ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 128
(By Senators Wagner, Bowman, Wiedebusch, Yoder and Minear)
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[Passed March 9, 1996; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact section two, article ten-a, chapter
eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuing the
division of rehabilitation services until the first day of
July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article ten-a, chapter eighteen of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10A. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION.
§18-10A-2. Division of rehabilitation services.
The division of rehabilitation services is hereby
transferred to the department of education and the arts created in article one, chapter five-f of this code. The secretary shall
appoint any such board, commission or council over the division
to the extent required by federal law to qualify for federal
funds for providing rehabilitation services for disabled persons.
The secretary and such boards, commissions or councils as he or
she is required by federal law to appoint are authorized and
directed to cooperate with the federal government to the fullest
extent in an effort to provide rehabilitation services for
disabled persons.
References in this article or article ten-b of this chapter
to the state board of vocational education, the state board of
rehabilitation or the state board as the governing board of
vocational or other rehabilitation services or facilities means
the secretary of education and the arts. All references in the
code to the division of vocational rehabilitation means the
division of rehabilitation services and all references to the
director of the division of vocational rehabilitation means the
director of the division of rehabilitation services.
Notwithstanding the provisions of article ten, chapter four
of this code, the division of rehabilitation services shall
terminate on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven to allow for monitoring of compliance with
recommendations contained in the full performance audit and to
allow for further review by the joint committee on government
operations.