H. B. 2911

(By Delegates Seacrist, Pettit, Kelley, Warner, Walters, Clements and Leggett)


(Originating in the Committee on Finance)


[April 9, 1997]



A BILL making a supplementary appropriation of public moneys out of the treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance in the state fund, general revenue, to the court of claims, account no. fund 0175, fiscal year 1997, organization 2300, all supplementing and amending the appropriation for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven.

Whereas, The governor submitted to the Legislature the executive budget document, dated February 12, 1997, which included a statement of the state fund, general revenue, setting forth therein the cash balance and investments as of July 1, 1996, and further included the estimate of revenues for fiscal year 1996-97, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular appropriations for fiscal year 1996-97; and
Whereas, It thus appearing from the governor's executive budget document there now remains an unappropriated balance in the state treasury which is available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven; therefore
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the total appropriation for fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, to account no. fund 0175, fiscal year 1997, organization 2300, be supplemented and amended by increasing the total appropriation by one million three hundred ninety-nine thousand seven hundred twenty-nine dollars as follows:
TITLE II--APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

LEGISLATIVE

3--Joint Expenses

(WV Code Chapter 4)

Account No.

Fund 0175 FY 1997 Org 2300

General
Act-Revenue
ivityFund

12a Claims Against the State319$1,399,729
Any unexpended balance remaining in the appropriation for Claims (fund 0175, activity 319) at the close of the fiscal year 1996-97 is hereby reappropriated for expenditure during the fiscal year 1997-98.
The purpose of this bill is to supplement this account in the budget act for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, for the claimants as named in H. B. 2535, Rregular Ssession, one thousand nine hundred ninety- seven and Enrolled S. B. 311, Rregular Ssession, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, by adding one million three hundred ninety- nine thousand seven hundred twenty-nine dollars to the existing appropriation for expenditure during fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven.