Senate Bill No. 79
(By Senators Holliday, Boley and Chernenko)
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[Introduced January 21, 1994; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article two, chapter
forty-eight-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
continuation of the child advocate office.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article two, chapter forty-eight-a of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA CHILD ADVOCATE OFFICE.
§48A-2-1. Reestablishment of the West Virginia child advocate
office.
(a) There is hereby established within the department of
health and human resources the child advocate office.
(b) After having conducted a performance and fiscal audit
through its joint committee on government operations, pursuant to
section nine, article ten, chapter four of this code, the
Legislature hereby finds and declares the child advocate officeshould be continued and reestablished. Accordingly,
notwithstanding the provisions of
section four, article ten,
chapter four of this code, the child advocate office shall
continue to exist until the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred
ninety-four, ninety-seven. so that the joint committee
on government operations may monitor compliance by the child
advocate office with the recommendations of the performance audit
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to continue the child
advocate office until July 1, 1997.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.
This bill is recommended by the Joint Committee on
Government Operations for passage during the 1994 Regular
Session.
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