HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS INTRODUCED
Monday, February 22, 2010
4594.By Del. Boggs, White and Kominar - Providing that the jurisdiction of the Public Service
Commission to regulate railroads terminates July 1, 2011, and transferring this authority to
the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety - To Government Organization
4595.By Del. Wells - Relating to the minimum salaries of teachers based on years experience and
level of education - To Education then Finance
4596.By Del. Morgan, Stephens, Argento, Hatfield, Manypenny, Martin, Swartzmiller and Talbott
- Removing the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health from professional licensure
boards - To Government Organization
4597.By Del. McGeehan and Romine - Creating the Northern Panhandle Child Advocacy
Commission - To Government Organization then Judiciary
4598.By Del. Shott, Porter and Frazier - Relating to filing a memorandum of deed of trust in lieu
of a deed of trust - To Judiciary
4599.By Del. Perdue, Rodighiero, Eldridge and Craig - Requiring that when a controlled substance
is dispensed by mail or delivery service the recipient of the controlled substance be over
eighteen years of age - To Judiciary
4600.By Del. Shook - Allowing the West Virginia University Board of Governors to participate
in the Public Employees Insurance Agency Insurance Program or another insurance program
(FN) - To Government Organization then Finance
4601.By Del. Varner - Requiring county school superintendents to have at least three years of
experience as the head principal at a school - To Education
4602.By Del. Paxton - Defining the responsibilities of high school athletic directors - To Education
4603.By Del. Martin and Paxton - Creating a pilot program for incarceration and treating low risk
inmates who are disabled or impaired (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
4604.By Del. Armstead, Miley, Iaquinta, Walters, Fragale, Skaff, Cann and Lane - Increasing the
criminal penalties for persons who obstruct, flee from or make false statements to
law-enforcement officers - To Judiciary then Finance
4605.By Del. McGeehan - Establishing that the environmental regulation of business activities
performed within the state is not subject to federal regulation - To Energy, Industry and
Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
4606.By Del. Campbell, Varner, Cann, Cowles and Carmichael - Providing a different procedure
for determining the credit for utility taxpayers with net operating loss carryovers (FN) - To
Finance
4607.By Del. Ellem, Poling, D., Azinger and Anderson - Establishing the Oral Health Pilot
Program in the Mid-Ohio Valley Region (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then
Finance
4608.By Del. Marshall - Relating to the employment and compensation of school service
personnel (FN) - To Education then Finance
4609.By Del. Armstead, Lane, Shott, Walters and Duke - Exempting veterans' organizations from
consumers sales and service tax - To Finance
4610.By Del. Moore, Perdue, Eldridge, Manypenny, Iaquinta, Manchin, Longstreth and Hatfield
[By Request of the Department of Health and Human Resources] - Establishing a funding
source and programs for persons with traumatic brain injury - To Health and Human
Resources then Finance
4611.By Del. Armstead - Abolishing joint liability and establishing the principle of comparative
fault - To Judiciary
4612.By Del. Walters, Eldridge, Craig, Kominar, Manchin, Ross, Stowers, Shott, Campbell, Skaff
and Rodighiero - Relating to imposing a severance tax on the generation of wind power into
a renewable energy resource - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and
Small Business then Finance
4613.By Del. Staggers, Brown, Fleischauer, Border and Perdue - Permitting unlicensed personnel
to administer medications in certain circumstances - To Health and Human Resources then
Judiciary
4614.By Del. Caputo, Marshall, Eldridge, Stowers, Butcher, Poling, D., Poling, M., Manypenny,
Manchin, Klempa and Guthrie - Providing an excise tax on transfers of utilities - To Finance
4615.By Del. Campbell - Authorizing political subdivisions to establish risk pools to insure their
workers' compensation risks - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
4616.By Del. Pethtel - Creating the temporary natural gas resources transportation road system -
To Roads and Transportation then Finance
4617.By Del. Shott, Sumner and Frazier - Authorizing the West Virginia Parkways, Economic
Development and Tourism Authority to enter into certain compacts with other toll road
authorities - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
4618.By Del. Caputo, Butcher, Poling, M., Stowers, Eldridge, Poling, D., Klempa, Marshall,
