SB 375 Text

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR

Senate Bill No. 375
(By Senator Unger)
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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;
reported February 19, 2007.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §5A-1B-1, §5A-1B-2, §5A-1B-3, §5A-1B-4, §5A-1B-5 and §5A-1B-6, all relating to creating the West Virginia Managing for Results Act; legislative findings; definitions; agency strategic plans; creation and use of state comprehensive plan; and reporting requirements.

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 article, designated §5A-1B-1, §5A-1B-2, §5A-1B-3, §5A-1B-4, §5A-1B-5 and §5A-1B-6, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1B. THE WEST VIRGINIA MANAGING FOR RESULTS ACT.
§5A-1B-1. Legislative findings.
(a) The Legislature hereby finds that:
(1) State agencies have a mission, but lack goals and objectives to provide direction to the agency's mission;
(2) Each state agency needs a plan with a goal of managing for results; and
(3) There is a need for a comprehensive managing for results plan for the state.
(b) Therefore, the Legislature hereby declares that each state agency should have a managing for results plan and that the state should have a comprehensive managing for results plan to be administered by the Department of Administration.
§5A-1B-2. Definitions.
As used in this article:
(1) "Agency" means an entity of state government.
(2) "Goal" means a statement that describes the desired long-term results toward which an agency directs its efforts. (3) "Managing for results" means a planning, performance measuring, and budgeting process that emphasizes use of resources to achieve measurable results, accountability, efficiency, and continuous improvement in state government programs.
(4) "Mission" means the purpose for an agency's existence, including a description of what an agency does.
(5) "Objective" means a specific target for achievement of an agency's goals, including a description of the desired results and a date for its accomplishment.
(6) "Performance measure" means a quantitative or qualitative indicator used to assess whether an agency is meeting its goals and objectives, including the following:
(A) An efficiency measure that quantifies the relationship between measures of the inputs used to produce goods or services and the measures of the outputs of these activities;
(B) An input measure that quantifies the amount of resources used to provide goods and services;
(C) An outcome measure that quantifies the results an agency achieves or the benefits citizens receive from an agency's activities;
(D) An output measure that quantifies the amount of goods and services produced by the agency; and
(E) A quality measure that quantifies or describes:
(i) The effectiveness of the agency in meeting agency objectives;
(ii) Aspects of the satisfaction that customers may or may not have with state goods or services; or
(iii) How state goods or services compare to some external or internal standard.
(7) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Administration.
(8) "State comprehensive plan" means a statement of goals of each agency compiled by the Secretary, which serves as a broad directive for improving or making more cost effective state resources and services.
(9) "Strategic plan" means a statement of goals of an agency to carry out its mission.

§5A-1B-3. Agency strategic plan.

(a) Commencing the first day of July, two thousand seven, each agency shall create a strategic plan. The agency's strategic plan shall be updated annually.
(b) The strategic plan may include:
(1) A mission statement;
(2) A description of the agency's goals;
(3) A description of the objectives and performance measures implemented at the program level to achieve the agency's goals, including:
(A) Performance measure statistics for at least the two most recently completed fiscal years; and
(B) Performance measure estimates for the current year appropriation and budget request year;
(4) A discussion of the agency's progress in meeting its goals and performance measures and any challenges the agency has faced in working toward its goals;
(5) A description of the internal controls established to ensure reliability of the data collected for each performance measure; and
(6) An identification of the customers and stakeholders served.
(c) After the strategic plan has been created or updated, the agency shall annually forward a copy of its plan, along with its budget, to the secretary to be included in the state comprehensive plan.
(d) Each agency shall maintain documentation of the internal controls established to evaluate performance measures that shall be subject to review by the state, including the Legislative Auditor.
§5A-1B-4. State comprehensive plan.

(a) The secretary shall obtain and compile the strategic plans from all the state agencies into the state comprehensive plan. The state comprehensive plan shall be annually updated by the secretary.
(b) The state comprehensive plan may include:
(1) Goals developed in the managing for results of state comprehensive plan;
(2) The objectives and performance measures;
(3) No more than ten statewide goals; and
(4) Fifty to one hundred performance measures that describe the statewide progress towards its goals.
§5A-1B-5. Use of the state comprehensive plan.

(a) On or before the first day of July of each year an agency, in conjunction with the secretary, shall select no more than six agency goals that are:
(1) Compatible with the managing for results state comprehensive plan; or
(2) Consistent with the agency's mission if the goals identified in the managing for results state comprehensive plan do not apply to the agency.
(b) The secretary shall review the strategic plans and the state comprehensive plan and recommend to the Governor appropriate changes to agency budgets.
§5A-1B-6. Reporting requirements.

(a) The secretary shall report annually in December to the Joint Committee on Finance on the state comprehensive plan, including:
(1) The state's progress toward the goals outlined in the plan; and
(2) Details on each agency's progress.
(b) After receiving the report, the Joint Committee on Finance may hold hearings.
(c) The first report shall be submitted before the thirty-first day of December, two thousand seven and shall include the state's progress in implementing the managing for results state comprehensive plan.

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