WEST virginia legislature
2023 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 741
By Senators Blair (Mr. President) and Woelfel
(By Request of the Executive)
[Introduced March 01, 2023; 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 Commerce, Division of Forestry, fund 0250, fiscal year 2023, organization 0305, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.
Whereas, The Governor submitted the Executive Budget Document to the Legislature on January 11, 2023, containing a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2022, and further included the estimate of revenue for the fiscal year 2023, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus appropriations for the fiscal year 2023, 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, 2023; therefore
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, to fund 0250, fiscal year 2023, organization 0305, be supplemented and amended by adding new items of appropriation as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
32 – Division of Forestry
(WV Code Chapter 19)
Fund 0250 FY 2023 Org 0305
General
Appro- Revenue
priation Fund
5a Current Expenses – Surplus (R) 13099 1,200,000
6a Equipment – Surplus (R) 34100 800,000
Any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriations for Current Expenses – Surplus (fund 0250, appropriation 13099) and Equipment – Surplus (fund 0250, appropriation 34100) at the close of the fiscal year 2023 are hereby reappropriated for expenditure during the fiscal year 2024.
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 2023.