Guthrie, Manypenny and Boggs - Requiring greater information to be submitted by the
Public Service Commission annually regarding the quality of service provided by utilities
and persons subject to its jurisdiction - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic
Development and Small Business then Judiciary
4619.By Del. Walters, Lane, Carmichael, Armstead and Shott - Authorizing a new court to be
known as the Intermediate Court of Appeals and delineating the structure and duties thereof
- To Judiciary then Finance
4620.By Del. Caputo, Manchin, Longstreth, Poore, Manypenny, Phillips, Hunt, Poling, D. and
Klempa - Requiring that cutter heads, long wall shears and other mining machines
automatically shut-off when the methane level reaches one percent - To Energy, Industry and
Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
4621.By Del. Williams - Repealing the 80-20 requirements for payment of 20% of the aggregate
premium by active employees, to prevent premium increases unless there is an increase in
salary or pensions - To Government Organization then Finance
4622.By Del. Caputo, Craig, Swartzmiller, Varner, Boggs, Givens, Ennis and Ellem - Revising,
consolidating and codifying the laws relating to fireworks (FN) - To Government
Organization then Finance
4623.By Del. Mahan - Adding two additional members to the Equal Pay Commission, one from
the House of Delegates and one from the Senate - To Government Organization
4624.By Del. Manypenny, Guthrie, Brown, Beach and Susman - Creating the "Genetically
Engineered Food Right to Know Act" (FN) - To Agriculture then Finance
4625.By Del. Manypenny, Guthrie and Susman - Creating the "Genetically Engineered Organism
Liability Act" (FN) - To Agriculture then Finance
4626.By Del. Manypenny, Guthrie, Brown, Beach and Susman - Creating the "Genetically
Engineered Crop and Animal Farmer Protection Act" (FN) - To Agriculture then Finance
4627.By Del. Manypenny and Susman - Requiring an automatic home confinement sentence for
certain nonviolent misdemeanors (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
4628.By Del. Manypenny and Susman - Mandatory funding of community corrections programs (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
4629.By Del. Kominar, White, Brown, Walters, Cann and Manchin - Relating generally to wine
and excluding wine from the definitions of alcoholic liquor and intoxicating liquor - To
Judiciary
4630.By Del. Miller, J. and Andes - Relating to refunding of appraisal fees - To Banking and
Insurance then Judiciary
4631.By Del. Boggs - Relating to redemption or repayment of PROMISE scholarship funds when
a student drops or withdraws from classes - To Education
4632.By Del. Miley, Hunt, Brown, Frazier, Hutchins, Barker, Moore, Hamilton and Ellem [By
Request of the Secretary of State's Office] - Bringing older contradicting language still
remaining in the code into conformity with §3-2-5(b)(3) and reestablishing a definition for
"independent voter" - To Judiciary
4633.By Del. Eldridge, Martin, Stowers, Perdue, Butcher, Hall and Barker - Permitting a medical
services provider under certain circumstances to inspect certain confidential information
concerning controlled substances - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
4634.By Del. Campbell, White and Boggs - Defining "spelunking" as a recreational purpose and
activity for which a landowner's liability for injury is limited - To Natural Resources then
Judiciary
4635.By Del. Fleischauer, Shook, Marshall and Martin - Relating to the Fire Prevention and
Control Act - To Judiciary
4636.By Del. Marshall, Swartzmiller, Poore, Stowers and Eldridge - Relating to the process of
incorporation, and clarifying the requirements of that process - To Judiciary
4637.By Del. Fleischauer, Shook, Marshall, Beach, Moye, Perry, Doyle, Hartman, Cowles and
Susman - Allowing county school boards to enter into energy-saving contracts - To
Education then Judiciary
4638.By Del. Fleischauer, Talbott, Fragale, Wells and Lawrence - Relating to air pollution control
- To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then Judiciary
4639.By Del. Fleischauer, Guthrie, Moore, Brown and Hatfield - Providing for the payment of
unemployment compensation when a person misses work due to domestic violence - To
Judiciary
4640.By Del. Perdue and Hatfield - Initiating the Healthy Lifestyles Restaurant Calorie Posting Program - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization
4641.By Del. Manypenny, Perdue, Hatfield and Kominar - Permitting the state to opt out of a
federal statute that would otherwise not allow a state resident who has been convicted of a
felony involving a controlled substance from receiving certain benefits (FN) - To Judiciary
