The Senate Committee on Government Organization met today to report House bills to the Senate floor.
House Bill 2767 would authorize the Secretary of State to transmit electronic versions of undeliverable mail to the circuit clerks. There was an amendment explained by council that was adopted. The bill was reported to the Senate floor with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2427 would require agencies listed in the online state phone directory to update certain employee information by July 1st, 2017. They would be required to update it in 30 days after there are any changes made. The bill was reported to the Senate floor with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2446 relates to the requirement that all executive branch agencies maintain a website that contains specific information beginning December 31st, 2017.
Justin McAllister, CFO for the office of technology, said the bill would not require his staff.
Senator Miller (D-Greenbrier) moved to amend the bill to only include fax machine numbers if the office uses them. The amendment was adopted.
The bill was reported to the Senate floor with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2676 would transfer the Security office under the Division of Culture and History to the Division of Protective Services. Security for all Capitol Complex properties would be under the Division of Protective Services. The director of the Division of Culture said the bill would be fine, so long as his employees wouldn’t lose their jobs, and there would be better security. The bill was reported to the Senate floor with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2939 relates to the sale of items in the State Police Academy post exchange to the public. There would not be any official State Police attire being sold in the post exchange, mostly just T shirts and hats. There would be no badges or blue lights. The bill was reported to the Senate floor with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2949 would exempt specified Division of Natural Resources’ contracts for some replacement, repair or design for repairs to facilities from review and approval requirements. Senators Gaunch and Sypolt expressed their concern about the division of purchasing and that it may be worth studying. The bill was reported to the Senate floor with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2948 would establish timelines for taking final action on certain permits. Currently the permit applications don’t have time requirements. The bill would make it so that the permits that don’t have issues need to be finished in 30 days and those that do have issues in 90 days. The bill was reported to the Senate floor with the recommendation that it pass.
