West Virginia Code 29A-3A-11 – Creation of a legislative oversight commission on education accountability
(a) There is hereby created a joint commission of the Legislature known as the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability to review all legislative rules of the agency and other rules as the commission deems appropriate. The commission shall be composed of six members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate and six members of the House of Delegates appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates. No more than five of the six members appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates, respectively, may be members of the same political party. In addition, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates shall be ex officio nonvoting members of the commission and shall designate the co-chairs. At least one of the Senate members and one of the House members shall be members of the committee on education of the Senate and House, respectively, and at least one of the Senate members and at least one of the House members shall be a member of the committee on finance of the Senate and House, respectively. The members shall serve until their successors have been appointed as heretofore provided. Members of the commission shall receive compensation and expenses as provided in § 4-2A-1 et seq. of this code. Those expenses and all other expenses, including those incurred in the employment of legal, technical, investigative, clerical, stenographic, advisory, and other personnel shall be paid from an appropriation to be made expressly for the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability, but if no such appropriation is made, the expenses shall be paid from the appropriation under “Account No. 103 for Joint Expenses”, but no expense of any kind whatever payable under the account for joint expenses shall be incurred unless first approved by the Joint Committee on Government and Finance. The commission shall meet at any time, both during sessions of the Legislature and in the interim.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 29A-3A-11
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Commission: means the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability. See West Virginia Code 29A-3A-1
- Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
- Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
(b) The commission may adopt rules of procedure as it considers necessary for the submission, presentation, and consideration of rules.