West Virginia Code 4-10-8 – Schedule of departments for agency review
(a) Each department shall make a presentation, pursuant to the provisions of this article, to the joint standing committee and the committee during the first interim meeting after the regular session of the year in which the department is to be reviewed pursuant to the schedule set forth in subsection (b) of this section.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 4-10-8
- Agency review: means a review performed on agencies of a department pursuant to the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 4-10-3
- Committee: means the Joint Committee on Government Operations. See West Virginia Code 4-10-3
- Department: means the departments created within the executive branch, headed by a secretary appointed by the Governor, as authorized by the Code of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 4-10-3
(b) An agency review shall be performed on one or more agencies under the purview of each department at least once every seven years, as follows:
(1) 2017: The Department of Revenue and the Department of Commerce;
(2) 2018: The Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety;
(3) 2019: The Department of Health and Human Resources, including the Bureau of Senior Services;
(4) 2020: The Department of Transportation;
(5) 2021: The Department of Administration;
(6) 2022: The Department of Education, the Higher Education Policy Commission and the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education; and
(7) 2023: The Department of Veterans’ Assistance and the Department of Education and the Arts.