WEST virginia legislature

2019 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 553

By Senators Lindsay, Jeffries, Stollings, and Beach

[Introduced February 7, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL to amend and reenact §18-10-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to federal funds for land-grant institutions.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 10. FEDERAL AID AND GIFTS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

§18-10-3. Federal aid for West Virginia University and West Virginia State College.

The State of West Virginia hereby renews its assent to the provisions and purposes of the Act of Congress of August 30, 1990, entitled “An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public land to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 2, 1862,” and of all subsequent Acts of Congress amending or supplementing said act, and accepts the appropriations of money authorized thereby.

The State of West Virginia hereby designates West Virginia University as the beneficiary of appropriations under the 1862 Act of Congress referred to in §18-10-1 of this code and West Virginia State College as the beneficiary of appropriations under the 1890 Act of Congress referred to in this section and shall meet its full federal matching requirement, including, but not limited to, 7 U.S.C. §3222d(c).

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the state from seeking to waive its full federal matching obligation for 1890 land-grant institutions.

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