ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 579
(By Senators Wagner, Bailey, Bowman, Buckalew, Miller,
Plymale, White and Walker)
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[Passed March 11, 1995; to take effect July 1, 1995.]
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AN ACT 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 personnel; division of corrections;
division of environmental protection; division of highways;
division of labor; division of rehabilitation services; school
building authority; workers' compensation; office of judges of
workers' compensation; West Virginia parkways, economic
development and tourism authority.
(3) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-seven: Department of health and human resources;
tourism functions within the West Virginia development office;
West Virginia development office; purchasing division within
the department of administration; division of culture and
history.
(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: Commission on charitable organizations;
information system advisory commission; West Virginia labor-
management council; rural health initiative advisory panel.
(2) On the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-six: U.S. geological survey program and whitewater
commission within the division of natural resources; state
geological and economic survey; unemployment compensation;
board of investments; state building commission; parks
functions of the division of natural resources; public
employees insurance agency advisory board; juvenile facilities
review panel; West Virginia cable television advisory board;
emergency medical services advisory council; office of water
resources within the division of environmental protection; West
Virginia state police; human rights commission; board of
examiners in counseling.
(3) 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 support enforcement division; West Virginia commission
for national and community service; West Virginia contractors'
licensing board.
(4) 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
speech pathology and audiology; board of social work examiners;
family law masters system.
(5) 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.
(6) 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.
(7) On the first day of July, two thousand one: Marketing
and development division of the department of agriculture; real
estate commission; board of architects; public employees
insurance agency; public employees insurance agency finance
board; center for professional development; rural health
advisory panel.