Sunday, January 24, 2010

West Virgina Budget and Spending Transparency Act introduced

"A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §6-9B-1, §6-9B-2, §6- 9B-3, §6-9B-4, §6-9B-5 and §6-9B-6, all relating to creating and maintaining a searchable online budget database; designating this as the "Budget and Spending Transparency Act"; short title; legislative findings; definitions; content requirements and updates; and compliance.


Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new article, designated §6-9B-1, §6-9B-2, §6- 9B-3, §6-9B-4, §6-9B-5 and §6-9B-6, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9B. BUDGET AND SPENDING TRANSPARENCY ACT.
§6-9B-1. Short title.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Budget and Spending Transparency Act."
§6-9B-2. Legislative finding.
The Legislature finds that taxpayers should be able to easily access the details on how the state is spending their tax dollars and what performance results are achieved for those expenditures. It is the intent of the Legislature, therefore, to direct the Auditors to create and maintain a searchable budget database website detailing where, for what purpose, and the results achieved for all taxpayer investments in state government."

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