H. B. 4793


(By Delegates Douglas, Varner, Butcher, Caputo,

Prunty, Willison and Stalnaker)

(Originating in the Committee on Government Organization)


[March 1, 2000]



A BILL to amend and reenact sections four, four-a, five and five- a, article ten, chapter four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended; changing agency termination dates pursuant to the West Virginia sunset law.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That sections four, four-a, five and five-a, article ten, chapter four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted, to read as follows:
§4-10-4. Termination of agencies following full performance evaluations.
The following agencies shall be terminated on the date indicated, but no agency may be terminated under this section unless a full performance evaluation has been conducted upon such agency:
(1) On the first day of July, two thousand: Division of corrections; division of environmental protection; workers' compensation; department of health and human resources; department of tax and revenue.
(2)
(1) On the first day of July, two thousand one: Division of natural resources; Purchasing division within the department of administration; division of motor vehicles; division of environmental protection; department of health and human resources; and department of tax and revenue.
(3)(2) On the first day of July, two thousand two: Division of highways; division of labor and division of corrections.
(4)(3) On the first day of July, two thousand three: Division of culture and history; school building authority and division of natural resources.
(5)(4) On the first day of July, two thousand four: Division of personnel; division of rehabilitation services; and workers' compensation.
(6)(5) On the first day of July, two thousand five: Parkways, economic development and tourism authority; tourism functions within the development office.

§4-10-4a. Termination of agencies previously subject to full performance evaluations following compliance monitoring and further inquiry updates.
The following agencies shall be terminated on the date indicated, but no agency may be terminated under this section unless a compliance monitoring and further inquiry update has been completed on the agency subsequent to the prior completion of a full performance evaluation:
On the first day of July, two thousand one: Office of judges in workers' compensation.
§4-10-5. Termination of agencies following preliminary performance reviews.

The following agencies shall be terminated on the date indicated, but no agency may be terminated under this section unless a preliminary performance review has been conducted upon such agency:
(1) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six: Juvenile facilities review panel.
(2) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven: Public employees insurance agency advisory board; cable television advisory board.
(3) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine: Tree fruit industry self improvement assessment program.
(4) On the first day of July, two thousand: Family protection services board; environmental quality board; West Virginia's membership in the Ohio River valley water sanitation commission; oil and gas inspector's examining board; board of examiners in counseling; West Virginia state rail authority; state police; Terms of family law master and family law master system; stream partners program within the division of natural resources; advisory council to the state medicaid agency; soil conservation committee of the department of agriculture; board of medicine.
(5) On the first day of July, two thousand one: Real estate commission; marketing and development division of the department of agriculture; board of architects; public employees insurance agency; public employees insurance agency finance board; center for professional development; rural health advisory panel; oil and gas conservation commission; state fire commission; office of water resources of the division of environmental protection; state police; motor vehicle dealers advisory board; and motorcycle safety and education committee.
(6) On the first day of July, two thousand two: Whitewater commission within the division of natural resources; state geological and economic survey; unemployment compensation; West Virginia contractor licensing board; women's commission; parks section and parks functions of the division of natural resources; ethics commission; veterans' council; educational broadcasting authority; board of respiratory care practitioners; division of protective services; office of explosives and blasting; office of coalfield community development; motorcycle safety standards and education committee; and state rail authority.
(7) On the first day of July, two thousand three: Driver's licensing advisory board; West Virginia commission for national and community service; West Virginia's membership in the southern regional education board; marketing and development division of the department of agriculture; manufactured housing construction and safety board; public employees insurance agency; public employees insurance agency finance board; and environmental quality board.
(8) On the first day of July, two thousand four: Meat inspection program of the department of agriculture; state board of risk and insurance management; board of examiners of land surveyors; interstate commission on uniform state laws; design- build board; center for professional development and interstate commission on the Potomac River basin.
(9) On the first day of July, two thousand five: Board of banking and financial institutions; board of social work examiners; lending and credit rate board; governor's cabinet on children and families; health care authority; and emergency medical services advisory council.
(10) On the first day of July, two thousand six: Family protection services board; medical services fund advisory council; board of examiners in counseling; West Virginia stream partners program; Ohio River valley water sanitation commission; and soil conservation committee.
§4-10-5a. Termination of agencies previously subject to
preliminary performance reviews following compliancemonitoring and further inquiry updates.

The following agencies shall be terminated on the date indicated, but no agency may be terminated under this section unless a compliance monitoring and further inquiry update has been completed on the agency subsequent to the prior completion of a preliminary performance review:
(1) On the first day of July, two thousand: Child support enforcement division; state building commission; board of examiners in speech pathology and audiology; public defender services; racing commission; West Virginia commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; office of environmental advocate of the division of environmental protection; investment management board.
(2) On the first day of July, two thousand one: State lottery commission; public service commission; oil and gas inspector's examining board; office of water resources of the division of environmental protection; and human rights commission.
(3) On the first day of July, two thousand two: Capitol building commission; racing commission; speech pathology and audiologists board; bureau for child support enforcement; parks section and parks functions of the division of natural resources; public defender services and investment management board.
(4) On the first day of July, two thousand three: Commission for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
(5) On the first day of July, two thousand four:
Office

of the environmental advocate.