ENROLLED
H. B. 4698
(By Delegates Douglas, Collins, Claypole, Prunty, Tucker,
Capito and Stalnaker)
[Passed March 14, 1998; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact sections four, four-a, five and five-a, article ten, chapter four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, all relating to changing termination dates pursuant to the West Virginia sunset law.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That sections four, four-a, five and five-a, article ten,
chapter four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. THE WEST VIRGINIA SUNSET LAW.
§4-10-4. Termination of agencies following full performance
evaluations.
The following agencies shall be terminated on the date
indicated, but no agency may be terminated under this section
unless a full performance evaluation has been conducted upon such agency:
(1) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-nine: West Virginia parkways, economic development and
tourism authority; workers' compensation; department of health
and human resources; purchasing division within the department of
administration.
(2)On the first day of July, two thousand: Division of
corrections; division of environmental protection.
(3) On the first day of July, two thousand one: Division
of natural resources.
(4) On the first day of July, two thousand two: Division of
highways; division of labor.
(5) On the first day of July, two thousand three: Division
of culture and history; school building authority.
(6) On the first day of July, two thousand four: Division
of personnel; division of rehabilitation services.
§4-10-4a. Termination of agencies previously subject to full
performance evaluations following compliance
monitoring and further inquiry updates.
The following agencies shall be terminated on the date
indicated, but no agency may be terminated under this section
unless a compliance monitoring and further inquiry update has
been completed on the agency subsequent to the prior completion
of a full performance evaluation:
On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety- nine: Tourism functions within the West Virginia development office; office of judges of workers' compensation.
§4-10-5. Termination of agencies following preliminary
performance reviews.
The following agencies shall be terminated on the date
indicated, but no agency may be terminated under this section
unless a preliminary performance review has been conducted upon
such agency:
(1) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-six: Juvenile facilities review panel.
(2) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-seven: Public employees insurance agency advisory board;
cable television advisory board.
(3) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-nine: Public service commission; tree fruit industry self
improvement assessment program; capitol building commission;
board of banking and financial institutions; state building
commission; West Virginia state police; women's commission; soil
conservation committee of the department of agriclture; family
law master system; board of examiners in speech pathology and
audiology; board of social work examiners; West Virginia lending
and credit rate board; public defender services; racing
commission; West Virginia commission for the deaf and hard of
hearing.
(4) On the first day of July, two thousand: Family
protection services board; environmental quality board; West
Virginia's membership in the Ohio River valley water sanitation commission; ethics commission; oil and gas inspector's examining
board; veterans' council; West Virginia's membership in the
southern regional education board; board of respiratory care
practitioners; board of examiners in counseling; educational
broadcasting authority; West Virginia state rail authority.
(5) On the first day of July, two thousand one: Real estate
commission; marketing and development division of the department
of agriculture; board of architects; public employees insurance
agency; public employees insurance agency finance board; center
for professional development; rural health advisory panel; oil
and gas conservation commission; state fire commission.
(6) On the first day of July, two thousand two: Whitewater
commission within the division of natural resources; state
geological and economic survey; unemployment compensation; West
Virginia contractor licensing board.
(7) On the first day of July, two thousand three: Driver's
licensing advisory board; West Virginia commission for national
and community service.
(8) On the first day of July, two thousand four: Meat
inspection program of the department of agriculture; state board
of risk and insurance management; board of examiners of land
surveyors; interstate commission on uniform state laws;
interstate commission on the Potomac River basin.
§4-10-5a. Termination of agencies previously subject to
preliminary performance reviews following compliance monitoring
and further inquiry updates.
The following agencies shall be terminated on the date
indicated, but no agency may be terminated under this section
unless a compliance monitoring and further inquiry update has
been completed on the agency subsequent to the prior completion
of a preliminary performance review:
(1) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-nine: Office of water resources of the division of
environmental protection; office of environmental advocate of the
division of environmental protection; governor's cabinet on
children and families; West Virginia health care cost review
authority; West Virginia investment management board; emergency
medical services advisory council; parks section and parks
functions of the division of natural resources.
(2) On the first day of July, two thousand: Child support
enforcement division; human rights commission.
(3) On the first day of July, two thousand one: State
lottery commission.