Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb188%20intr.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=188
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[Introduced January 18, 2011; referred to the Committee on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
by adding thereto a new article, designated §5A-6B-1, §5A-6B-2, §5A-6B-3, §5A-6B-4 and §5A-6B-5, all to read as follows:
§5A-6B-1. Findings and purpose.
That the Legislature finds and declares that computerized geographical information systems technology and the management and sharing of information about the state’s natural and cultural resources is essential to finding practical solutions to good, efficient and effective governance. That Executive Order 4-93 recognized the West Virginia Geographical Information System Policy Council to oversee the implementation of the State GIS Development Plan by the appointment of a state GIS Coordinator, the appointment of a steering committee to coordinate the technical aspects of the plan, the development of a GIS users group to educate, train and exchange information among GIS users and to create a GIS Technical Center in cooperation with West Virginia University.
(a) ”GIS Plan” means the Geographical Information System Plan.
(b) ”Chief Technology Officer” means the person defined in article six, chapter five-a of this code.
(c) ”GIS Users Group” includes the West Virginia Association of Geospatial Professionals and other groups or individuals that educate, train, and exchange information among GIS users.
(d) “Geological and Economic Survey” means the entity provided in article two, chapter twenty-nine of this code.
(e) “Geospatial” means a combination of spatial software and analytical methods of terrestrial or geographic data sets.
(f) “GIS Technical Center” means the state GIS Technical Center in the Department of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University.
Within the framework of the Chief Technology Officer’s Information Technology Plan, the Office of the state GIS Coordinator, the Office of the state Geological and Economic Survey and the West Virginia Geographical System Information Policy Council, GIS Users Groups including, but not limited to, the West Virginia Association of Geospatial Professionals, are recognized to assist the development of the state Geographic Information System Plan.
The Statewide GIS Coordinator in consultation with the Chief Technology Officer shall propose legislative rules for legislative promulgation, in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, as may be necessary to standardize and make effective the provisions of this article.