WEST virginia legislature

2021 third extraordinary session

Introduced

House Bill 323

By Delegates Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Skaff

(By Request of the Executive)

[Introduced October 11, 2021; referred to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL making a supplementary appropriation by adding a new item of appropriation and increasing the expenditure of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Department of Transportation, Public Port Authority, fund 0581, fiscal year 2022, organization 0806, by supplementing and amending Chapter 11, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, known as the budget bill for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022.

WHEREAS, The Governor submitted to the Legislature the Executive Budget document, dated February 10, 2021, which included a Statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2020, and further included an estimate of revenues for the fiscal year 2022 less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular appropriations for the fiscal year 2022; and

WHEREAS, The Governor submitted to the Legislature an Executive Message dated June 24, 2021, which included a revised estimate of revenues for the State Fund, General Revenue and a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue for the fiscal year 2021, and further included an estimate of revenues for the fiscal year 2022 less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular appropriations for the fiscal year 2022; and

WHEREAS, It appears from the Executive Message dated June 24, 2021, Statement of the State Fund, General Revenue there remains an unappropriated balance in the State Treasury which is available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022; therefore

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That Chapter 11, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, known as the budget bill, be supplemented and amended by adding a new item of appropriation to Title II, Section 1 thereof, the following:

Title II – Appropriations.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIOn

79a – Public Port Authority

 (WV Code Chapters 17)

Fund 0581 FY 2022 Org 0806

                                                                                                                             General

                                                                                                            Appro-    Revenue

                                                                                                           priation         Fund

1     Directed Transfer................................................................         70000         $       30,000

       The above appropriation for Directed Transfer, (fund 0581, appropriation 70000), shall be transferred to the Public Port Authority, Special Railroad and Intermodal Enhancement Fund (fund 8254).

NOTE: The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add a new item of appropriation from the State Fund, General Revenue for the fiscal year 2022.