COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2181
(By Delegates Boggs and Hamilton)
[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization.]
(February 20, 2007)
A BILL to amend and reenact §4-1-23 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §5-1-20 of said code;
and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section,
designated §30-1-17, all relating to authorizing state
offices, agencies, boards and commissions to submit annual
reports electronically; and requiring electronic copies to be
submitted to the Legislative Manager in certain circumstances.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §4-1-23 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted; that §5-1-20 of said code be amended and
reenacted; and that said code be amended by adding thereto a new
section, designated §30-1-17
, all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 4. THE LEGISLATURE.
ARTICLE 1. OFFICERS, MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES; APPROPRIATIONS;
INVESTIGATIONS; DISPLAY OF FLAGS; RECORDS; USE OF
CAPITOL BUILDING; PREFILING OF BILLS AND
RESOLUTIONS; STANDING COMMITTEES; INTERIM MEETINGS;
NEXT MEETING OF THE SENATE.
§4-1-23. Annual reports to be sent to the legislative librarian.
(a) Any office, agency, commission or board required by any
section of this code to provide an annual report to the
Legislature, Legislative Manager, Legislative Auditor, the
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates
or the Joint Committee on Government and Finance shall submit the
report to the Legislative Librarian. All audit reports shall be
submitted to the Legislative Manager.
(b) Any office, agency, commission or board required by any
section of this code to provide an annual report may submit its
annual report on electronic media, to be filed in the same manner
as a printed annual report, or transmitted electronically via the
internet. Any report filed in an electronic format shall be
considered as having satisfied the filing requirements.
(c) If an office, agency, commission or board
submits its
annual report electronically, it shall transmit an electronic copy
to the legislative manager.
CHAPTER 5. GENERAL POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR,
SECRETARY OF STATE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL; BOARD
OF PUBLIC WORKS; MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS,
OFFICES, PROGRAMS, ETC.
ARTICLE 1. THE GOVERNOR.
§5-1-20. Reports to the Governor; form and contents; transmission to the Legislature; special reports.
(a) The subordinate officers of the executive department and
the officers of all public institutions of the state shall make an
annual report to the Governor as soon as possible after the close
of each fiscal year, notwithstanding any other provision of law to
the contrary. All state officers, boards, commissions, departments
and institutions required by law to make reports to the Governor,
the Legislature or any administrative board or state official shall
cover fiscal year periods and such reports shall be submitted in
typewritten form or any legible form produced by mechanical means.
(b) The Governor shall by executive order prescribe the
general contents of the reports to be submitted to him. The form
and format of the reports shall be as prescribed in section
twenty-eight, article three, chapter five-a of this code.
(c) The Governor shall transmit copies of the report to the
Legislature and lodge a copy of all such reports with the
Department of Archives and History where the same shall be kept as
permanent records. All annual reports to the Legislature shall be
submitted to the Legislative Librarian.
(d) The Governor may at any time require information in
writing, under oath, from any officer, board, department or
commission of the executive department or the principal officer or
manager of any state institution, upon any subject relating to the
condition, management and expense of their respective offices or
institutions.
(e) Annual reports may be submitted on electronic media, to be
filed in the same manner as a printed annual report, or transmitted
electronically via the internet. Any report filed in an electronic
format shall be considered as having satisfied the filing
requirements.
CHAPTER 30. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS.
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL STATE BOARDS OF
EXAMINATION OR REGISTRATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER.
§30-1-17. Annual reports.
(a) Licensing boards organized under this chapter may submit
its annual report on electronic media, to be filed in the same
manner as a printed annual report, or transmitted electronically
via the internet. Any report filed in an electronic format shall
be considered as having satisfied the filing requirements.
(b)
If a board
chooses to submit its annual report
electronically, it shall transmit an electronic copy to the
legislative manager.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow annual reports of
state agencies, boards and commissions to be submitted in an
electronic format.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.