WEST virginia legislature

2017 regular session

Committee Substitute

for

House Bill 2740

By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) and Delegate Miley
By Request of the Executive
 [Originating in the Committee on Finance.]

[March 1, 2017]

A BILL expiring funds to the unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017 in the amount of $15,300,000 from the Department of Revenue, Office of the Secretary – Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund, fund 7005, fiscal year 2017, organization 0701, and making a supplementary appropriation of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Department of Administration, Public Defender Services, fund 0226, fiscal year 2017, organization 0221, by supplementing and amending the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017.

Whereas, The Governor submitted to the Legislature the Executive Budget document, dated February 8, 2017, which included a Statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2016, and further included the estimate of revenues for the fiscal year 2017, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 and further included recommended expirations to the surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue; and

Whereas, It appears from the Executive Budget document, Statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, and this legislation, there now remains an unappropriated surplus balance in the State Treasury which is available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017; therefore

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the balance of the funds available for expenditure in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, in the Department of Revenue, Office of the Secretary – Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund, fund 7005, fiscal year 2017, organization 0701, be decreased by expiring the amount of $15,300,000, to the unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue to be available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017.

And, That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, to fund 0226, fiscal year 2017, organization 0221, be supplemented and amended by increasing an existing item of appropriation as follows:

Title II – Appropriations.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION

27 – Public Defender Services

(WV Code Chapter 29)

Fund 0226 FY 2017 Org 0221

                                                                                                                                               General

                                                                                                            Appro-                       Revenue

                                                                                                           priation                         Fund

5     Appointed Counsel Fees – Surplus............................................ 43500          $        15,300,000