HOUSE OF DELEGATES


BILLS INTRODUCED


Friday, February 27, 2004


4673.     By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss) and Del. R. M. Thompson - Including within those joint family liabilities of the husband and wife the services provided by healthcare providers - To Judiciary


4674.     By Del. Amores, Craig and Smirl - Restricting involuntary commitment for addicted persons to those who, as a result of such addiction, are likely to cause serious harm to themselves or others - To Judiciary


4675.     By Del. Armstead, Calvert, Walters, Overington and Webb - Instituting a "Celebrate Freedom Week" - To Education


4676.     By Del. Armstead, Carmichael, Howard, Webb, Walters, Trump and Calvert - Establishing a maximum number of employees allowed in a department or separate spending unit of the state - To Government Organization then Finance


4677.     By Del. Beach, Perry and Swartzmiller - Prohibiting certain video monitors including certain navigation monitors forward of driver's seats of motor vehicles - To Judiciary


4678.     By Del. Beane, Michael, Amores, G. White, DeLong, Staton and Doyle - Relating generally to the West Virginia racing commission - To Government Organization


4679.     By Del. Beane, Spencer, Caruth, Cann, Ashley and Michael - Relating to the design-build procurement act - To Government Organization then Finance


4680.     By Del. Blair - Prohibiting a business or organization from performing abortions in a public facility - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary


4681.     By Del. Blair - Implementing a pilot project in Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties to install flashing traffic signals between the hours of eleven o'clock p.m. and six o'clock a.m. at certain intersections (FN) - To Finance


4682.     By Del. Caruth (By Request) - Providing a fee to be charged to persons copying records in the county clerk's office by digital photography - To Judiciary


4683.     By Del. Caruth and Frich - Requiring attendance by elected and appointed officers at official meetings of the governing bodies and committees of municipalities - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary

4684.     By Del. Caruth (By Request) and Trump (By Request) - Providing that companies performing contract repossession services for financial institutions may be issued temporary decals from the DMV - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary


4685.     By Del. Ellem, Boggs, Hall, Overington and Pino - Requiring medical facilities that provide abortions to warn women seeking an abortion of their increased risk of breast cancer - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary


4686.     By Del. Fleischauer, Beach, Houston, Caputo, Manchin, Kominar and Faircloth - Making a technical correction to language dealing with fires being built on public and private roads - To Judiciary


4687.     By Del. Fleischauer, Manuel, DeLong, Leggett, Stemple, Yeager and Kominar - Requiring the governing board of West Virginia University to maintain the competition rifle team program (FN) - To Education then Finance


4688.     By Del. Fleischauer, Manuel, Yeager, Stemple, Kominar, Faircloth and Trump - Authorizing West Virginia University rifle team donations and create a special revenue account for the money - To Education then Finance


4689.     By Del. Fleischauer, Susman, Manuel, R. Thompson, R. M. Thompson, Long and Kominar - Prohibiting the governing board of West Virginia University from eliminating the competition rifle team program (FN) - To Education then Finance


4690.     By Del. Frich, Walters, Romine and Calvert - Authorizing the alcohol beverage control commissioner to license businesses offering exotic entertainment to prevent harmful secondary effects associated with such businesses (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance


4691.     By Del. Hamilton, Poling, Hrutkay, Hatfield and Perdue - Establishing the hospitals infection disclosure act requiring hospitals to disclose hospital-infection rates for the public - To Judiciary


4692.     By Del. Hamilton, Smirl, Poling, Wakim, Hrutkay, Houston and Yost - Providing for the temporary detention of juvenile perpetrators of domestic violence - To Judiciary


4693.     By Del. Howard - Increasing the resident vendor's bid ratio from two and one-half percent to five percent - To Government Organization then Finance


4694.     By Del. Iaquinta, Crosier, Talbott, Staton, Foster, Trump and Beane - Establishing threshold quantities of certain controlled substances to trigger prima facie evidence of intent to deliver if possessed by an individual - To Judiciary


4695.     By Del. Louisos, Kuhn, Caputo, Browning, Fragale and Hatfield - Providing for a process in which to enlist binding arbitration in state employee grievance procedures (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance


4696.     By Del. Morgan - Authorizing a qualifying municipality to impose a municipal occupational tax, a municipal sales and service tax and a use tax (FN) - To Finance


4697.     By Del. Morgan (By Request) - Exempting from taxation property used exclusively for retirement homes - To Finance


4698.     By Del. Morgan (By Request) and Leach (By Request) - Prohibiting children under the age of eight years old from being passengers on motorcycles on public roads - To Judiciary


4699.     By Del. Overington - Exempting public works projects receiving federal assistance and subject to federal labor standards from the state prevailing wage laws - To Judiciary then Finance


4700.     By Del. Overington - Lowering the threshold required for reporting certain information about individuals, firms, associations or committees contributing to a campaign - To Judiciary


4701.     By Del. Overington, Calvert, Brown, Schadler, Smirl, Webb and Blair - Providing the same protection from animal fighting to all animals - To Judiciary


4702.     By Del. Perdue, Beach, Fleischauer and Paxton - Prohibiting out-of-state lenders from making loans over the internet or by other means unless they are licensed in West Virginia - To Judiciary


4703.     By Del. Perry, Pino, Stemple and Beach - Providing for law-enforcement officers to seek a warrant to draw blood from a person arrested for DUI when the person refuses to submit to a secondary chemical test - To Judiciary


