HB2124 S GOV AM #1

Morton 7992

The Committee on Government Organization moved to amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

That §5F-2-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted; and that said code be amended by adding thereto thirteen new sections, designated §5F-2-1a, §5F-2-1b, §5F-2-1c, §5F-2-1d, §5F-2-1e, §5F-2-1f, §5F-2-1g, §5F-2-1h, §5F-2-1i, §5F-2-1j, §5F-2-1k, §5F-2-1l and §5F-2-8, all to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF STATE AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WITHIN DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT.

§5F-2-1. General provisions.

(a) The following agencies and boards, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds associated with any agency or board, are incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of Administration:

(1) Building Commission provided in article six, chapter five of this code;

(2) Public Employees Insurance Agency provided in article sixteen, chapter five of this code;

(3) Governor's Mansion Advisory Committee provided in article five, chapter five-a of this code;

(4) Commission on Uniform State Laws provided in article one-a, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(5) West Virginia Public Employees Grievance Board provided in article three, chapter six-c of this code;

(6) Board of Risk and Insurance Management provided in article twelve, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(7) Boundary Commission provided in article twenty-three, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(8) Public Defender Services provided in article twenty-one, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(9) Division of Personnel provided in article six, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(10) The West Virginia Ethics Commission provided in article two, chapter six-b of this code;

(11) Consolidated Public Retirement Board provided in article ten-d, chapter five of this code; and

(12) Real Estate Division provided in article ten, chapter five-a of this code.

(b) The following agencies and boards, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds associated with any agency or board, are incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of Commerce:

(1) Division of Labor provided in article one, chapter twenty-one of this code, which includes:

(A) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission provided in article three-a, chapter twenty-one of this code; and

(B) Board of Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety provided in article nine, chapter twenty-one of this code.

(2) Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training provided in article one, chapter twenty-two-a of this code. The following boards are transferred to the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training for purposes of administrative support and liaison with the Office of the Governor:

(A) Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety and Coal Mine Safety and Technical Review Committee provided in article six, chapter twenty-two-a of this code;

(B) Board of Miner Training, Education and Certification provided in article seven, chapter twenty-two-a of this code; and

(3) The West Virginia Development Office provided in article two, chapter five-b of this code;

(4) Division of Natural Resources and Natural Resources Commission provided in article one, chapter twenty of this code;

(5) Division of Forestry provided in article one-a, chapter nineteen of this code;

(6) Geological and Economic Survey provided in article two, chapter twenty-nine of this code; and

(7) Workforce West Virginia provided in chapter twenty-one-a of this code, which includes:

(A) Division of Unemployment Compensation;

(B) Division of Employment Service;

(D) Division of Research, Information and Analysis.

(8) Division of Energy provided in article two-f, chapter five-b of this code.

(9) Division of Tourism Commission provided in article two-h, chapter five-b of this code.

(c) The Economic Development Authority provided in article fifteen, chapter thirty-one of this code is continued as an independent agency within the executive branch.

(d) The Water Development Authority and the Water Development Authority Board provided in article one, chapter twenty-two-c of this code is continued as an independent agency within the executive branch.

(e) The following agencies and boards, including all of the allied, advisory and affiliated entities, are transferred to the Department of Environmental Protection for purposes of administrative support and liaison with the office of the Governor:

(1) Air Quality Board provided in article two, chapter twenty-two-b of this code;

(2) Solid Waste Management Board provided in article three, chapter twenty-two-c of this code;

(3) Environmental Quality Board, or its successor board, provided in article three, chapter twenty-two-b of this code;

(4) Surface Mine Board provided in article four, chapter twenty-two-b of this code;

(5) Oil and Gas Inspectors' Examining Board provided in article seven, chapter twenty-two-c of this code;

(6) Shallow Gas Well Review Board provided in article eight, chapter twenty-two-c of this code; and

(7) Oil and Gas Conservation Commission provided in article nine, chapter twenty-two-c of this code.

(f) The following agencies and boards, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds associated with any agency or board, are incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of Education and the Arts:

(1) Library Commission provided in article one, chapter ten of this code;

(2) Division of Culture and History provided in article one, chapter twenty-nine of this code; and

(3) Division of Rehabilitation Services provided in article ten-a, chapter eighteen of this code.

(g) The Educational Broadcasting Authority provided in article five, chapter ten of this code is part of the Department of Education and the Arts for the purposes of administrative support and liaison with the office of the Governor.

