WEST virginia legislature
2021 regular session
Committee Substitute
for
House Bill 2789
By Delegates Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Skaff
(By Request of the Executive)
[Originating in the Committee on Finance; March 08, 2021]
A BILL supplementing and amending the appropriations 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 2021, organization 0221, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.
WHEREAS, The Governor submitted to the Legislature a Statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, dated February 10, 2021, setting forth therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2020, and further included the estimate of revenues for the fiscal year 2021, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular appropriations for the fiscal year 2021; and
WHEREAS, It appears from the Statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, there now remains an unappropriated surplus balance in the State Treasury which is available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021; therefore
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, to fund 0226, fiscal year 2021, organization 0221, be supplemented and amended by increasing existing items 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 2021 Org 0221
General
Appro- Revenue
priation Fund
4 Public Defender Corporations – Surplus.................................... 35299 $ 1,200,000
5 Appointed Counsel Fees – Surplus............................................ 43500 18,800,000
NOTE: The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to supplement, amend, and increase existing items of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2021.