H. B. 4066


(By Delegate Warner)

[Introduced January 18, 2000; referred to the

Committee on Roads and Transportation then Finance.]





A BILL to amend and reenact section five, article one-a, chapter five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the itemization of the proposed appropriations for the division of highways.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section five, article one-a, chapter five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 1A. ITEMIZATION OF PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS IN BUDGET BILL SUBMITTED BY GOVERNOR TO LEGISLATURE.

§5-1A-5. Itemization of appropriations for state division of highways; state aid to schools.

(a) Proposed appropriations for the state department of highways shall be itemized separately for:

(1) "Debt service" which shall mean the payment of principal and interest due on all state bonds issued for the benefit of the state road fund;

(2) "General operations" which shall include all expenses of administration of the department of highways;

(3) "Federal Aid Construction -- Interstate Program";

(4) "Nonfederal Aid Construction";

(5) "Appalachian Program";

(6) "Other Federal Aid Programs";

(7) "Inventory Purchases";

(8) "Maintenance"; State Local Service";

(9) "Maintenance -- Expressway, Trunkline and Feeder";

(10) (9) "Claims."

Any specific purposes which do not fall within the above items may be itemized and designated separately by the governor.

(b) Proposed appropriations for "State Aid to Schools" shall be itemized separately for each allowance set forth in section three, article nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code, for each allowance mentioned elsewhere in said article and chapter, and for any other purpose mentioned in said article and chapter for which an appropriation must be made from the general revenue fund.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.