4704.     By Del. Perry, Shaver, Stemple, Crosier and Beach - Providing a statutory good faith exception to the exclusionary rule when evidence has been obtained during an execution of a search warrant, arrest warrant or capias, - To Judiciary


4705.     By Del. Shaver and Williams - Allowing certain rural counties with limited availability of day care facilities to continue providing early childhood education programs to three-year olds (FN) - To Education then Finance


4706.     By Del. Sobonya - Prohibiting account wagering and electronic betting - To Judiciary


4707.     By Del. Swartzmiller, Kominar, Ennis, Mezzatesta, Varner, Cann and Michael - Authorizing a health benefit plan to provide health insurance benefits to certain former employees of businesses in this State who have lost their jobs (FN) - To Finance

4708.     By Del. Trump - Adjusting the formula by which the Public Service Commission distributes wireless enhanced 911 fee revenues to the counties - To Finance


4709.     By Del. Tucker, Kuhn, Varner, Stemple, Staton, Yost and G. White - Allowing the commissioner of labor to charge fees for laboratory services and calibrations - To Finance


4710.     By Del. Webb - Strengthening the current law against the dissemination of "spam" on the internet - To Judiciary


4711.     By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss), Del. Staton and Varner - Creating a West Virginia tourism authority - To Government Organization then Finance


4712.     By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss), Del. Mezzatesta, Michael, Beane, Kominar and Hall - Providing autonomy and operating flexibility to certain higher education institutions (FN) - To Education then Finance


4713.     By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss), Del. Michael, Trump, Amores, Caruth and Kominar - Setting a "clear and convincing" standard for determining whether an employer acted with "deliberate intention" in causing a worker injury which would waive the employer's immunity from suit under workers' compensation provisions (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance


4715.     By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss), Del. Fleischauer, Ellem, Hrutkay, R. M. Thompson and Amores - Creating the crime of embezzlement by misuse of a power of attorney - To Judiciary


4716.     By Del. Armstead - Making all unauthorized accessing of the computers of the state and its political subdivisions a crime - To Judiciary


4717.     By Del. Blair and Carmichael - Reducing and restricting compensation expense claims for legislative members - To Finance


4718.     By Del. Blair, Overington, Faircloth, Duke, Trump, Tabb and Manuel - Establishing a three-year pilot project in Berkeley County creating a volunteer litter reporting program (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance


4719.     By Del. Boggs, Cann, Campbell, Michael and Staton - Creating the joint commission on technology and advanced communications - To Government Organization then Finance


4720.     By Del. Cann (By Request) - Providing for administration costs associated with the court security fund and to eliminate obsolete language - To Judiciary


4721.     By Del. Caruth and Carmichael - Requiring every woman seeking an abortion to be given the opportunity to see an ultrasound image of the fetus - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary

4722.     By Del. Fleischauer, Caputo, Webster, Susman, DeLong and Talbott - Relating to imposing a fee of twenty dollars on the transfer of real property in addition to the excise tax presently imposed on such transactions (FN) - To Finance


4723.     By Del. Fleischauer, DeLong and Brown - Relating to reporting abuse and neglect of certain adults - To Judiciary


4724.     By Del. Fleischauer, Hrutkay, Long, Mezzatesta, Staton, Calvert and Overington - Adding to the statutory members of multidisciplinary investigative teams and treatment teams for certain children involved in the court system - To Judiciary


4725.     By Del. Hatfield - Creating the criminal offense of injury to a pregnant woman that results in miscarriage or stillbirth - To Judiciary


4726.     By Del. Hrutkay, Butcher, Wright, Ferrell and Kuhn - Providing that a person is not guilty of trespassing or hunting without permission merely because the person's dog pursues an animal or wild bird onto another person's private or leased land - To Judiciary


4727.     By Del. Leach, Craig and Morgan - Providing for the issuance of a special Lions International membership license plate - To Roads and Transportation then Finance


4728.     By Del. Spencer, Walters, Calvert, Palumbo, Hatfield and Brown - Granting various county agencies authority to enter into intergovernmental agreements with other county levying bodies - To Judiciary


4729.     By Del. Staton, Amores and Caruth - Clarifying that the public service commission may permit rates to become effective prior to the end of a suspension period - To Judiciary


4730.     By Del. Sumner and Poling - Limiting the number of exceptional students in regular education classes - To Education


4731.     By Del. Trump, Caruth, Schoen, Overington, Hall, Sumner and Evans - Ensuring that medical workers have the right to refuse to participate in any abortion-related activity without fear of disciplinary action or dismissal - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary


4732.     By Del. Walters - Requiring the higher education policy commission to ensure that no person employed by any state institution of higher education performs or participates in or instructs students in how to perform any abortion or abortion procedure - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary


4733.     By Del. Webb, Armstead, Walters, Stemple, Calvert and Amores - Making juvenile records open for public inspection, when the juvenile has been charged with or convicted of an offense involving violence against another - To Judiciary

4734.     By Del. Webb, Webster and Amores - Providing that municipalities are free of legal prohibitions to raise fines for municipal ordinance violations - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary


4735.     By Del. Yost - Providing that a school levy election may be held during the primary election - To Education then Judiciary


4736.     By Del. Frich, Hamilton and Trump - Financing the West Virginia University rifle team if the student government shows support for the measure - To Education then Finance