WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 733
By Senators Azinger, Stuart, Taylor, and Woodrum
[Introduced February 9, 2024; referred
to the Committee on Finance]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §5A-4-7, relating to the replacement of the statue of the Honorable Robert C. Byrd with a statue of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, and Arthur I. Boreman, one each, placed in a corner of the rotunda of the Capitol.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
(a) The Legislature directs the secretary of the Department of Administration to plan and replace the statue of Robert C. Byrd with a statue of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, and Arthur I. Boreman, one each, placed in a corner of the rotunda of the Capitol.
(b) The General Services Division of the Department of Administration shall use funds from the special "capitol renovation and improvement fund" previously created for funding of the replacement of the Robert C. Byrd statue and creation and placement of the statues of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, and Arthur I. Boreman.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to replace the statue of the Robert C. Byrd with a statue of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, and Arthur I. Boreman, placed in each corner of the rotunda of the Capitol.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.