then Finance
4642.By Del. Talbott, Brown, Caputo, Eldridge, Guthrie, Hunt, Longstreth, Martin, Romine and
Rowan - Relating to the agreement among states to elect the president by national popular
vote - To Judiciary
4643.By Del. Miley - Authorizing the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue
a limited number of license plates to County Prosecutors for use on vehicles - To Roads and
Transportation then Judiciary
4644.By Del. Carmichael - Providing a $5000 salary increase to social workers employed by the
Department of Health and Human Resources (FN) - To Government Organization then
Finance
4645.By Del. Paxton and Stephens - Relating to the West Virginia Occupational Safety and Health
Act (OSHA) - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business
then Judiciary
4646.By Del. Manchin, Frazier, Moore, Brown, Caputo, Wooton, Ferro and Wells - Relating to
corporate political accountability - To Judiciary
4647.By Del. Manchin, Frazier, Moore, Miley, Brown, Caputo, Wooton, Ferro and Wells -
Relating to the regulation and control of elections - To Judiciary
4648.By Del. McGeehan - Providing guidelines for an independent audit of the Public Service
Commission - To Government Organization then Judiciary
4649.By Del. Perdue [By Request of the Insurance Commission] - Relating to health care forms
and data - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization
4650.By Del. Miller, C., Sobonya, Sumner, Shott, Rowan, Duke, Phillips, Crosier, Shaver, Perry
and Stowers - Allowing the school building authority to designate money for the building of
playgrounds - To Education then Finance
4651.By Del. Manypenny, Fleischauer, Hamilton, Hunt, Beach and Martin - Permitting surface
owners to purchase the mineral interests that lay below the property when the mineral interest
becomes subject to a tax lien - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and
Small Business then Judiciary
4652.By Del. Poling, M. - Establishing a school calendar committee for each county - To
Education
4653.By Del. Ferro and Klempa - Requiring elementary students to have access to a certified
library media specialist, art specialist, music specialist and physical education specialist - To
Education then Finance
4654.By Del. Brown, Guthrie, Hatfield, Hunt, Poore, Skaff, Spencer, Wells, Armstead, Lane and
Walters - Limiting storage of methyl isocyanate - To Health and Human Resources then
Judiciary
4655.By Del. Perry, Perdue, Staggers, Fragale, Williams, Shaver and Stephens - Relating to when
notices of termination of an employment contract with school personnel, notices of transfer
of school personnel and notices to probationary personnel of rehiring or nonrehiring are to
be given - To Education
4656.By Del. Kominar, Varner, White and Caputo - Enabling counties, municipalities, the state
and county boards of education to deposit public funds into deposit accounts that are swept
periodically into multiple federally insured deposit accounts - To Finance
4657.By Del. Perry, Shook and Ashley [By Request of the Insurance Commission] - Relating to
workers' compensation programs of state agencies (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
4658.By Del. Moore, Fleischauer, Perry, Shaver, Perdue, Guthrie, Hatfield and Campbell -
Capping the Medical Services Trust Fund and redirecting excess funding - To Health and
Human Resources then Finance
4659.By Del. Miley, Caputo, Fragale, Iaquinta, Longstreth and Marshall - Relating to the
designation of a primary guardian for a minor child - To Judiciary
4660.By Del. Ennis - Setting forth disability benefits for employees that receive a foreseeable
injury in an inherently dangerous function required by their employer but outside scope of
employment - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business
then Judiciary
4661.By Del. Schoen, Porter, Miley and Armstead - Relating to registration of state-owned or
leased cellular phones - To Judiciary
4662.By Del. Moye - Permitting a retired law-enforcement officer to be employed by a county
board of education as a resource prevention officer - To Education
4663.By Del. Spencer, Anderson, Duke, Pethtel, Williams, Givens, Ross and Canterbury -
Extending the time for certain members to purchase additional service credit for service in the Teachers Defined Contribution Retirement System (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement
then Finance
4664.By Del. Shook - Relating to required mediation in consumer protection matters - To
Judiciary
4665.By Del. Kominar - Relating to special rates for energy intensive industrial consumers of
electric power - To Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business
then Finance