Bill > SB894

Introduced Session

A BILL to amend and reenact §5A-11-1, §5A-11-3, §5A-11-7, §5B-2-17, §5B-2-20, §5B-2I-7, §9-4B-7, §9-4C-11, §11-21-12i, §16-5P-3, §16-29D-7, §16-36-1, §16-36-2, §16-40-7, §16-40-8, §17-4A-1, §17-4A-2, §17-4A-3, §19-21A-3, §19-21A-4, §19-21A-7, §19-21A-8, §19-21A-11, §19-21A-12, §19-21A-13, §29-20-4, §29-24-2, §29-24-5, §29-24-7, §29-24-8, and §29-24-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §44-16-7; and to repeal §5A-11-2, §5A-11-4, §5A-11-5, §5A-11-6, §5B-1B-1, §5B-1B-2, §5B-1B-3, §5B-1B-4, §9-4B-1, §9-4B-2, §9-4B-3, §9-4B-4, §9-4C-1, §9-4C-2, §9-4C-3, §9-4C-4, §9-4C-5, §9-4C-6, §9-4C-7, §9-4C-8, §16-5M-1, §16-5M-2, §16-5M-3, §16-5P-7, §16-5P-8, §16-5U-1, §16-5U-2, §16-5U-3, §16-5BB-1, §16-22A-4, §16-29B-31, §16-33-2, §16-33-5, §16-36-3, §16-40-6, §16-61-1, §16-61-2, §16-61-3, §17-2E-10, §18-10Q-1, §18-10Q-2, §18-10Q-3, §18-10Q-4, §18-10Q-5, §22-11A-1, §22-11A-4, §22-11A-6, §22-11A-7, §24-6-15, §29-20-1, §29-20-2, §29-20-3, §29-20-5, §29-20-6, §29-24-3, §29-24-4, and §49-2-913, relating to reforms to numerous unnecessary, expired, overly large, or outdated boards, districts, and commissions; shifting several tasks, duties, responsibilities, or funds of these outdated or unnecessary boards and commissions to other agencies or entities; eliminating the Public Land Corporation and vesting its property to the Division of Natural Resources; eliminating the Public Land Corporation Board of Directors and shifting its powers and duties to the Director of the Division of Natural Resources; changing the composition and selection of the West Virginia Motorsport Committee; repealing the Southern West Virginia Lake Development Study Commission Act; changing the composition of the Tourism Advisory Council; repealing the Physical/Medical Practitioner Provider Medicaid Enhancement Board; repealing the General Medicaid Enhancement Board; repealing the Dentist Medicaid Enhancement Board; repealing the Ambulance Service Provider Medicaid Enhancement Board; repealing the Facility Providers’ Medicaid Enhancement Board; removing language referencing the repealed West Virginia Appraisal Control and Review Commission; repealing the Interagency Council on Osteoporosis; repealing the West Virginia Council on Aging; repealing the Interagency Council on Arthritis; repealing the Workgroup to Study Adverse Childhood Experiences; repealing the Hearing Impairment Testing Advisory Committee; repealing the Working Group on Hospice Services in West Virginia; eliminating the Advisory Committee on State Health Care Rules but keeping the authority of the Secretary of the Department of Human Services to promulgate legislative rules; repealing the Breast and Cervical Cancer Detection and Education Program Coalition; repealing the Advisory Committee on Needlestick Injury Prevention Rules but keeping the authority of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Public Health to promulgate legislative rules; repealing the Advisory Council on Statewide Birth Defects Information System; repealing the State Advisory Coalition on Palliative Care Work Group; repealing the Taskforce on Infrastructure Deployment Clearinghouse; eliminating the Complete Streets Advisory Board but keeping the Complete Streets Program under the authority of the Division of Highways; repealing the Employment First Taskforce; repealing the Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Pilot Program and Working Group; repealing the Commission to Implement NG911 in West Virginia; repealing the Women’s Commission; eliminating the Technology-Related Assistance Revolving Loan Fund for Individuals with Disabilities Board and shifting its powers and duties to the Division of Rehabilitation Services; repealing the Juvenile Justice Reform Oversight Commission; modifying or eliminating various reports of affected boards and commission; authorizing State Conservation Committee to construct, operate, improve, and maintain flood control dams and similar structures and to contract with other entities to do so; removing authority of conservation districts to employ dam monitors; removing authority of conservation districts to construct, operate, improve, and maintain flood control dams and similar structures and to contract with other entities to do so; mandating conservation districts to transfer interests, existing agreements, and contracts, and any associated property, to the West Virginia Conservation Agency by certain date; clarifying that any alteration, improvement, or agreement related to a dam owned or sponsored by the West Virginia Conservation Agency or state conservation committee is subject solely to the authority of the Department of Environmental Protection; requiring conservation districts to transfer all funds and accounts associated with flood control dams and similar structures to the West Virginia Conservation Agency by certain date; revising definitions; and making technical corrections.

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Randy Smith (R)*,  Mike Woelfel (D), 

To House Government Organization (on 03/05/2026)

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