SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8
(By Senators Helmick, Ross, Anderson and Sharpe)
..Approving the purpose and amount of certain projects of the West
Virginia regional jail and correctional facility authority.
Whereas, The West Virginia Legislature, by Senate Concurrent
Resolution No. 30, dated the first day of March, one thousand
nine hundred ninety, has approved certain projects for funding by
the authority from the proceeds of the issuance of certain
special revenue bonds; and
Whereas, The West Virginia division of corrections has
obtained the title to the property previously known as Denmar
hospital and has converted that property to a correctional
facility; and
Whereas, The regional jail and correctional facility
authority board has, by proper resolution, amended the master
plan for correctional facilities and regional jails to include
the Denmar correctional center; and
Whereas, The regional jail and correctional facility authority has received bids for the renovation of certain
portions of the Denmar correctional center; and
Whereas, The further progress toward completion of the
renovation of the Denmar correctional center awaits the approval
of the Legislature as required by section five-m, article twenty,
chapter thirty-one of the code of West Virginia for the inclusion
of the Denmar correctional center within the projects authorized
to be funded by bond proceeds; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the inclusion of the Denmar correctional center as a
project within the series 1990A revenue bonds issued by the state
building commission is hereby approved in the sum certain of
$400,000 which sum shall include both construction costs and
architectural fees for the project. It is the specific intent of
the Legislature that the authority and its bond counsel may use
this resolution and sufficient authority to amend necessary
documents including the bond indenture agreement to permit the
expenditure of bond revenue for this renovation project; and, be
it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
requested to forward a copy of this resolution to the governor, the chief justice of the West Virginia supreme court of appeals,
the secretary of the department of military affairs and public
safety and the chairman of the regional jail and correctional
facility authority.