(h) The following agencies and boards, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds associated with any agency or board, are incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of Health and Human Resources:

(1) Human Rights Commission provided in article eleven, chapter five of this code;

(2) Division of Human Services provided in article two, chapter nine of this code;

(3) Bureau for Public Health provided in article one, chapter sixteen of this code;

(4) Office of Emergency Medical Services and the Emergency Medical Service Advisory Council provided in article four-c, chapter sixteen of this code;

(5) Health Care Authority provided in article twenty-nine-b, chapter sixteen of this code;

(6) Commission on Mental Retardation provided in article fifteen, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(7) Women's Commission provided in article twenty, chapter twenty-nine of this code; and

(8) The Child Support Enforcement Division provided in chapter forty-eight of this code.

(I) The following agencies and boards, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds associated with any agency or board, are incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety:

(1) Adjutant General's Department provided in article one-a, chapter fifteen of this code;

(2) Armory Board provided in article six, chapter fifteen of this code;

(3) Military Awards Board provided in article one-g, chapter fifteen of this code;

(4) West Virginia State Police provided in article two, chapter fifteen of this code;

(5) Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery Board provided in article five, chapter fifteen of this code and Emergency Response Commission provided in article five-a of said chapter;

(6) Sheriffs' Bureau provided in article eight, chapter fifteen of this code;

(7) Division of Justice and Community Services provided in article nine-a, chapter fifteen of this code;

(8) Division of Corrections provided in chapter twenty-five of this code;

(9) Fire Commission provided in article three, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(10) Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority provided in article twenty, chapter thirty-one of this code; and

(11) Board of Probation and Parole provided in article twelve, chapter sixty-two of this code.

(j) The following agencies and boards, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds associated with any agency or board, are incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of Revenue:

(1) Tax Division provided in chapter eleven of this code;

(2) Racing Commission provided in article twenty-three, chapter nineteen of this code;

(3) Lottery Commission and position of Lottery Director provided in article twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(4) Insurance Commissioner provided in article two, chapter thirty-three of this code;

(5) West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner provided in article sixteen, chapter eleven of this code and article two, chapter sixty of this code;

(6) Board of Banking and Financial Institutions provided in article three, chapter thirty-one-a of this co02/de;

(7) Lending and Credit Rate Board provided in chapter forty-seven-a of this code;

(8) Division of Banking provided in article two, chapter thirty-one-a of this code;

(9) The State Budget Office provided in article two of this chapter;

(10) The Municipal Bond Commission provided in article three, chapter thirteen of this code;

(11) The Office of Tax Appeals provided in article ten-a, chapter eleven of this code; and

(12) The State Athletic Commission provided in article five-a, chapter twenty-nine of this code.

(k) The following agencies and boards, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds associated with any agency or board, are incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of Transportation:

(1) Division of Highways provided in article two-a, chapter seventeen of this code;

(2) Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority provided in article sixteen-a, chapter seventeen of this code;

(3) Division of Motor Vehicles provided in article two, chapter seventeen-a of this code;

(4) Driver's Licensing Advisory Board provided in article two, chapter seventeen-b of this code;

(5) Aeronautics Commission provided in article two-a, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(6) State Rail Authority provided in article eighteen, chapter twenty-nine of this code; and

(7) Public Port Authority provided in article sixteen-b, chapter seventeen of this code.

(l) Effective July 1, 2011, the Veterans’ Council provided in article one, chapter nine-a of this code, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds associated with it, is incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of Veterans’ Assistance.

(a) The Legislature finds that:

(1) In 1989, this chapter was enacted to provide for the reorganization of the executive branch of state government pursuant to the findings set forth in section one, article one of this chapter;

(2) This section was enacted as part of that legislation to effect the transfer of agencies, boards and related entities into the various departments created within the executive branch of state government;

(3) Since the initial enactment of this section, the Legislature has amended and reenacted this section numerous times to modify the initial reorganization;

(4) Providing an extensive list of departments and executive agencies in a single section of the code renders the section unnecessarily lengthy and complicated; and

(5) Designating a separate section for each department and its executive agencies would reduce the unnecessary length and complexity of a single section of code without altering the legislative intent in providing for the reorganization of the executive branch of state government.

(b) Therefore, the Legislature declares that twelve separate sections for each department and its executive agencies meets prior legislative intent to reorganize the executive branch of state government and does not alter or modify the application of any other provision of this code relating to the departments and executive agencies, and all other provisions of this code, as well as the remaining subsections of this section, shall apply in like manner to the departments and executive agencies described in the new sections.

(m)(c) Except for powers, authority and duties that have been delegated to the secretaries of the departments by the provisions of section two of this article, the position of administrator and the powers, authority and duties of each administrator and agency are not affected by the enactment of this chapter or the amendments to this article in 2013.

(n)(d) Except for powers, authority and duties that have been delegated to the secretaries of the departments by the provisions of section two of this article, the existence, powers, authority and duties of boards and the membership, terms and qualifications of members of the boards are not affected by the enactment of this chapter or the amendments to this article in 2013.

(e) All boards that are appellate bodies or are independent decision makers shall not have their appellate or independent decision-making status affected by the enactment of this chapter or the amendments to this article in 2013.

(o)(f) Any department previously transferred to and incorporated in a department by prior enactment enactments of this section means a division of the appropriate department. Wherever reference is made to any department transferred to and incorporated in a department, created in section two, article one of this chapter the reference means a division of the appropriate department and any reference to a division of a department so transferred and incorporated means a section of the appropriate division of the department.

(p)(g) When an agency, board or commission is transferred under a bureau or agency other than a department headed by a secretary, pursuant to this section that transfer is solely for purposes of administrative support and liaison with the office of the Governor, a department secretary or a bureau.

(h) Nothing in this section extends the powers of department secretaries under section two of this article to any person other than a department secretary and nothing limits or abridges the statutory powers and duties of statutory commissioners or officers pursuant to this code.

§5F-2-1a. Department of Administration.

The following agencies and boards, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds associated with any agency or board, are incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of Administration:

(1) State Building Commission of West Virginia provided in article six, chapter five of this code;

(2) Public Employees Insurance Agency provided in article sixteen, chapter five of this code;

(3) Governor's Mansion Advisory Committee provided in article five, chapter five-a of this code;

(4) Commission on Uniform State Laws provided in article one-a, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(5) West Virginia Public Employees Grievance Board provided in article three, chapter six-c of this code;

(6) State Board of Risk and Insurance Management provided in article twelve, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(7) Boundary Commission provided in article twenty-three, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(8) Public Defender Services provided in article twenty-one, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(9) Division of Personnel provided in article six, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(10) The West Virginia Ethics Commission provided in article two, chapter six-b of this code;

(11) Consolidated Public Retirement Board provided in article ten-d, chapter five of this code; and

(12) Real Estate Division provided in article ten, chapter five-a of this code.

§5F-2-1b. Department of Commerce.

(1) Division of Labor provided in article one, chapter twenty-one of this code, which includes:

(A) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission provided in article three-a, chapter twenty-one of this code; and

(B) West Virginia Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Board provided in article nine, chapter twenty-one of this code;

(2) Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training provided in article one, chapter twenty-two-a of this code. The following boards are under the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training for purposes of administrative support and liaison with the office of the Governor:

(A) Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety, and State Coal Mine Safety and Technical Review Committee provided in article six, chapter twenty-two-a of this code;

(B) Board of Miner Training, Education and Certification provided in article seven, chapter twenty-two-a of this code; and

(3) The West Virginia Development Office provided in article two, chapter five-b of this code;

(4) Division of Natural Resources and Natural Resources Commission provided in article one, chapter twenty of this code;

(5) Division of Forestry provided in article one-a, chapter nineteen of this code;

(6) State Geological and Economic Survey provided in article two, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(7) Workforce West Virginia provided in article one, chapter twenty-one-a of this code, which includes:

(A) Division of Unemployment Compensation;

(B) Division of Employment Service;

(D) Division of Research, Information and Analysis;

(8) Division of Energy provided in article two-f, chapter five-b of this code; and

(9) Division of Tourism and the Tourism Commission provided in article two, chapter five-b of this code.

§5F-2-1c. Economic Development Authority.

The West Virginia Economic Development Authority provided in article fifteen, chapter thirty-one of this code, is continued as an independent agency within the executive branch.

§5F-2-1d. Water Development Authority.

The Water Development Authority and the Water Development Authority Board provided in article one, chapter twenty-two-c of this code, are continued as an independent agency within the executive branch.

§5F-2-1e. Department of Environmental Protection.

The following agencies and boards, including all of the allied, advisory and affiliated entities, are transferred to the Department of Environmental Protection for purposes of administrative support and liaison with the office of the Governor:

(1) Air Quality Board provided in article two, chapter twenty-two-b of this code;

(2) Solid Waste Management Board provided in article three, chapter twenty-two-c of this code;

(3) Environmental Quality Board, or its successor board, provided in article three, chapter twenty-two-b of this code;

(4) Surface Mine Board provided in article four, chapter twenty-two-b of this code;

(5) Shallow Gas Well Review Board provided in article eight, chapter twenty-two-c of this code; and

(6) Oil and Gas Conservation Commission provided in article nine, chapter twenty-two-c of this code.

§5F-2-1f. Department of Education and the Arts.

(1) West Virginia Library Commission provided in article one, chapter ten of this code;

(2) Division of Culture and History provided in article one, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(3) Division of Rehabilitation Services provided in article ten-a, chapter eighteen of this code;

(4) Division of Early Care and Education transferred pursuant to section eight of this article; and

(5) Head Start State Collaborative transferred pursuant to section eight of this article.

