ENGROSSED
Senate Bill No. 579
(By Wagner, Bailey, Bowman, Buckalew, Miller, Plymale, White
and Walker)
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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;
reported March 1, 1995.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact sections four and five, article
ten, chapter four of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, all
relating to continuing departments, agencies and boards;
and scheduling performance audits and preliminary
performance reviews by the joint committee on government
operations.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That sections four and five, 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 departments, agencies or boards
following performance audits.
The following departments, agencies or boards shall be terminated on the date indicated, but no department, agency or
board shall be terminated under this section unless a performance
audit has been conducted upon such department, agency or board:
(1) On the first day of July one thousand nine hundred
ninety-five: Division of tourism.
(2) On the first day of July one thousand nine hundred
ninety-six: Division of corrections; division of culture and
history; division of environmental protection; division of
highways; division of labor; division of personnel; division of
rehabilitation services.
(3) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-seven: Department of health and human resources; division
of tourism within the West Virginia development office.
(4) On the first day of July, two thousand one: Division of
natural resources.
§4-10-5. Termination of agencies or boards following
preliminary performance reviews.
The following agencies or boards shall be terminated on the
date indicated, but no agency or board shall be terminated under
this section unless a preliminary performance review has been
conducted upon such agency or board:
(1) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five: Rural health initiative advisory panel; commission
on charitable organizations; West Virginia labor-management
council; information system advisory commission.
(2) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-six: Emergency medical services advisory council; board
of social work examiners; juvenile facilities review panel;
office of water resources; public employees insurance agency;
U.S. geological survey program and whitewater commission within
the division of natural resources; state geological and economic
survey; workers' compensation; unemployment compensation; office
of judges of workers' compensation; board of investments; state
building commission.
(4) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-seven: The driver's licensing advisory board; West
Virginia health care cost review authority; governor's cabinet on
children and families; oil and gas conservation commission; child
advocate office; West Virginia contractors' licensing board.
(5) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-eight: State lottery commission; the following divisions
or programs of the department of agriculture: Meat inspection
program and soil conservation committee; women's commission;
state board of risk and insurance management; board of examiners
of land surveyors; commission on uniform state laws; council of finance and administration; forest management review commission;
West Virginia's membership in the interstate commission on the
Potomac river basin; legislative oversight commission on
education accountability; board of examiners in counseling; board
of examiners in speech pathology and audiology; family law
masters system; center for professional development.
(6) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-nine: Board of banking and financial institutions;
capitol building commission; tree fruit industry self-improvement
assessment program; public service commission.
(7) 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 inspectors' examining
board; veterans' council; West Virginia's membership in the
southern regional education board.
(8) On the first day of July, two thousand one: Marketing
and development divisions of the department of agriculture; real
estate commission; board of architects; public employees
insurance agency; public employees insurance agency finance
board; rural health advisory panel.
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