Senate Bill No. 288
(By Senator Tomblin, Mr. President)
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[Introduced February 25, 2005; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §18-10B-10, relating
to vocational rehabilitation facilities; authorizing rental of
vocational rehabilitation facilities by school groups or other
youth or civic organizations; and providing that rental
revenue be used to defray the cost, maintenance and
replacement of recreational equipment and facilities.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-10B-10, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 10B. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION FACILITIES.
§18-10B-10. Authorized rental of State Vocational Rehabilitation
facilities.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the Director is authorized to allow school groups and
other youth or civic organizations or groups to use state
vocational rehabilitation facilities and to charge and collect a
reasonable rent therefor:
Provided, That all such rental revenue
shall be used exclusively to defray the cost, maintenance and
repair or replacement of such vocational rehabilitation facilities.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Director
of the Division of Rehabilitation Services to allow youth or other
civic groups to use rehabilitation facilities and to charge a
reasonable rent therefor.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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FINANCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
On page two, section ten, line one, by striking out the words
"is authorized to" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "may";
On page two, section ten, line three, by striking out the word
"to" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "shall";
On page two, section ten, line four, by striking out the word
"therefor" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "for the
facilities";
On page two, section ten, line four, by striking out the word
"such";
And,
On page two, section ten, line six, by striking out the word
"such" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "the".