HOUSE OF DELEGATES


BILLS INTRODUCED


Wednesday, January 24, 2007


2461.By Del. Fleischauer, Shook, Longstreth, Manchin, Burdiss, Browning, Caputo, Kessler, Mahan, Hamilton and DeLong - Providing that all employees have the right to review and copy the contents of their personnel files - To Political Subdivisions then Finance


2462.By Del. Poling, M. - Changing the paygrade of "sanitation plant operator" from "f" to "g" (FN) - To Finance


2463.By Del. Anderson, Boggs and Ellem - Allowing parking fees to be charged for accessible (handicapped) parking spaces under certain circumstances - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary


2464.By Del. White and Frederick - Economic Development Enterprise Zone Act of 2007 (FN) - To Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Finance


2465.By Del. Spencer and Eldridge - Creating a registry of persons convicted of operating a clandestine drug laboratory (FN) - To Judiciary


2466.By Del. Spencer - Establishing the crime of trafficking of persons - To Judiciary


2467.By Del. Webster, Proudfoot, Stemple, Varner, Kominar, Amores, Staggers, Ellem and Palumbo - Giving magistrates the authority to perform marriages - To Judiciary


2468.By Del. Fragale, Miley and Iaquinta - Prohibiting any person convicted of any felony from voting in an election of state and local officials - To Judiciary


2469.By Del. Tansill and Palumbo - Increasing the criminal fines for conviction of the crime of making a false bomb threat and providing that a minor accused of making a false bomb threat shall be tried as an adult - To Judiciary


2470.By Del. White and Perry - Reducing from four years to one year the time that an action may be brought for a violation of the Consumer Protection Act involving consumer credit sales or consumer loans - To Judiciary


2471.By Del. Iaquinta, Caputo, Fragale and Evans - Creating a presumption of compensability for cardiovascular injury or disease or pulmonary disease suffered by a professional firefighter - To Judiciary then Finance


2472.By Del. Iaquinta, Caputo, Fragale and Evans - Relating to cardiovascular injury or disease or pulmonary disease suffered by a firefighter - To Judiciary then Finance


2473.By Del. Ennis, Perry and Boggs - Creating an affirmative defense for certain civil and criminal actions arising from the sale of certain alcoholic drinks and nonintoxicating beer by licensed private clubs to persons under the age of twenty-one - To Judiciary


2474.By Del. Blair, Duke, Overington, Tabb and Doyle - Establishing a volunteer litter reporting program - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary


2475.By Del. Williams, Perry, Stemple and Argento - Reducing state income tax for state correctional officer retirees (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance


2476.By Del. Ennis, Long and Tucker - Authorizing the commissioner of department of highways to set certain speed limits - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary


2477.By Del. Kominar, Brown and Craig - Changing the definition of "substantial change in circumstances" for the purposes of a modification of child support from a 15% change to either a 15% or seventy-five dollar change, whichever is less - To Judiciary


2478.By Del. Kominar and Stalnaker - Requiring the PSC to promulgate rules which would provide for the assessment of surcharges associated with uncollectible accounts - To Judiciary


2479.By Del. Stalnaker and White - Making it a felony offense for stealing lottery tickets - To Judiciary


2480.By Del. Williams, Eldridge, Paxton, Canterbury, Fragale and Lane - Requiring voter approval prior to closure and consolidation of certain schools - To Education then Judiciary


2481.By Del. Williams, Boggs and Tabb - Allowing a registrant to transfer the registration of a Class C vehicle to another Class C type vehicle titled in the name of the registrant (FN) - To Roads and Transportation then Finance


2482.By Del. Boggs, Perdue, Ashley and Barker - Increasing penalties for financial exploitation of an elderly person or incapacitated adult - To Judiciary


2483.By Del. DeLong, Mahan, Morgan, Azinger and Hamilton - Granting the public land corporation the authority to condemn certain abandoned structures in the waters of the State causing or contributing to flooding or erosion - To Judiciary


