WEST virginia legislature

2022 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4530

By Delegates Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Skaff
[By Request of the Executive]

[Introduced February 03, 2022; Referred to the Committee on Finance]

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 2022, organization 0221, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022.

Whereas, The Governor submitted the Executive Budget Document to the Legislature on January 12, 2022, containing a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2021, and further included the estimate of revenue for the fiscal year 2022, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus appropriations for the fiscal year 2022, and further included recommended expirations to the unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund General Revenue; and

Whereas, It appears from the Governor’s Statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, there now remains an unappropriated surplus balance in the 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 the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, to fund 0226, fiscal year 2022, organization 0221, be supplemented and amended by adding new 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 2022 Org 0221

                                                                                                                             General

                                                                                                            Appro-    Revenue

                                                                                                           priation         Fund

6a   Public Defender Corporations – Surplus............................         35299                  $ 1,200,000

6b   Appointed Counsel Fees – Surplus....................................         43500                18,800,000

NOTE: The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to supplement, amend and add new items of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2022.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.