SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 8
(By Senators Craigo, Manchin, Blatnik, Love,
Jackson, Sharpe, Kimble, Minear, Chafin, Boley,
Bailey, Helmick, Whitlow, Walker,
Plymale and Macnaughtan)
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[Originating in the Committee on Finance;
reported on March 1, 1995.]
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West
Virginia, amending article six thereof, by adding thereto a
new section, designated section fifty-five, relating to
revenues accruing from the sales of all specialized nongame
wildlife motor vehicle registration plates; providing that
said revenues are to be used solely for the conservation,
restoration, management, educational benefit, recreational
use and scientific use of the state's nongame wildlife
resources; numbering and designating such proposed
amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the
purpose of such amendment.
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two thirds of
the members elected to each house agreeing thereto:
That the question of ratification or rejection of an
amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be
submitted to the voters of the State at the next general election
to be held in the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-six,
which proposed amendment is that article six thereof be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section fifty-five,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE VI. THE LEGISLATURE.
§55. Revenues applicable to nongame wildlife resources in the
state.
Notwithstanding any provision of section fifty-two of
article six of this Constitution, the legislature may, by general
law, provide funding for conservation, restoration, management,
educational benefit and recreational and scientific use of
nongame wildlife resources in this state by providing a
specialized nongame wildlife motor vehicle registration plate for
motor vehicles registered in this state. The registration plate
shall be issued on a voluntary basis pursuant to terms and
conditions provided by general law. Any moneys collected from
the issuance of these specialized registration plates shall be
deposited in a special revenue account in the state treasury and
expended only in accordance with appropriations made by the
Legislature as provided by general law for the conservation,
restoration, management, educational benefit and recreational and
scientific use of nongame wildlife resources in this state. All
moneys shall be deposited by the state treasurer in the "nongame
wildlife fund" created especially for nongame wildlife resources
in this state.
Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of
article eleven, chapter three of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, such proposed
amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment No. 1" and designated as the "Nongame Wildlife and Natural Heritage Revenue Amendment" and
the purpose of the proposed amendment is summarized as follows:
"To require that revenue funds accruing from the sales of all
specialized nongame wildlife motor vehicle registration plates
shall be expended solely for the management, restoration,
conservation, educational benefit, and recreational and
scientific use of nongame wildlife resources of the state and for
no other purposes."