§4-10-6 Department presentation and schedule.
§4-10-6. Department presentation and schedule.
(a) During the two thousand seven legislative interim period, each department shall make a presentation pursuant to the provisions of this section to the joint standing committee and the committee.
(b) The department shall provide to the joint standing committee and the committee a written copy of the presentation. The presentation shall include:
(1) A departmental chart designating each agency under the purview of the department;
(2) An analysis of the department's internal performance measures and self-assessment systems; and
(3) For each agency under the purview of the department, the following:
(A) The mission, goals and functions of the agency;
(B) The statutory or other legal authority under which the agency operates;
(C) The number of employees of the agency for the immediate past ten years;
(D) The budget for the agency for the immediate past ten years;
(E) Any potential or actual loss of revenue due to operations, changes in law or any other reason;
(F) The extent to which the agency has operated in the public interest;
(G) The extent to which the agency has complied with state personnel practices, including affirmative action requirements;
(H) The extent to which the agency has encouraged public participation in the making of its rules and decisions and has encouraged interested persons to report to it on the impact of its rules and decisions on the effectiveness, economy and availability of services that it has provided;
(I) The efficiency with which public inquiries or complaints regarding the activities of the agency have been processed and resolved;
(J) The extent to which statutory, regulatory, budgeting or other changes are necessary to enable the agency to better serve the interests of the public and to comply with the factors enumerated in this subsection; and
(K) A recommendation as to whether the agency should be continued, consolidated or terminated.
(c) The schedule for the presentations by the departments shall be as follows:
(1) May, two thousand seven, Department of Administration;
(2) June, two thousand seven, Department of Education and the Arts;
(3) July, two thousand seven, Department of Education, including the Higher Education Policy Commission and the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education;
(4) August, two thousand seven, Department of Revenue;
(5) September, two thousand seven, Department of Environmental Protection;
(6) October, two thousand seven, Department of Health and Human Resources, including the Bureau of Senior Services;
(7) November, two thousand seven, Department of Commerce;
(8) December, two thousand seven, Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety; and
(9) January, two thousand eight, Department of Transportation.