HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS INTRODUCED
Friday, January 12, 2007
2057.By Del. Frederick - Reducing the corporation net income tax (FN) - To Finance
2058.By Del. Martin - Reallocating the proceeds from limited video lottery by increasing the
percentages payable to counties, municipalities and retailers - To Judiciary then Finance
2059.By Del. Caputo - Providing salary parity for conservation officers relative to members of the
West Virginia state police - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance
2060.By Del. Stemple - Relating to deferral of court costs and fees when collecting delinquent
emergency ambulance bills - To Judiciary
2061.By Del. Frederick - Permitting miners fined for noncompliance with mining statutes to pay
the penalty or complete a training course in lieu thereof - To Industry and Labor, Economic
Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2062.By Del. Iaquinta - Establishing a program for reprogramming cellular telephones and
distributing to seniors for making emergency calls - To Government Organization then
Finance
2063.By Del. Perry - Prohibiting individual county board of education members from acting on
behalf of the board in an individual capacity unless authorized by law - To Education then
Judiciary
2064.By Del. Caputo - Allowing an increase in the earned income exclusion for personal income
tax purposes in the amount of poverty guidelines (FN) - To Finance
2065.By Del. Caputo - Permitting the head of an at-risk family to accept school loans, grants and
scholarships without losing assistance while in school - To Education then Finance
2066.By Del. Overington and Sumner - Lowering the threshold required for reporting certain
information about individuals, firms, associations or committees contributing to a campaign
- To Judiciary
2067.By Del. Perdue, Mahan and Boggs - Exempting from personal property taxation, the
equipment, inventory and raw materials of crafts people who have had their work evaluated
and accepted or juried and accepted by the West Virginia arts and crafts guild (FN) - To
Finance
2068.By Del. Stemple - Transferring the office of emergency medical services from the department
of health and human resources to the department of military affairs and public safety - To
Government Organization then Finance
2069.By Del. Caputo - Requiring that permanent and temporary battery charging stations in mines
be ventilated directly to the return on a separate split of air - To Industry and Labor,
Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
2070.By Del. Browning - Clarifying that county board of education employees who work full time
for more than thirty consecutive days qualify for PEIA coverage - To Education then Finance
2071.By Del. Frederick - Establishing a mandatory drug and alcohol testing program for coal
miners - To Judiciary
2072.By Del. Hamilton and Romine - Requiring the department of health and human resources to
enforce specific abortion clinic regulations - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2073.By Del. Perry - Making available to retired participants in PEIA the optional dental, vision,
and audiology and hearing-aid services insurance plans that are available to current
participants (FN) - To Finance
2074.By Del. Manchin, Caputo and Longstreth - Providing for a five percent cap on any increase
in one year for periodic valuations and assessments or real and personal property (FN) - To
Judiciary then Finance
2075.By Del. Hrutkay - Requiring a seller or a seller's agent at closing to disclose the names,
addresses and telephone numbers of all utilities providing service to the real estate involved
in the transaction - To Judiciary
2076.By Del. Perry - Increasing the foundation allowances for professional educators to fifty-five
and service personnel to thirty-seven for each one thousand students (FN) - To Education
then Finance
2077.By Del. Iaquinta and Caputo - Increasing the amount of mine subsidence insurance reinsured
by the board of risk management - To Banking and Insurance then Finance
2078.By Del. Talbott (By Request) - Clarifying the procedure for tagging bear, bobcats, deer and
wild turkey taken while hunting - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary
2079.By Del. Swartzmiller - Clarifying the definition of final average salary for Deputy Sheriff
Retirement System (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance
2080.By Del. Stemple - Authorizing lateral transfers for deputy sheriffs - To Pensions and Retirement then Judiciary
2081.By Del. Overington - Requiring accumulation of certain historical instruction before high
school graduation - To Education then Judiciary
2082.By Del. Carmichael - Increasing the rate of the tax on cigarettes and dedicating the first five
