ENGROSSED

Senate Bill No. 556

(By Senators Anderson, White, Ball, Dittmar, Dugan,

Minear and Ross)

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[Originating in the Committee on Agriculture;

reported April 2, 1997.]

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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 department of agriculture, account no. fund 0131, fiscal year 1997, organization 1400, 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 the fiscal year 1996-97 less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular appropriations for the fiscal year 1996-97.
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 appropriations for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, to account no. fund 0131, fiscal year 1997, organization 1400, be supplemented and amended by increasing the total appropriation by forty thousand dollars as follows:
TITLE II -- APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

13--Department of Agriculture

(WV Code Chapter 9)

Account No.

Fund 0131 FY 1997 Org 1400

Act-General
ivityRevenue
Fund
10a Bee Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691 $40,000
Any unexpended balance remaining in the appropriation for bee research (fund 0131, activity 691) 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, by adding forty thousand dollars to the existing appropriation for expenditure during the fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven.