HB2008 SFA Woelfel #1 4-8

Wolfe  7816

Senator Woelfel moved to amend the amendment on pages 1 through 4, by striking out all of section 2 and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 2, to read as follows:

§5B-1-2. Agencies, boards, commissions, divisions, and offices comprising the Department of Commerce.

The Department of Commerce consists of the following agencies, boards, commissions, divisions, and offices, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities, which are incorporated in and administered as part of the Department of Commerce:

(1) Division of Labor provided in §21-1-1 et seq. of this code, which includes:

(A) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission provided in §21-3A-1 et seq. of this code; and

(B) the Board of Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety provided in §21-9-1 et seq. of this code;

(2) Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training provided in §22A-1-1 et seq. of this code. The following boards Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety and the Coal Mine Safety and Technical Review Committee provided in §22A-6-1 et seq. of this code 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 §22A-6-1 et seq. of this code;

(B) Board of Miner Training, Education and Certification provided in §22A-7-1 et seq. of this code; and

(C) Mine Inspectors’ Examining Board provided in §22A-9-1 et seq. of this code;

(3)  Division of Natural Resources and Natural Resources Commission provided in §20-1-1 et seq. of this code;

(4) Division of Forestry provided in §19-1A-1 et seq. of this code;

(5) Geological and Economic Survey provided in §29-2-1 et seq. of this code; and

(6) Workforce West Virginia provided in Chapter 21A of this code, which includes:

(A) Division of Unemployment Compensation;

(B) Division of Employment Service;

(C) Division of Workforce Development; and

(D) Division of Research, Information and Analysis.; and

(7) Division of Economic Development provided in §5B-2-1 et seq. of this code, which includes:

(A) Office of Broadband provided for in 31G-1A-1 et seq.;

(B) Small Business Development Center provided for in §12-1A-1 et seq.; and

(C) Office of Energy provided for in §5B-2F-2 of this code.;

And,

On pages 4 and 5, by striking out all of section 1 and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 1, to read as follows:

§5B-2-1. West Virginia Department Division of Economic Development; confidentiality.

(a) The West Virginia Division of Economic Development, formerly the Department of Economic Development and formerly the Development Office, previously continued from the Governor’s office of community and industrial development, is hereby continued but is hereafter raised to a separate and distinct department of the executive branch of state government and is designated and shall be known as the West Virginia Department of Economic Development as a division of the Department of Commerce.

(b) All references in this code to the West Virginia Department of Economic Development, West Virginia Development Office, the office of community and industrial development, or the Governor’s office of community and industrial development shall be construed as references to the West Virginia Department Division of Economic Development. As used in this article, "Department" "division" means the Department Division of Economic Development, "department" means the Department of Commerce, and "secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Commerce.

(b) (c) Any documentary material, data, or other writing made or received by the Department Division of Economic Development or other public body whose primary responsibility is economic development, for the purpose of furnishing assistance to a new or existing business shall be exempt from §29B-1-1 et seq. of this code: Provided, That any agreement entered into or signed by the Department Division of Economic Development or other public body which obligates public funds shall be subject to inspection and copying pursuant to §29B-1-1 et seq. of this code as of the date the agreement is entered into, signed, or otherwise made public.

Adopted

Rejected