WEST virginia legislature

FISCAL NOTE2017 regular session

INTERIM BILLENROLLED

House Bill 2446

By Delegates Howell, Arvon, Atkinson, Blair, Hamrick, Hartman, Lynch and Ferro

[Passed April 6, 2017; in effect ninety days from passage.]

AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §5F-1-5, relating to the requirement that all executive branch agencies maintain a website that contains specific information. 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:


That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §5F-1-5, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS


§5F-1-5. Website content and required information.


Beginning December 31, 2017, each agency shall maintain a website that provides the following information, if applicable;

(1) The office contact information, including office location and mailing address, telephone number, facsimile number, office hours and electronic mail address;

 (2) The contact information of each staff member, including office location and mailing address, office telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address;

(3) Organizational chart;

(4) Administrative agency officials;

(5) A list of governing statutes and legislative and procedural rules;

(6) Meeting minutes;

(7) Annual reports;   

(8) All agency forms, including application forms, complaint forms and instructions; and

(9) Frequently asked questions and descriptive answers.