H. B. 2659
(By Delegates J. Martin, Love, Michael, Osborne, Stalnaker,
Harrison and Willison)
(Originating in the House Committee on Government Organization)
[February 21, 1995]
A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article one, chapter
twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuing the
division of natural resources and the parks section of the
division of natural resources.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three, article one, chapter twenty of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§20-1-3. Division of natural resources, office of director and
commission established; termination date for division of
natural resources and for parks section of division of natural
resources.
A division of natural resources, the office of director of the division of natural resources, and a natural resources commission
are hereby created and established in the state government with
jurisdiction, powers, functions, services and enforcement processes
as provided in this chapter and elsewhere by law.
Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of
this code, the division of natural resources shall continue to
exist until the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-five,to allow for the completion of an audit by the joint
committee on government operations two thousand one.
Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of
this code, the parks section and parks functions of the division of
natural resources, transferred to the division of natural resources
pursuant to the provisions of section twelve, article one, chapter
five-b of this code, shall continue to exist within the division of
natural resources until the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-six, to allow for monitoring of compliance with
recommendations contained in the preliminary performance review and
to allow for further review by the joint committee on government
operations.
Note: The purpose of this bill is to continue the Division of
Natural Resources until July 1, 2001, and to continue the Parks
Section and functions of DNR (transferred to the Division of
Natural Resources) until July 1, 1996, to allow for monitoring of compliance with recommendations contained in the preliminary
performance review and to allow for further review of the section
by the Joint Committee on Government Operations, pursuant to West
Virginia's Sunset Law.