2484.By Del. DeLong, Mahan, Morgan, Azinger and Hamilton - Requiring manufactured housing, fuel oil and propane tanks and other items to be properly secured when in flood plain - To Judiciary


2485.By Del. DeLong, Mahan, Morgan, Pino, Azinger and Hamilton - Relating to flood plain management and flood debris generally - To Judiciary


2486.By Del. Kominar, Brown and Craig - Including education related child care expenses in the child support calculation, and eliminating the 25% reduction to the child support adjustment - To Judiciary


2487.By Del. Hatfield, Martin, Perdue, Marshall and Long - Ensuring Patient Safety Act - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary


2488.By Del. Miley and Fragale - Providing felony penalties for certain persons convicted of fleeing a law-enforcement officer - To Judiciary


2489.By Del. Caputo, Fragale and Longstreth - Allowing the State Superintendent of Schools to designate certain geographical areas as a "School Choice Zone" - To Education then Finance


2490.By Del. Palumbo, Wells, Hatfield, Brown, Walters and Stemple - Permitting county sheriffs who issue licenses to carry concealed weapons to deny such licenses to applicants who have been convicted of a misdemeanor sexual offense - To Judiciary


2491.By Del. Caputo and Martin - Providing meetings and conference rights for members of municipal fire departments - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary


2492.By Del. Frederick, Porter and Long - Defining "fill material" in the Water Pollution Control Act - To Judiciary


2493.By Del. Hamilton, Sobonya, Ellem, Porter, Poling, M. and Stalnaker - Relating to motor vehicle inspections and eliminating the headlight adjustment provisions of the inspection fee - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary


2494.By Del. Brown, Hrutkay and Doyle - Removing the confidentiality privilege in communications to clergy when the communication involves sexual abuse of a minor child, unless the communication was made as a recognized, privileged confession - To Judiciary


2495.By Del. Brown, Martin, Hrutkay and Doyle - Preventing the taking of either checks, similar instruments or authorizations for electronic account debits in order to guarantee loans or cash advances by payday lenders or others - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary


2496.By Del. Caputo, Talbott and Hatfield - Requiring contractors awarded state public works construction projects to meet time restrictions for the completion of a public works construction project - To Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Government Organization


2497.By Del. Palumbo - Relating to the creation of the Judicial Compensation Commission - To Judiciary


2498.By Del. Azinger and Craig - Enhancing the penalty for indecent exposure where the victim is a child under the age of fourteen - To Judiciary


2499.By Del. Cann, Stalnaker, Perdue and Perry - Increasing the earned income exclusion from ten thousand dollars to twenty-two thousand dollars (FN) - To Finance


2500.By Del. Marshall, Hatfield, Tucker, Miley, Poling, M. and Moore - Exempting from the sales and use tax special equipment installed in a motor vehicle for the use of a person with physical disabilities (FN) - To Roads and Transportation then Finance


2501.By Del. Marshall, Hatfield, Tucker, Fragale, Miley and Poling, M. - Enabling a consumer to direct a consumer reporting agency to place a "security freeze" on his or her credit report - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary


2502.By Del. Marshall, Hrutkay, Hatfield, Long, Moore, Brown, Longstreth, Perry, Wells and Spencer - Relating to the Public Employees Retirement System and the Teachers Retirement System; and providing a one-time supplement for annuitants and survivor beneficiaries after being retired five consecutive years (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance


2503.By Del. Boggs, Stemple and Tansill - Authorizing the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue an identification card to West Virginia residents who already possess a valid driver's license - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary


2504.By Del. Boggs and Williams - Relating to salvage certificates for certain wrecked vehicles (FN) - To Roads and Transportation then Finance


2505.By Del. White and Kominar - Relating to the sale of home and automobile membership plans by consumer lenders - To Judiciary


