SB481 SUB1
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Bill No. 481

(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, and Sprouse,

(By Request of the Executive)

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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;

reported February 24, 2000.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article one, chapter five-f of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to reorganization of the executive branch; abolishing department of commerce, labor and environmental resources; establishing that the secretary for the department of transportation shall also serve as the commissioner of highways and receive the commissioner's salary; and establishing that the secretary of the department of tax and revenue shall also serve as the tax commissioner.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article one, chapter five-f of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
§5F-1-2. Executive departments created; offices of secretary created.

(a) There are hereby created, within the executive branch of the state government, the following departments:
(1) Department of administration;
(2) Department of commerce, labor and environmental resources;
(3) (2) Department of education and the arts;
(4) (3) Department of health and human resources;
(5) (4) Department of military affairs and public safety;
(6) (5) Department of tax and revenue; and
(7) (6) Department of transportation.
(b)
Each department shall be headed by a secretary who shall be appointed by the governor
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the will and pleasure of the governor.
(c) The secretary of the department of transportation shall also serve as the commissioner of highways and shall receive the salary of the commissioner of highways as set out in section two-a, article seven, chapter six.
(d) The secretary of the department of tax and revenue shall also serve as the tax commissioner.