§5F-2-1g. Educational Broadcasting Authority.

The Educational Broadcasting Authority provided in article five, chapter ten of this code, is part of the Department of Education and the Arts for the purposes of administrative support and liaison with the office of the Governor.

§5F-2-1h. Department of Health and Human Resources.

(1) West Virginia Human Rights Commission provided in article eleven, chapter five of this code;

(2) State Division of Human Services provided in article one, chapter nine of this code;

(3) Bureau for Public Health provided in article one, chapter sixteen of this code;

(4) Office of Emergency Medical Services and the Emergency Medical Service Advisory Council provided in article four-c, chapter sixteen of this code;

(5) West Virginia Health Care Authority provided in article twenty-nine-b, chapter sixteen of this code;

(6) State Commission on Intellectual Disability provided in article fifteen, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(7) West Virginia Women's Commission provided in article twenty, chapter twenty-nine of this code; and

(8) Bureau for Child Support Enforcement provided in article eighteen, chapter forty-eight of this code.

§5F-2-1i. Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety.

(1) Adjutant General's Department provided in article one-a, chapter fifteen of this code;

(2) State Armory Board provided in article six, chapter fifteen of this code;

(3) Military Awards Board provided in article one-g, chapter fifteen of this code;

(4) West Virginia State Police provided in article two, chapter fifteen of this code;

(5) Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, and West Virginia Disaster Recovery Board provided in article five, chapter fifteen of this code;

(6) State Emergency Response Commission provided in article five-a, chapter fifteen of this code;

(7) West Virginia Sheriffs' Bureau provided in article eight, chapter fifteen of this code;

(8) Division of Justice and Community Services provided in article nine-a, chapter fifteen of this code;

(9) Division of Corrections provided in article one, chapter twenty-five of this code;

(10) State Fire Commission provided in article three, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(11) West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority provided in article twenty, chapter thirty-one of this code;

(12) West Virginia Parole Board provided in article twelve, chapter sixty-two of this code;

(13) Prosecuting Attorneys Institute provided in article four, chapter seven of this code; and

(14) Division of Protective Services provided in article two-d, chapter fifteen of this code.

§5F-2-1j. Department of Revenue.

(1) State Tax Division provided in article one, chapter eleven of this code;

(2) West Virginia Racing Commission provided in article twenty-three, chapter nineteen of this code;

(3) Lottery Commission and the State Lottery Office provided in article twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(4) Insurance Commissioner of West Virginia provided in article two, chapter thirty-three of this code;

(5) West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner provided in article sixteen, chapter eleven of this code and article two, chapter sixty of this code;

(6) West Virginia Board of Banking and Financial Institutions provided in article three, chapter thirty-one-a of this code;

(7) West Virginia Lending and Credit Rate Board provided in article one, chapter forty-seven-a of this code;

(8) Division of Financial Institutions provided in article two, chapter thirty-one-a of this code;

(9) State Budget Office provided in article two, chapter eleven-b of this code;

(10) West Virginia Municipal Bond Commission provided in article three, chapter thirteen of this code;

(11) West Virginia Office of Tax Appeals provided in article ten-a, chapter eleven of this code; and

(12) State Athletic Commission provided in article five-a, chapter twenty-nine of this code.

§5F-2-1k. Department of Transportation.

(1) Division of Highways provided in article two-a, chapter seventeen of this code;

(2) West Virginia Parkways Authority provided in article sixteen-a, chapter seventeen of this code;

(3) Division of Motor Vehicles provided in article two, chapter seventeen-a of this code;

(4) Driver's Licensing Advisory Board provided in article two, chapter seventeen-b of this code;

(5) West Virginia State Aeronautics Commission provided in article two-a, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(6) West Virginia State Rail Authority provided in article eighteen, chapter twenty-nine of this code;

(7) West Virginia Public Port Authority provided in article sixteen-b, chapter seventeen of this code; and

(8) Division of Public Transit provided in article sixteen-c, chapter seventeen of this code.

§5F-2-1l. Department of Veterans’ Assistance.

The Veterans’ Council provided in article one, chapter nine-a of this code, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated or related entities and funds associated with it, is incorporated in and administered as a part of the Department of Veterans’ Assistance.

§5F-2-8. Transfer of the Division of Early Care and Education, and the Head Start State Collaborative.

Effective July 1, 2013, the Division of Early Care and Education, and the Head Start State Collaborative are hereby transferred from the Bureau of Children and Families within the Department of Health and Human Resources to the Department of Education and the Arts. This transfer includes all employees, funds, rules, records, responsibilities, obligations, assets and property, of whatever kind and character, that are associated with the Division or Collaborative.

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