COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 501
(By Senators Fanning, Kessler, Foster, Bailey, Wells and
McKenzie)
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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
reported February 25, 2008.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §20-13-3 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to the transfer of the Stream
Partners Program Fund from the West Virginia Division of
Natural Resources to the West Virginia Department of
Environmental Protection.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §20-13-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 13. WEST VIRGINIA STREAM PARTNERS PROGRAM.
§20-13-3. West Virginia Stream Partners Program created; executive
committee identified; program coordination.
There is hereby created The West Virginia stream partners
program and within the division of natural resources there is
hereby created the West Virginia stream partners program fund. The
West Virginia Stream Partners Program is continued. The West Virginia Stream Partners Program Fund created within the Division
of Natural Resources is transferred to the Department of
Environmental Protection. Subject to annual appropriation of the
Legislature into the West Virginia Stream Partners Program Fund,
the program shall be jointly administered by the Division of
Natural Resources, the
division Department of Environmental
Protection, the Division of Forestry and the West Virginia State
Soil Conservation Agency. The director
, secretary or commissioner
of each of these administering agencies, or his or her designee,
shall collectively constitute an executive committee to oversee the
program. The Governor shall designate a member of the executive
committee to serve as chair. The committee may designate a staff
member from the existing staff of one of the administering agencies
to coordinate the program on behalf of the executive committee.
Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this
code, the stream partners program and stream partners program fund
shall continue to exist until the first day of July, two thousand
six, unless sooner terminated, continued or reestablished by act of
the Legislature.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to transfer the Stream
Partners Program Fund from the Division of Natural Resources to the
Department of Environmental Protection.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.)
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