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.