2506.By Del. Brown and Caputo - Relating to medically ineffective cardiopulmonary resuscitation for terminally ill patients - To Judiciary


2507.By Del. DeLong and Perdue - Creating a registry containing names of employees from any agency under the authority of the department of health and human resources who have committed acts of abuse, neglect or misappropriation of property - To Government Organization then Judiciary


2508.By Del. Swartzmiller and Mahan - Requiring that a letter of explanation from the Department of Health and Human Resources be provided to parents whose children are contacted at school for purposes of investigating reports of abuse or neglect - To Government Organization then Judiciary


2509.By Del. Schoen and Caputo - Relating to the definition of gross income for purposes of determining child support - To Judiciary


2510.By Del. Webster, Spencer, Palumbo, Hatfield and Brown - Establishing in the state treasury a targeted minority economic development fund to address economic issues of minorities and minority communities - To Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Finance


2511.By Del. Iaquinta, Argento, Barker, Fragale and Azinger - Providing a mechanism whereby unused, unexpired nonnarcotic drugs previously owned by a deceased nursing home patient or resident may be donated to free health care clinics in the state (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Finance


2512.By Del. Palumbo, Mahan, Brown, Carmichael, Frederick, Ellem and Doyle - Making the offense of failure to wear safety belts a primary offense - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary


2513.By Del. DeLong, Martin, Hrutkay and Paxton - Relating to exempting one motor vehicle owned by a resident of this state on active duty in the United States Military from ad valorem taxes for any taxable year the person is in the military (FN) - To Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance


2514.By Del. Ennis, Stemple and Varner - Waiving the requirement that a training course in handling and firing handguns must be completed prior to the issuance of a concealed weapons permit for veterans who served during a period of armed conflict - To Judiciary


2515.By Del. DeLong, Walters, Hatfield and Caputo - Creating an insurance advocacy unit in the office of the Attorney General (FN) - To Banking and Insurance then Finance


2516.By Del. Moore, Kominar, Perry, Barker, Carmichael and Ashley - Providing that the Division of Banking shall use the same time period for examination of state-chartered banks as the time periods used by the FDIC and the Federal Reserve System - To Banking and Insurance then Finance


2517.By Del. Moore, Kominar, Perry, Barker, Carmichael and Ashley - Providing that the Board of Banking and Financial Institutions have the authority to approve acquisitions of out-of-state banks by WV state banks - To Banking and Insurance then Finance


2518.By Del. Moore, Kominar, Perry, Barker, Carmichael and Ashley - Providing per diem payment to members of the Board of Banking and Financial Institutions in an amount equal to the amount paid to members of the Legislature for interim duties (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance


2519.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] - Relating to legislative appropriation of tobacco settlement funds - To Finance


2520.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Thompson) and Del. Armstead [By Request of the Executive] - Increasing the rate of hotel occupancy tax (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance


2521.By Del. Spencer, Craig, Stemple, Browning, Stephens, Duke and Canterbury - Requiring employers to provide information for contributions to the Teachers Retirement System (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance


2522.By Del. Spencer, Stemple, Duke, Canterbury, Browning, Craig and Stephens - Authorizing the West Virginia Consolidated Public Retirement Board to offer tax-free distributions from governmental retirement plans to pay premiums for health and long-term care insurance for public safety officers - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance


2523.By Del. Spencer, Duke, Canterbury, Browning, Craig, Stephens and Stemple - Relating to when the Consolidated Public Retirement Board shall pay annuities (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance


2524.By Del. Spencer, Stemple, Duke, Canterbury, Browning and Stephens - Removing the requirement that a no longer disabled employee must return to his or her former job (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance


2525.By Del. Swartzmiller, Beach, Hrutkay, Klempa, Pethtel, Ennis, Iaquinta, Hutchins, Perry, Shook and DeLong - Extending the termination of the West Virginia statewide addressing and mapping board - To Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security then Government Organization