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuing the state
building commission and changing the compensation of citizen
members.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article six, chapter five of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§5-6-1. Name of state office building commission changed;
composition; appointment, terms and qualifications of
members; chairman and secretary; compensation and
expenses; powers and duties generally; frequency of
meetings; continuation.
"The state office building commission of West Virginia,"
heretofore created, shall continue in existence but on and after
the ninth day of February, one thousand nine hundred sixty-six,
shall be known and designated as "The state building commission of
West Virginia" and shall continue as a body corporate and as an agency of the state of West Virginia. On and after the date
aforesaid, the commission shall consist of the governor, attorney
general, state treasurer and four additional members to be
appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate. The terms of office for said members to be appointed by
the governor shall be four years, except that the terms of office
of the first four members so appointed by the governor shall be for
one, two, three and four years, respectively. No more than three
of such members so appointed by the governor shall be members of
the same political party, nor shall any of said members be members
or employees of the executive, legislative or judicial branches of
government of West Virginia or any political subdivision thereof.
The governor shall be chairman of the commission. The secretary of
state shall be a member of the commission and serve as its
secretary, but shall not have the right to vote upon matters before
the commission. All members of the commission shall be citizens
and residents of this state. The members of the commission shall
be paid or reimbursed for their necessary expenses incurred under
this article, but shall receive no compensation for their services
as members or officers of the commission: Provided, That each
member of the commission appointed by the governor shall, in
addition to such reimbursement for necessary expenses, receive an
amount not to exceed the same compensation as is paid to members of
the Legislature for their interim duties as recommended by the
citizens legislative compensation commission and authorized by law
for each day or substantial portion thereof that he is engaged in the work of the commission. Such expenses and per diem shall be
paid solely from funds provided under the authority of this
article, and the commission shall not proceed to exercise or carry
out any authority or power herein given it to bind said commission
beyond the extent to which money has been provided under the
authority of this article. On or before the fifteenth day of each
month, the commission shall prepare and transmit to the president
and minority leader of the Senate and the speaker and the minority
leader of the House of Delegates a report covering the activities
of the said commission for the preceding calendar month.
Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of
this code, the Legislature hereby finds and declares that the state
building commission should be continued and reestablished.
Accordingly, notwithstanding the provisions of article ten, chapter
four of this code, the state building commission shall continue to
exist until the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-six.