SB550 HFA LANE, SOBONYA, AND MILLER, C. 3-10

    Delegates Lane, Sobonya and Miller C., move to amend the committee substitute in §29-22A-10 on page twenty-five, on line thirty-four, by striking the words “Licensed Racetrack Modernization Fund” and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“West Virginia Addictions Treatment and Recovery Fund”

AND

on page twenty-six, on line forty-seven, by striking the entirety of subdivision (2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:    (2)(A) There shall be created a special account in the State Treasury to be known as the “West Virginia Addictions Treatment and Recovery Fund.” For all fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2011, the commission shall deposit such amounts as are available according to subdivision (1), subsection (b) of this section into into the “West Virginia Addictions Treatment and Recovery Fund.” Expenditures from the fund are for the purposes set forth in this subdivision. The fund shall also include all receipts from loans made by the fund, any moneys appropriated by the Legislature, all income from the investment of moneys held in the fund and all other moneys designated for deposit to the fund from any source, public or private.

    (B) The fund, to the extent that money is available, shall be used for the development and support of programs including, but not limited to, community-based support programs or community-based corrections programs, or both. The funds shall be used only for programs relating to the prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery from addictions such as those related to drug or alcohol use, or both drug or alcohol use.

    (C) The secretary of the department of health and human resources shall propose rules for legislative approval, in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, to govern the disbursement of moneys from the fund for development costs, operating costs, infrastructure and program support, establish criteria for eligibility to receive grants or loans from the fund and in cases where loans are issued, establish the terms and conditions of the loans, including interest rates and repayment of terms.

AND

in §29-25-22 on page forty five, on line twenty-seven , following the word “account” by striking the words:

“a separate facility modernization account maintained within the Historic Resort Hotel Modernization Fund for each historic resort hotel. For each dollar expended by a historic resort hotel for video lottery or table gaming facility modernization improvements at the historic resort hotel, having a useful life of three or more years and placed in service after April 1, 2011, the historic resort hotel shall receive $1 in recoupment from its facility modernization account. For purposes of this section, the term “video lottery or table gaming facility modernization improvements” include acquisition of computer hardware and software, communications and Internet access equipment, security and surveillance equipment, video lottery terminals and other electronic equipment or other equipment designed to modernize the facility.”

AND

inserting in lieu thereof the following: “the West Virginia Addictions Treatment and Recovery Fund created in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section ten of Article twenty-two-a of chapter twenty nine to carry out the mandated purposes of that fund.”

Adopted
Rejected