COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 393
(By Senator Bowman)
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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;
reported February 15, 2007.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §5B-1-1a, relating to
creating and providing for the Marketing and Communications
Office to be administered by the Department of Commerce; and
special revenue account.
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 §5B-1-1a, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 1. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
§5B-1-1a. Marketing and Communications Office.
(a)The Marketing and Communications Office is hereby created
to provide marketing and communications goods and services only to
other state agencies. The office may charge for these goods and services pursuant to a fee schedule approved by the secretary of
commerce.
(b) Each agency, department, unit of state or local
government or any other entity or person for which marketing and
communication services are provided is hereby authorized and
directed to transmit to the secretary of commerce for deposit in
the fund the charges made by the secretary of commerce.
(c) There is hereby created a special revenue account,
designated the "Department of Commerce Marketing and Communications
Operating Fund," for the operation of a marketing and
communications office within the office of the secretary of
commerce.
(d) This fund shall be an interest bearing account and shall
be invested pursuant to section nine-c, article six, chapter twelve
of this code with the interest income a proper credit of the fund.
The fund shall consist of all interest or return on investment
accruing to this account, funds received for marketing and
communications goods and services rendered to other agencies,
departments, units of state and local government and any other
entity, and any appropriations by the Legislature which may be made
for purposes described in this section.
(e) Any balance including accrued interest and other earnings
at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund
but shall remain in the fund for the purposes set forth in this
section.
(f) Expenditures from the fund are authorized from collections and shall be expended at the discretion of the secretary of
commerce for the administration of the provisions of this section.
(g) Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of
this code, the Marketing and Communications Office shall continue
to exist until the first day of July, two thousand ten, unless
sooner terminated, continued or reestablished.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create and provide for
Marketing and Communications Fund, to be administered by the
Department of Commerce.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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