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AND MAY NOT BE ENFORCED AFTER JULY 1, 1981.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
provisions of this Act that require certain actions by
legislative committees are enacted by the General Assembly
as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the
House of Delegates. They shall be considered as part of the
rules of each House with full recognition of the
constitutional right of either House to change the rules, as
relating to its House, at any time in the same manner as any
other rule of the House.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Policy
Committee of the General Assembly shall undertake a study of
legislative oversight and program evaluation. The Policy
Committee shall report to the General Assembly by December
1, 1979, with a proposal for including an evaluation
component in all legislation establishing new State boards
or programs. The evaluation component shall include a
requirement that the board or the administrator of the
program gather and maintain information about its activities
sufficient to give the General Assembly, the public, and the
board or the administrator the capacity to evaluate the
success of the board or program. The proposal shall also
provide for the periodic repeal of all new boards or
programs in order to ensure periodic evaluation and
legislative oversight similar to that required under this
Act.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Policy
Committee of the General Assembly shall undertake a study of
the Act and shall report to the General Assembly by December
1, 1981. The study shall include an evaluation of the
quality and effectiveness of the evaluation performed under
this Act, the implementation of the recommendations made by
the Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning, the Department
of Fiscal Services, and the legislative committees, and the
impact of the Act on the General Assembly.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 29, 1978.

CHAPTER 809
(Senate Bill 456)
AN ACT concerning

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