ENGROSSED
H. B. 4817
(By Delegate Cann)
[Introduced February 24, 2006
; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to
amend and reenact section 1, chapter 144, Acts of the
Legislature, regular session, 1973, relating to authorizing
and empowering the Harrison County Commission to use any
unexpended sums and surpluses for a special fund to be used
to acquire a new fire fighters' school building and fire
equipment in Harrison County; allowing such funds to be
applied toward related grant costs and local matching funds
associated with the acquired firefighter's school building
and fire equipment.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section 1, chapter 144, Acts of the Legislature,
regular session, 1973, be amended and reenacted all to read as
follows:
HARRISON COUNTY FIRE FIGHTING FUND.
§1. Harrison County unexpended sums and surpluses; use and
disposition for fire fighting school.
In addition to any and all authority and power heretofore
granted to the county court county commission of Harrison County
with respect to the expenditure of unexpended sums and surpluses,
such county court county commission is hereby authorized and
empowered to use any unexpended sums and surpluses, presently or
hereafter existing, in the general fund or in any special fund of
said county, for the purpose of creating a special fund to be
used for acquiring a new fire fighters' school building,
equipping the building, and, purchasing additional fire fighting
equipment or to be applied toward related grants, including but
not limited to use as matching funds on state or federal grants,
the payment of related grant writing salaries, bonuses, costs or
fees and grant administration costs or fees associated with the
building of the fire fighters' school building, equipping the
building or purchasing fire fighting equipment.
NOTE: This bill provides for the use of the Harrison County
fire fighting funds as matching funds for state or federal grants
and grant writing salaries, bonuses, costs or fees and grant
administration fees associated with qualified grants pertaining
to the fire fighters' school building, equipping the building or
purchasing additional fire fighting equipment. Strike-throughs
indicate language that would be stricken from the present law,
and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.