ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 524
(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, and Sprouse,
By Request of the Executive)
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[Passed April 9, 2005; to take effect July 1, 2005.]
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AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §5A-2-34, relating to
requiring a study of the centralized accounting system of the
state to determine whether improvements are necessary to
obtain optimal function and economical operation of the
system, including, but not limited to, whether a transfer of
responsibility for administration of the system is warranted
or indicated to reach those ends, and for such other related
purposes as the Secretary of the Department of Administration,
the Secretary of the Department of Revenue, the Secretary of
the Department of Health and Human Resources, the Secretary of
the Department of Transportation, the West Virginia Higher
Education Policy Commission, the State Treasurer and the
Auditor of the state may agree are advisable.
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 §5A-2-34, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. FINANCE DIVISION.
§5A-2-34. Study of centralized accounting system.
(a) The Legislature finds an examination of administration of
the state's centralized accounting system is warranted to determine
whether improvements are necessary to obtain optimal function and
economical operation of the system, including, but not limited to,
whether a transfer of responsibility for administration of the
system is warranted or indicated to reach those ends. It is,
therefore, the intent of the Legislature that appropriate public
officials conduct a study of the centralized accounting system and
provide the results of the study and any recommendations indicated
for the improvement of the system to the Legislature for its
consideration.
(b) The Secretary of the Department of Administration, the
Secretary of the Department of Revenue, the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Resources, the Secretary of the
Department of Transportation, the West Virginia Higher Education
Policy Commission, the State Treasurer and the Auditor of the state
shall conduct a study of the centralized accounting system for the
purposes specified in subsection (a) of this section and for such
other related purposes as they may agree are advisable. The study
shall include the examination of the centralized accounting system
by an independent consultant agreed upon by the Secretary of the
Department of Administration and the Secretary of the Department of Revenue after consultation with the remainder of the public
officials designated in this section to conduct the study. A
report of the study and any resulting recommendations made by the
public officials designated by this section to conduct the study
shall be submitted to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance
on or before the first day of December, two thousand five, and
shall include the written report and any recommendations of the
independent consultant.