million dollars to the Department of Agriculture (FN) - To Health and Human Resources
then Finance
2083.By Del. Frederick - Relating to drilling gas wells near active coal mines - To Judiciary
2084.By Del. Caputo - Requiring the State Board of Education to promulgate rule implementing
a tornado safety awareness plan in public schools - To Education
2085.By Del. Tansill - Granting the Bureau for Public Health the authority to inspect facilities
where abortions are performed at any time during the day or night, without a warrant - To
Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2086.By Del. Fragale - Requiring schools to post and make available to the public the schedules
of teachers and staff - To Education then Finance
2087.By Del. Fragale - Repealing the section involving the vesting of title to vocational education
property in the state department of education - To Judiciary
2088.By Del. Spencer - Changing the compulsory school attendance for children in the state from
sixteen to eighteen years of age - To Education
2089.By Del. Spencer - Maintaining a registry of names of those convicted of methamphetamine
production or distribution - To Judiciary
2090.By Del. Yost - Limiting the right of a jury trial in misdemeanor cases in certain
circumstances - To Judiciary
2091.By Del. Perry - Exempting nonprofit organizations from paying an annual motor vehicle
registration fee (FN) - To Finance
2092.By Del. Schoen - Allowing pharmacists and other individuals involved in dispensing
medicines to refuse to fill prescriptions or dispense any substance that can be used as part of
an abortion-related procedure - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2093.By Del. Schoen - Allowing family court judges to carry concealed deadly weapons without
obtaining a license - To Judiciary
2094.By Del. Talbott - Requiring color coded certificates of insurance to be placed on the
windshield of the insured motor vehicle - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2095.By Del. Frederick - Defining the offense of trespassing on a railroad track - To Judiciary
2096.By Del. Browning - Authorizing county commissions to enact ordinances prohibiting cats
from running at large - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary
2097.By Del. Browning - Providing teacher retirement eligibility, with full pension rights, when
a member's age plus years of total service equals or exceeds eighty (FN) - To Pensions and
Retirement then Finance
2098.By Del. Browning - Establishing an Industrial Advisory Board to oversee the application
process for pest control certification exams - To Government Organization
2099.By Del. Hamilton - Relating to recovery rooms where abortions are performed - To Health
and Human Resources then Judiciary
2100.By Del. Hamilton - Prohibiting persons from soliciting contributions on public highways -
To Judiciary
2101.By Del. Spencer - Reducing the federal adjusted gross income for motor fuel expenses
incurred in commuting to and from one's occupation (FN) - To Finance
2102.By Del. Tucker - Prohibiting salvage yards from storing any salvage within two hundred
yards of a stream - To Judiciary
2103.By Del. Lane - Directing one half of any budget surplus in a fiscal year equally to every West
Virginia family or individual within two hundred percent of the poverty level - To Finance
2104.By Del. Rowan - Ensuring victims' rights to testify at sentencing in criminal cases - To
Judiciary
2105.By Del. Poling, M., Paxton, Perry, Wells, Stephens, Tabb, Wysong, Duke, Fragale and
Sumner - Extending the expiration date of provisions permitting retired teachers to accept
employment as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage for an unlimited number of
days without affecting retirement benefits - To Education
2106.By Del. Frederick - Creating the West Virginia Transportation Oversight Commission - To
Government Organization then Finance
2107.By Del. Caputo - Promoting contributions to the maintenance and improvement of state
parks (FN) - To Finance
2108.By Del. Caputo - Making armed assault or conspiracy to commit armed assault upon school
property or school personnel or students a felony - To Education then Judiciary
2109.By Del. Caputo - Crediting a deceased teacher's sick leave toward continued insurance
coverage for a surviving spouse and other dependents (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement
then Finance
2110.By Del. Azinger - Exempting from the consumers sales and service tax any sales of
medicines by a physician in the treatment of a patient in his or her office - To Finance
2111.By Del. Azinger - Changing compulsory school attendance until age eighteen or until the
student graduates - To Education then Judiciary